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Bacteria: is a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.
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JUL 09, 2017Microbiology
Spiroplasma is a genus of pretty odd bacteria. Most bacteria can be classified as either Gram-positive or Gram-negative. ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 08, 2017Microbiology
Doctors and researchers have been sounding the alarm about drug-resistant gonorrhea, and it is spreading around the worl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
We’ve been sending rovers to Mars for years just to find out whether or not the red planet has the means to suppor ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 06, 2017Microbiology
I’ve got good news and bad news. I’ll start with the bad news - there’s a new species of bacteria that ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 05, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are learning more about a crucial cellular process, autophagy.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Placenta eating has become a popular some new moms. But a recent case of bacterial infection in placenta pills has the C ...JUL 04, 2017Health & Medicine
On Independence Day in 1776, one year after Paul Revere made his famous journey on horseback to warn the colonial minute ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 03, 2017Immunology
The immune system recruits many different types of cells that specialize in ridding the body of pathogens like bacteria ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR gene-editing tool has been widely adopted since its relatively recent invention. Researchers have now visuali ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2017Microbiology
Just call them archaea (ar-kee-uh) - archaebacteria are no more. Archaea used to be classified as bacteria, but these pr ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 29, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
If you thought the plague has been eradicated, think again. This year, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) alrea ...JUN 28, 2017Videos
Some environments on our planet can be extremely unwelcoming and you might be surprised that life is even able to surviv ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 27, 2017Immunology
How do T cells become so “exhausted” that they can no longer effectively fight cancer, viruses, bacteria, an ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 27, 2017Microbiology
What determines how big or small bacteria are? New research from Washington University in St. Louis shows that fat makes ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 24, 2017Microbiology
Biofilms are often dangerous and they can grow inside the human body on medical devices.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2017Microbiology
Tooth decay doesn’t just affect adults, it also affects toddlers - a condition called early-childhood caries. Rese ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 20, 2017Microbiology
Antibodies are supposed to protect us from infection, right? Right, and this is true under most circumstances. Sometimes ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 20, 2017Plants & Animals
We’ve known for ages that animals have a good sense of time and can control their behavior depending on the time o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 17, 2017Cardiology
People with chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 17, 2017Microbiology
Soil has previously been the source of effective antibiotics, researchers are excited about the latest drug discovery ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work sheds light on how a kind of bacteria sex spreads resistance genes around.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2017Immunology
Expression of a gene called gp96 has been discovered as vital for the training of T cells, educating these immune fighte ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2017Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria make us humans and other animals smell the way we do? On top of that, animals use that smell ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 12, 2017Microbiology
Scientists with the US DOE Joint Genome Institute have released a wealth of genetic data.Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2017
Microbiology
Spiroplasma is a genus of pretty odd bacteria. Most bacteria can be classified as either Gram-positive or Gram-negative.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 08, 2017
Microbiology
Doctors and researchers have been sounding the alarm about drug-resistant gonorrhea, and it is spreading around the worl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
We’ve been sending rovers to Mars for years just to find out whether or not the red planet has the means to suppor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 06, 2017
Microbiology
I’ve got good news and bad news. I’ll start with the bad news - there’s a new species of bacteria that
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 05, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are learning more about a crucial cellular process, autophagy.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Placenta eating has become a popular some new moms. But a recent case of bacterial infection in placenta pills has the C
...
JUL 04, 2017
Health & Medicine
On Independence Day in 1776, one year after Paul Revere made his famous journey on horseback to warn the colonial minute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 03, 2017
Immunology
The immune system recruits many different types of cells that specialize in ridding the body of pathogens like bacteria
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR gene-editing tool has been widely adopted since its relatively recent invention. Researchers have now visuali
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2017
Microbiology
Just call them archaea (ar-kee-uh) - archaebacteria are no more. Archaea used to be classified as bacteria, but these pr
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 29, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
If you thought the plague has been eradicated, think again. This year, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) alrea
...
JUN 28, 2017
Videos
Some environments on our planet can be extremely unwelcoming and you might be surprised that life is even able to surviv
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 27, 2017
Immunology
How do T cells become so “exhausted” that they can no longer effectively fight cancer, viruses, bacteria, an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2017
Microbiology
What determines how big or small bacteria are? New research from Washington University in St. Louis shows that fat makes
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 24, 2017
Microbiology
Biofilms are often dangerous and they can grow inside the human body on medical devices.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2017
Microbiology
Tooth decay doesn’t just affect adults, it also affects toddlers - a condition called early-childhood caries. Rese
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 20, 2017
Microbiology
Antibodies are supposed to protect us from infection, right? Right, and this is true under most circumstances. Sometimes
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
We’ve known for ages that animals have a good sense of time and can control their behavior depending on the time o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 17, 2017
Cardiology
People with chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 17, 2017
Microbiology
Soil has previously been the source of effective antibiotics, researchers are excited about the latest drug discovery ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work sheds light on how a kind of bacteria sex spreads resistance genes around.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2017
Immunology
Expression of a gene called gp96 has been discovered as vital for the training of T cells, educating these immune fighte
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2017
Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria make us humans and other animals smell the way we do? On top of that, animals use that smell
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 12, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists with the US DOE Joint Genome Institute have released a wealth of genetic data.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch