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Disease control
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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MAY 10, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins carry out many of an organism's critical functions, and they are coded for by genes. To make a protein from ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 08, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers at the University of New South Wales have found that those aged 95 and older have more activity between the ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 07, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
This work suggests that it may be possible to dampen autoimmunity or promote an immune attack on cancer through a bioche ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2020Cancer
In a cell, there are tens of thousands of individual components. Each component has a specific activity or role that the ...Written By: Jasper CantrellMAY 07, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Australian researchers have created a sensitive, super-fast test for five different serotypes of Salmonella which could ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 07, 2020Immunology
Researchers from Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech have reported preliminary results of a study into the development of a va ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Creating a drug from scratch is a lengthy process. Often taking years, given the rate of infection and deadliness of COV ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 05, 2020Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a bacterium that lives in mosquitoes around Lake Victoria, and appears to block malaria.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2020Cancer
Cancer is a particularly persistent disease. Many therapies are composed of one or more different treatments. These trea ...Written By: Jasper CantrellMAY 04, 2020Microbiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread around the world and there is still no available treatment or a vaccine. Prevention rem ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2020Microbiology
Lyme disease is a confounding illness that can be difficult to diagnose, and can cause a wide range of serious health pr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2020Microbiology
Researchers were once concerned that blood pressure medications may increase the risk of infection, or make an infection ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 30, 2020Chemistry & Physics
As the fight to contain coronavirus infection continues, many essential service providers such as healthcare, power, and ...Written By: Daniel DuanAPR 30, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A clinical trial investigating the ability of antiviral drug remdesivir to treat COVID-19 has found that it can signific ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 29, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Anywhere from 25 to 80% of the world's population is infected with a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2020Microbiology
The pandemic virus that causes COVID-19 has now infected nearly 3 million people, and killed over 200,000.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made a breakthrough in our understanding of HIV infections.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2020Microbiology
Sustained, intense efforts to vaccinate were getting the world very close to eradicating polio, but the vaccine itself o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
It may one day be possible to treat hormone-related diseases using this method.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from Queen Mary University in London have discovered a specific autoimmune protein that may cause OCD-relate ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is now known to have infected over 2.7 million individuals and killed at least 194,000.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2020Microbiology
The incidence of syphilis has been rising for the past two decades, and over 115,000 new cases were diagnosed in the US ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 23, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). M ...Written By: Lawrence Renna
MAY 10, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins carry out many of an organism's critical functions, and they are coded for by genes. To make a protein from
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers at the University of New South Wales have found that those aged 95 and older have more activity between the
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 07, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
This work suggests that it may be possible to dampen autoimmunity or promote an immune attack on cancer through a bioche
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2020
Cancer
In a cell, there are tens of thousands of individual components. Each component has a specific activity or role that the
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
MAY 07, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Australian researchers have created a sensitive, super-fast test for five different serotypes of Salmonella which could
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 07, 2020
Immunology
Researchers from Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech have reported preliminary results of a study into the development of a va
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Creating a drug from scratch is a lengthy process. Often taking years, given the rate of infection and deadliness of COV
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 05, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a bacterium that lives in mosquitoes around Lake Victoria, and appears to block malaria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2020
Cancer
Cancer is a particularly persistent disease. Many therapies are composed of one or more different treatments. These trea
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
MAY 04, 2020
Microbiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread around the world and there is still no available treatment or a vaccine. Prevention rem
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2020
Microbiology
Lyme disease is a confounding illness that can be difficult to diagnose, and can cause a wide range of serious health pr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers were once concerned that blood pressure medications may increase the risk of infection, or make an infection
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 30, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
As the fight to contain coronavirus infection continues, many essential service providers such as healthcare, power, and
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
APR 30, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A clinical trial investigating the ability of antiviral drug remdesivir to treat COVID-19 has found that it can signific
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 29, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Anywhere from 25 to 80% of the world's population is infected with a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2020
Microbiology
The pandemic virus that causes COVID-19 has now infected nearly 3 million people, and killed over 200,000.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made a breakthrough in our understanding of HIV infections.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2020
Microbiology
Sustained, intense efforts to vaccinate were getting the world very close to eradicating polio, but the vaccine itself o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
It may one day be possible to treat hormone-related diseases using this method.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from Queen Mary University in London have discovered a specific autoimmune protein that may cause OCD-relate
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is now known to have infected over 2.7 million individuals and killed at least 194,000.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2020
Microbiology
The incidence of syphilis has been rising for the past two decades, and over 115,000 new cases were diagnosed in the US
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 23, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). M
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna