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Disease control refers to public health efforts to reduce the number of new infections, the number of people who are currently infected, and the number of people who become sick and/or die from a disease.
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JUL 07, 2020Immunology
An international team of researchers has analysed how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, hijacks the proteins i ...Written By: Hilary ThompsonJUL 07, 2020Chemistry & Physics
You have probably heard the recent concerns about PFAS, otherwise known as per/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) or fore ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 06, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The folds of the human brain are essential to its function, and improper folding has been linked to a variety of disorde ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from the Medical University of Graz in Austria have found a link between the build-up of iron in the brain&# ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 05, 2020Microbiology
The microorganisms of the world have to compete for survival, and they sometimes do battle with one another. Some use an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 enters the body through the respiratory system to cause the illness COVID-19. But we know ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2020Cardiology
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) is a progressive and fatal disease characterized by the muscularization of blood c ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJUL 02, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have now learned more about a critical protein in the brain called the NMDA receptor, tracking every atom as ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2020Cancer
Angiogenesis is the vascularization, or generation of blood vessels, of a part of the body. It is a normal function of h ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJUL 01, 2020Health & Medicine
More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease (AD) according to the Alzheimer's Organization. When t ...Written By: Angela DowdenJUN 28, 2020Microbiology
The 1918 pandemic flu was caused by a variant of the HIN1 strain of the influenza virus, and its genome shows that it pr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2020Immunology
When cells become diseased or infected, a “suicide switch” is triggered, preventing neighboring cells from b ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 24, 2020Cancer
A new study investigates the causal relationship between mortality and long-term exposure to a low level of fine particu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 22, 2020Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and our bodies are one of the many places they have colonized. These gut microbes c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have been working on ways to use light to control the gene-editing tool CRISPR for several years.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have published complementary studies in Nature Communications that have greatly advanced our understanding of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2020Microbiology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, has killed more than 438,000 people worldwide since it emerged lat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2020Microbiology
The World Health Organization has estimated that parasitic infections cause over 48 million cases of illness and 59,000 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Princeton University have identified a compound capable of killing both Gram-positive and Gram-negative ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 15, 2020Immunology
When the immune system goes awry and fails to regulate itself, immune cells may attack the body’s own tissues. Sci ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 15, 2020Cancer
New research reported during a virtual presentation of the Society of Interventional Radiology's 2020 Annual Scienti ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 14, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
To describe it in a very basic way, cancer is uncontrolled cell growth. A number of processes regulate various aspects o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2020Microbiology
COVID-19 cases have been rising in several states, and China has identified a new outbreak.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 07, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Scientists from the University of Nottingham have published their most recent developments on a wearable 49 channel brai ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 07, 2020
Immunology
An international team of researchers has analysed how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, hijacks the proteins i
...
Written By:
Hilary Thompson
JUL 07, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
You have probably heard the recent concerns about PFAS, otherwise known as per/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) or fore
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 06, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The folds of the human brain are essential to its function, and improper folding has been linked to a variety of disorde
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Medical University of Graz in Austria have found a link between the build-up of iron in the brain&#
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 05, 2020
Microbiology
The microorganisms of the world have to compete for survival, and they sometimes do battle with one another. Some use an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 enters the body through the respiratory system to cause the illness COVID-19. But we know
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2020
Cardiology
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) is a progressive and fatal disease characterized by the muscularization of blood c
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JUL 02, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have now learned more about a critical protein in the brain called the NMDA receptor, tracking every atom as
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2020
Cancer
Angiogenesis is the vascularization, or generation of blood vessels, of a part of the body. It is a normal function of h
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JUL 01, 2020
Health & Medicine
More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease (AD) according to the Alzheimer's Organization. When t
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
JUN 28, 2020
Microbiology
The 1918 pandemic flu was caused by a variant of the HIN1 strain of the influenza virus, and its genome shows that it pr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2020
Immunology
When cells become diseased or infected, a “suicide switch” is triggered, preventing neighboring cells from b
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 24, 2020
Cancer
A new study investigates the causal relationship between mortality and long-term exposure to a low level of fine particu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 22, 2020
Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and our bodies are one of the many places they have colonized. These gut microbes c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have been working on ways to use light to control the gene-editing tool CRISPR for several years.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have published complementary studies in Nature Communications that have greatly advanced our understanding of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2020
Microbiology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, has killed more than 438,000 people worldwide since it emerged lat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2020
Microbiology
The World Health Organization has estimated that parasitic infections cause over 48 million cases of illness and 59,000
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Princeton University have identified a compound capable of killing both Gram-positive and Gram-negative
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 15, 2020
Immunology
When the immune system goes awry and fails to regulate itself, immune cells may attack the body’s own tissues. Sci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 15, 2020
Cancer
New research reported during a virtual presentation of the Society of Interventional Radiology's 2020 Annual Scienti
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 14, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
To describe it in a very basic way, cancer is uncontrolled cell growth. A number of processes regulate various aspects o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2020
Microbiology
COVID-19 cases have been rising in several states, and China has identified a new outbreak.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 07, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Scientists from the University of Nottingham have published their most recent developments on a wearable 49 channel brai
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan