Follow
Bacterial infections
Bacterial infections occur when bacteria enter a host, multiply, and incite a reaction in the host's body. Bacteria can enter the host through a variety of areas, such as cuts in the skin or through the airways.
-
OCT 01, 2018Immunology
The immune system consists of a variety of different cell types. But how do the cells undergo differentiation? A study r ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlSEP 27, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Tissue engineering is an emerging field of biomedical science that aims to improve or replace diseased tissues using bio ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 26, 2018Immunology
Scientists from a biotechnology corporation, Genentech, have altered a protein that blocks a signaling pathway in gram-n ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlSEP 26, 2018Microbiology
Viruses don't only infect animals. Some, called bacteriophages, can infect bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2018Immunology
A team of researchers looks at the effects of probiotics on the guts ability to reconstitute a microbiome after antibiot ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlSEP 24, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
A paper published in journal Molecular Cell, describes a naturally occurring antibiotic known as kanglemycin A which is ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 22, 2018Immunology
Immune brain cell inflammation due to aging can be mitigated through a high fiber dietWritten By: Nicholas BreehlSEP 15, 2018Microbiology
It seems that many microbes, including strains in the human gut that are potentially pathogenic, can generate electricit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2018Immunology
Zika Virus manipulates the genetic makeup of immune cells called macrophages.Written By: Nicholas BreehlSEP 13, 2018Videos
The opioid abuse problem continues unabated, despite public health efforts to curb the use of narcotic painkillers that ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 12, 2018Microbiology
Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that causes stomach ulcers, and can lead to gastric cancer.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Washington State University (WSU), who were finding a way to fight an inflammatory response that causes o ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 11, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
After 10 years of research, scientists at the University of Manchester have created the first non-antibiotic drug that c ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 31, 2018Videos
The FDA has issued a serious warning about a group of type 2 diabetes drug called sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2018Health & Medicine
Contact lenses can be a boon to patients who need eyesight correction. Fumbling with glasses, changing to sunglasses whe ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 28, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
According to a research study led by UCLA, a bacteria-like agent used in combination with an immunotherapeutic drug may ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 14, 2018Microbiology
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are not as effective as they once were.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Mayo Clinic have developed a way to use whole genome sequencing to locate the source of deadly bacterial p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2018Microbiology
We now know of the importance of the microbiome, but most of the research focus has been on bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2018Microbiology
The CDC says don't give your dog up; this is thought to be a very rare case.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Water/liquid repellent coating is being developed for everything from shoes, clothing, paper to even electronics. Now a ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 21, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Staphylococcus aureus is thought to lead to over 11 million visits to the doctor and the ER every year in the US alone.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2018Immunology
Use of drugs that inhibit the TORC1 pathway has bolstered the immune systems of the elderly, leading to a decrease in po ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 11, 2018Microbiology
Scientists have learned how some pathogenic bacteria stick to cells in the intestine, which gets their infection started ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2018
Immunology
The immune system consists of a variety of different cell types. But how do the cells undergo differentiation? A study r
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
SEP 27, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Tissue engineering is an emerging field of biomedical science that aims to improve or replace diseased tissues using bio
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 26, 2018
Immunology
Scientists from a biotechnology corporation, Genentech, have altered a protein that blocks a signaling pathway in gram-n
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
SEP 26, 2018
Microbiology
Viruses don't only infect animals. Some, called bacteriophages, can infect bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2018
Immunology
A team of researchers looks at the effects of probiotics on the guts ability to reconstitute a microbiome after antibiot
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
SEP 24, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
A paper published in journal Molecular Cell, describes a naturally occurring antibiotic known as kanglemycin A which is
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 22, 2018
Immunology
Immune brain cell inflammation due to aging can be mitigated through a high fiber diet
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
SEP 15, 2018
Microbiology
It seems that many microbes, including strains in the human gut that are potentially pathogenic, can generate electricit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2018
Immunology
Zika Virus manipulates the genetic makeup of immune cells called macrophages.
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
SEP 13, 2018
Videos
The opioid abuse problem continues unabated, despite public health efforts to curb the use of narcotic painkillers that
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 12, 2018
Microbiology
Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that causes stomach ulcers, and can lead to gastric cancer.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Washington State University (WSU), who were finding a way to fight an inflammatory response that causes o
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 11, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
After 10 years of research, scientists at the University of Manchester have created the first non-antibiotic drug that c
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 31, 2018
Videos
The FDA has issued a serious warning about a group of type 2 diabetes drug called sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2)
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2018
Health & Medicine
Contact lenses can be a boon to patients who need eyesight correction. Fumbling with glasses, changing to sunglasses whe
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 28, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a research study led by UCLA, a bacteria-like agent used in combination with an immunotherapeutic drug may
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 14, 2018
Microbiology
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are not as effective as they once were.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Mayo Clinic have developed a way to use whole genome sequencing to locate the source of deadly bacterial p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2018
Microbiology
We now know of the importance of the microbiome, but most of the research focus has been on bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2018
Microbiology
The CDC says don't give your dog up; this is thought to be a very rare case.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Water/liquid repellent coating is being developed for everything from shoes, clothing, paper to even electronics. Now a
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 21, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Staphylococcus aureus is thought to lead to over 11 million visits to the doctor and the ER every year in the US alone.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2018
Immunology
Use of drugs that inhibit the TORC1 pathway has bolstered the immune systems of the elderly, leading to a decrease in po
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 11, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists have learned how some pathogenic bacteria stick to cells in the intestine, which gets their infection started
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch