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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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OCT 18, 2016Microbiology
Ever heard that babies aren’t supposed to eat honey? What’s the deal? Honey is great! Yes, honey is great, b ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 18, 2016Earth & The Environment
Due to torrential rains from Hurricane Matthew, rivers in eastern North Carolina are flooding a region that is home to p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 17, 2016Videos
For as long as humankind have sought for cures, we were bound to stumble upon some poisons along the way, accidentally a ...OCT 17, 2016Immunology
The innate immune system helps an infected cell in one of two ways: calling the troops to bring in effector immune cells ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 14, 2016Videos
Thanks to the lymphocytes of the immune system our white blood cells and cells called antibodies made by B cells can pro ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 14, 2016Microbiology
Viruses and spider toxin? Sounds like a superhero’s origin story. Not quite. Researchers from Vanderbilt Universit ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 13, 2016Videos
Cockroaches may as well as have immortal superpowers, given all the things they can live through. Did you know they can ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 12, 2016Immunology
The key ingredient in the recipe that make staphylococcus and streptococcus infections so dangerous? Superantigen toxins ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 12, 2016Health & Medicine
The adaptive bacterial immune system known as CRISPR has taken biomedicine by storm in the years following its discovery ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 12, 2016Microbiology
Many people will recognize the name “Typhoid Mary”. I doubt, however, that many people know the full, rather ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 08, 2016Microbiology
Humans have a symbiotic relationship with microorganisms, many of which reside in our gastrointestinal tract, and they c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Model organisms are vital to scientific research. They provide researchers with a way to analyze biochemical events in v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Honey is one of the most ancient medicinal agents, dating back at least to the Egyptians who used honey to dress wounds. ...OCT 05, 2016Videos
The average person touches about 300 different surfaces every half hour. Among these things are two of the proclaimed ge ...OCT 05, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Today’s chemical industry relies on oil to make everything from plastics to detergents to medications. Scientists ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)OCT 04, 2016Microbiology
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system was developed in 2014 and has since had a huge impact on research in molecular biolo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his influential work inves ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2016Videos
Despite the most adamant testament to the contrary, we all smell (though some more pungent than others). Body odor is si ...OCT 03, 2016Videos
Armadillidiidae, members of the phylum Arthropoda, are commonly called pillbugs because they can roll into a tight ball. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2016Microbiology
There has been a lot of talk about antibiotic resistance in recent years; it’s a growing problem that science has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2016Microbiology
This just in, there’s a fungus that makes mosquitoes more susceptible to malaria. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 30, 2016Microbiology
Current hospital laboratory testing is not great at identifying bacterial infections; it can take precious time and reso ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health. Researchers have begun to look for novel ways to fight ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2016
Microbiology
Ever heard that babies aren’t supposed to eat honey? What’s the deal? Honey is great! Yes, honey is great, b
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 18, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Due to torrential rains from Hurricane Matthew, rivers in eastern North Carolina are flooding a region that is home to p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 17, 2016
Videos
For as long as humankind have sought for cures, we were bound to stumble upon some poisons along the way, accidentally a
...
OCT 17, 2016
Immunology
The innate immune system helps an infected cell in one of two ways: calling the troops to bring in effector immune cells
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 14, 2016
Videos
Thanks to the lymphocytes of the immune system our white blood cells and cells called antibodies made by B cells can pro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 14, 2016
Microbiology
Viruses and spider toxin? Sounds like a superhero’s origin story. Not quite. Researchers from Vanderbilt Universit
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 13, 2016
Videos
Cockroaches may as well as have immortal superpowers, given all the things they can live through. Did you know they can
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 12, 2016
Immunology
The key ingredient in the recipe that make staphylococcus and streptococcus infections so dangerous? Superantigen toxins
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
The adaptive bacterial immune system known as CRISPR has taken biomedicine by storm in the years following its discovery
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 12, 2016
Microbiology
Many people will recognize the name “Typhoid Mary”. I doubt, however, that many people know the full, rather
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 08, 2016
Microbiology
Humans have a symbiotic relationship with microorganisms, many of which reside in our gastrointestinal tract, and they c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Model organisms are vital to scientific research. They provide researchers with a way to analyze biochemical events in v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Honey is one of the most ancient medicinal agents, dating back at least to the Egyptians who used honey to dress wounds.
...
OCT 05, 2016
Videos
The average person touches about 300 different surfaces every half hour. Among these things are two of the proclaimed ge
...
OCT 05, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Today’s chemical industry relies on oil to make everything from plastics to detergents to medications. Scientists
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
OCT 04, 2016
Microbiology
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system was developed in 2014 and has since had a huge impact on research in molecular biolo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his influential work inves
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2016
Videos
Despite the most adamant testament to the contrary, we all smell (though some more pungent than others). Body odor is si
...
OCT 03, 2016
Videos
Armadillidiidae, members of the phylum Arthropoda, are commonly called pillbugs because they can roll into a tight ball.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2016
Microbiology
There has been a lot of talk about antibiotic resistance in recent years; it’s a growing problem that science has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2016
Microbiology
This just in, there’s a fungus that makes mosquitoes more susceptible to malaria. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 30, 2016
Microbiology
Current hospital laboratory testing is not great at identifying bacterial infections; it can take precious time and reso
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health. Researchers have begun to look for novel ways to fight
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch