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Host Genetics
Host genetics refers to the genetics of a person, in the context of how the host genetics may effect pathogenicity of a disease or virus. It has been argued that a person's, or population's, genetics can influence a pathogen and its characteristics as it passes through the system.
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NOV 10, 2015Microbiology
When day-dreaming about your microbiome, don’t forget the viruses! The “virome” doesn’t ge ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 08, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
L. monocytogenes is a bacteria that can be found anywhere in nature. It is a psychrotolerant pathogen, meaning, tha ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 02, 2015Microbiology
What makes a strain of Salmonella infect cows, but not humans or birds? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania co ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 12, 2015Microbiology
Bacteria have the capacity to produce numerous substances for commercial and industrial applications. Despite this ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 30, 2015Immunology
Currently in the United States, 13 percent of the 1.2 million people infected with HIV are unaware of their condition (A ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 30, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Plant parasitic nematodes, such as the well-known root-knot nematode and the cyst nematode, invade plant roots near the ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 25, 2015Genetics & Genomics
To protect people from infectious disease, clinicians can target pathogens and parasites with medicines such as antibiot ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 14, 2015Health & Medicine
Last week, a giant virus was recovered from the permafrost in northeastern Russia by a French team lead by Dr. Jean ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 24, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The immune system not only responds to infections and other potentially problematic abnormalities in the body. It also c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, say that they have “made a significa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2015Microbiology
According to new research conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan, the age of r ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 17, 2015Cancer
Could here be a direct connection between metabolism and cancer? Researchers in Texas and Austria seem to think there is ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 15, 2015Microbiology
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A streptococcus (GAS), is a gram positive bacterium best known for causing p ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 15, 2015Microbiology
In recent years, research into the benefits of gut bacteria has exploded. Scientists across the globe are examining how ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 14, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Outbreaks of leukemia that have devastated some populations of soft-shell clams along the east coast of North America fo ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 14, 2015Microbiology
How bacterial cells recognize their own DNA.
It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have a ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 08, 2015Microbiology
If you thought bacteria were "loners," molecular biologist Kevin Griffith of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 08, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria have traditionally been viewed as solitary organisms that "hang out on their own," says molecular biologist Kev ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 02, 2015Health & Medicine
The 14th annual IATI-Biomed 2015, the premier international biomed conference in Israel, will take place between May 12 ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Cancer
Sven Pettersson, Ph.D., is a Professor at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the LKC School of Medicine at NTU of Singa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Microbiology
The microbes could surrender to the harmless virus, but instead freeze in place, dormant, waiting for their potential pr ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
NOV 10, 2015
Microbiology
When day-dreaming about your microbiome, don’t forget the viruses! The “virome” doesn’t ge
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 08, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
L. monocytogenes is a bacteria that can be found anywhere in nature. It is a psychrotolerant pathogen, meaning, tha
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 02, 2015
Microbiology
What makes a strain of Salmonella infect cows, but not humans or birds? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania co
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 12, 2015
Microbiology
Bacteria have the capacity to produce numerous substances for commercial and industrial applications. Despite this
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 30, 2015
Immunology
Currently in the United States, 13 percent of the 1.2 million people infected with HIV are unaware of their condition (A
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 30, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Plant parasitic nematodes, such as the well-known root-knot nematode and the cyst nematode, invade plant roots near the
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 25, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
To protect people from infectious disease, clinicians can target pathogens and parasites with medicines such as antibiot
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 14, 2015
Health & Medicine
Last week, a giant virus was recovered from the permafrost in northeastern Russia by a French team lead by Dr. Jean
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 24, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The immune system not only responds to infections and other potentially problematic abnormalities in the body. It also c
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, say that they have “made a significa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 19, 2015
Microbiology
According to new research conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan, the age of r
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUL 17, 2015
Cancer
Could here be a direct connection between metabolism and cancer? Researchers in Texas and Austria seem to think there is
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 15, 2015
Microbiology
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A streptococcus (GAS), is a gram positive bacterium best known for causing p
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 15, 2015
Microbiology
In recent years, research into the benefits of gut bacteria has exploded. Scientists across the globe are examining how
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 14, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Outbreaks of leukemia that have devastated some populations of soft-shell clams along the east coast of North America fo
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 14, 2015
Microbiology
How bacterial cells recognize their own DNA.
It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have a ...
It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have a ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 08, 2015
Microbiology
If you thought bacteria were "loners," molecular biologist Kevin Griffith of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 08, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria have traditionally been viewed as solitary organisms that "hang out on their own," says molecular biologist Kev
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 02, 2015
Health & Medicine
The 14th annual IATI-Biomed 2015, the premier international biomed conference in Israel, will take place between May 12
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Cancer
Sven Pettersson, Ph.D., is a Professor at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the LKC School of Medicine at NTU of Singa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Microbiology
The microbes could surrender to the harmless virus, but instead freeze in place, dormant, waiting for their potential pr
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke