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Disease Prevention
Disease Prevention Infectious diseases are caused by microscopic organisms that live in other people, animals, or the environment and are too small to see. If you do not come into contact with them, you can prevent many infections and illnesses. While specific diseases are passed in specific ways, there are basic steps you can take to stay healthy and lower your risk of catching and spreading any infectious disease.
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JUL 07, 2020Immunology
Scientists have been scrambling to learn as much as possible about the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 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 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, 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 04, 2020Cardiology
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) is a progressive and fatal disease characterized by the muscularization of blood c ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJUL 03, 2020Microbiology
Millions of people around the world have been infected with the coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Campylobacter jejuni is a foodborne bacterial pathogen that causes millions of cases of food poisoning each year.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2020Cardiology
Researchers are learning how dietary choices may be causing damage to the arteries as people age.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 02, 2020Cancer
There is hope that ACE inhibitors and ARBs, medications that are commonly prescribed for high blood pressure, may be hel ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 02, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Lancaster University, England, have found that Salbutamol, a medication commonly used to treat asthma, ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 01, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers followed 2,000 kids and determined that when young adults were raised in disadvantaged neighborhoods, their ...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 CantrellJUN 29, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been working to understand Alzheimer's disease for over 100 years. A major feature of the disease is th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2020Microbiology
Vaccines that contain live attenuated viruses may be giving people some protection from serious cases of COVID-19 that i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 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 26, 2020Cancer
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type of blood cancer that prevents the complete maturation of stem cells. These immatu ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJUN 26, 2020Cardiology
In a recent study done by Jonas Bovijn, MBChB, MSc, DLSHTM, of the Big Data Institute at the University of Oxford’ ...Written By: Lawrence RennaJUN 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 20, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Communities worldwide are emerging from lockdowns due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus, and cases are rising.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2020Cancer
A study published in JAMA Oncology reports findings that a greater amount of sedentary time was associated with a higher ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 17, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The two main proponents for atherosclerotic plaque and inflammation is an increase in cholesterol and macrophage presenc ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 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 Lennon
JUL 07, 2020
Immunology
Scientists have been scrambling to learn as much as possible about the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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 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
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 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 03, 2020
Microbiology
Millions of people around the world have been infected with the coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Campylobacter jejuni is a foodborne bacterial pathogen that causes millions of cases of food poisoning each year.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2020
Cardiology
Researchers are learning how dietary choices may be causing damage to the arteries as people age.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 02, 2020
Cancer
There is hope that ACE inhibitors and ARBs, medications that are commonly prescribed for high blood pressure, may be hel
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 02, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Lancaster University, England, have found that Salbutamol, a medication commonly used to treat asthma,
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 01, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers followed 2,000 kids and determined that when young adults were raised in disadvantaged neighborhoods, their
...
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
JUN 29, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been working to understand Alzheimer's disease for over 100 years. A major feature of the disease is th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2020
Microbiology
Vaccines that contain live attenuated viruses may be giving people some protection from serious cases of COVID-19 that i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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 26, 2020
Cancer
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type of blood cancer that prevents the complete maturation of stem cells. These immatu
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JUN 26, 2020
Cardiology
In a recent study done by Jonas Bovijn, MBChB, MSc, DLSHTM, of the Big Data Institute at the University of Oxford’
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
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 20, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Communities worldwide are emerging from lockdowns due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus, and cases are rising.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2020
Cancer
A study published in JAMA Oncology reports findings that a greater amount of sedentary time was associated with a higher
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The two main proponents for atherosclerotic plaque and inflammation is an increase in cholesterol and macrophage presenc
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
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