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Food pathogens
Foodborne pathogens (e.g. viruses, bacteria, parasites) are biological agents that can cause a foodborne illness event. A foodborne disease outbreak is defined as the occurrence of two or more cases of similar illness resulting from the ingestion of a common food.
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AUG 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2016Immunology
What the pharmaceutical industry calls “the key to obesity” is the only hormone known to enhance appetite, a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 20, 2016Microbiology
Honey bee viruses. It’s safe to say that’s the first time I’ve strung those three words together. Hone ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Can the staph superbug, also known as MRSA, be brought down by salt? Scientists finally expose a key weakness in these b ...JUL 20, 2016Microbiology
As you can see in the video below, doctors and scientists have been intrigued by the effect gastric bypass surgery has o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2016Microbiology
Researchers can stimulate fungi to produce antimicrobial compounds, and in doing so they have detected a novel one. The ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2016Microbiology
Earlier this year, it was announced that a so-called superbug had been detected in a patient in the United States. Now, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 24, 2016Microbiology
I don’t think a lot about plant pathogens, but I probably should. They can have a profound effect on our food supp ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Foodborne illnesses are the scourge of the food industry. And it seems that nearly every day, some type of food is being ...JUN 21, 2016Videos
Our bodies have to use barriers to protect us from our environment at all times. In the gut mucosa, special cells reinfo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2016Microbiology
A new material has been created by researchers in Singapore that kills E. coli bacteria in 30 seconds. As antibiotic res ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2016Microbiology
The human condition is often positively promoted by cooperation, and conversely, is impacted negatively by conflict. &nb ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 18, 2016Health & Medicine
While the intestines are potentially the star players of the digestive system, they also play a role in immune homeostas ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 18, 2016Immunology
You probably won’t find a person who doesn’t agree that fruits and vegetables are “healthy.” Yet ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 15, 2016Videos
Honey is one of the most ancient medicinal agents, dating back at least to the Egyptians who used honey to dress wounds. ...MAY 11, 2016Microbiology
You take antibiotics for an infection, right? Broad-spectrum antibiotics kill the harmful bacteria, yes. The problem is ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 22, 2016Microbiology
Species in the genus Dictyostelium are social amoebae that are sometimes referred to as slime molds (although they are a ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 18, 2016Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 11, 2016Health & Medicine
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that is directly related to a misdirected immune response to gluten, a protein ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 10, 2016Microbiology
PAMPs in processed food may be making you sick. Pathogen-associated molecular patterns, or PAMPs, are molecules associat ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 20, 2016Immunology
The whole family ate the same seafood last night, yet only two out of the six got sick. What gives? In a new stud ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 10, 2016Immunology
Filling up on processed foods is usually easier than planning and cooking a healthy meal, but a new study shows that tak ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 08, 2016Immunology
Analysis of thousands of genes from the 1000 Genomes Project and genome sequences of ancient hominins has allowed scient ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 06, 2016Immunology
Over time humans evolved alongside a beneficial microbial community, called the microbiome. In return for a place to liv ...Written By: Kara Marker
AUG 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2016
Immunology
What the pharmaceutical industry calls “the key to obesity” is the only hormone known to enhance appetite, a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 20, 2016
Microbiology
Honey bee viruses. It’s safe to say that’s the first time I’ve strung those three words together. Hone
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Can the staph superbug, also known as MRSA, be brought down by salt? Scientists finally expose a key weakness in these b
...
JUL 20, 2016
Microbiology
As you can see in the video below, doctors and scientists have been intrigued by the effect gastric bypass surgery has o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers can stimulate fungi to produce antimicrobial compounds, and in doing so they have detected a novel one. The
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2016
Microbiology
Earlier this year, it was announced that a so-called superbug had been detected in a patient in the United States. Now,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2016
Microbiology
I don’t think a lot about plant pathogens, but I probably should. They can have a profound effect on our food supp
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Foodborne illnesses are the scourge of the food industry. And it seems that nearly every day, some type of food is being
...
JUN 21, 2016
Videos
Our bodies have to use barriers to protect us from our environment at all times. In the gut mucosa, special cells reinfo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2016
Microbiology
A new material has been created by researchers in Singapore that kills E. coli bacteria in 30 seconds. As antibiotic res
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2016
Microbiology
The human condition is often positively promoted by cooperation, and conversely, is impacted negatively by conflict. &nb
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
While the intestines are potentially the star players of the digestive system, they also play a role in immune homeostas
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 18, 2016
Immunology
You probably won’t find a person who doesn’t agree that fruits and vegetables are “healthy.” Yet
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 15, 2016
Videos
Honey is one of the most ancient medicinal agents, dating back at least to the Egyptians who used honey to dress wounds.
...
MAY 11, 2016
Microbiology
You take antibiotics for an infection, right? Broad-spectrum antibiotics kill the harmful bacteria, yes. The problem is
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 22, 2016
Microbiology
Species in the genus Dictyostelium are social amoebae that are sometimes referred to as slime molds (although they are a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 18, 2016
Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 11, 2016
Health & Medicine
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that is directly related to a misdirected immune response to gluten, a protein
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 10, 2016
Microbiology
PAMPs in processed food may be making you sick. Pathogen-associated molecular patterns, or PAMPs, are molecules associat
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 20, 2016
Immunology
The whole family ate the same seafood last night, yet only two out of the six got sick. What gives? In a new stud
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 10, 2016
Immunology
Filling up on processed foods is usually easier than planning and cooking a healthy meal, but a new study shows that tak
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 08, 2016
Immunology
Analysis of thousands of genes from the 1000 Genomes Project and genome sequences of ancient hominins has allowed scient
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 06, 2016
Immunology
Over time humans evolved alongside a beneficial microbial community, called the microbiome. In return for a place to liv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker