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Immunity
Immunity: is the balanced state of multicellular organisms having adequate biological defenses to fight infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion, while having adequate tolerance to avoid allergy, and autoimmune diseases.
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SEP 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Our immune system has to defend against many kinds of foreign invaders, like bacterial pathogens or viruses. But first, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2017Cancer
The gut microbiome is increasingly recognized as a vital player in the development of colon cancer. But good bacteria, s ...SEP 21, 2017Immunology
Immune cells are capable of making repairs in an intestine damaged by inflammatory bowel diseases. Either by boosting th ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 20, 2017Neuroscience
Specialized immune cells called neutrophils are the first responders to invading pathogens, releasing toxic chemicals an ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 19, 2017Immunology
In discovering a new pathway between the spinal cord, adrenal glands, and the immune system, scientists from Charit&eacu ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 18, 2017Microbiology
Bacteria are going to be along for any rides that humans take into space, and new research shows that extraterrestrial e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2017Cancer
By scrutinizing the physical and genetic properties of neuroblastoma, researchers from the Children's Hospital of Ph ...SEP 18, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For women, not having enough vitamin D not only increases their risk for osteoporosis, but also the risk for developing ...SEP 16, 2017Health & Medicine
Most babies born with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) don’t live past their first year of life, but there ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 15, 2017Cardiology
Sepsis is the tenth most common cause of death in the United States, but most of those deaths aren’t directly due ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 15, 2017Microbiology
Segmented filamentous bacteria (SFBs) are exactly what they sound like - a group of bacteria defined by their morphology ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 14, 2017Microbiology
Our bodies have an internal clock, the circadian rhythm, and it appears that some pathogens behave differently depending ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2017Microbiology
Leishmaniasis isn’t pretty - Leishmania is a parasite that causes skin ulcers and can damage internal organs. Luck ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 13, 2017Immunology
DNA damage in cells can lead to cancer, so why do B cells of the immune system intentionally damage their own DNA? A new ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 13, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration is changing its label recommendation based on a qualified health ...SEP 11, 2017Immunology
A unique quality of the main toxic “ingredient” in fire ant venom makes it the newest, if unlikely, candidat ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 08, 2017Health & Medicine
More than half of all heart attack patients die within five years of the event. This is a frightening statistic, but Uni ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 07, 2017Cardiology
A lot of things go wrong during sepsis, but one of the worst is heart complications. In the past researchers determined ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 07, 2017Microbiology
Our innate immune system has a lot of ways to deal with invading pathogens - macrophages gobble up bacteria, for one. Bu ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 07, 2017Chemistry & Physics
An oligosaccharide is a small polymer that typically has three to ten individual sugar molecules. Most naturally occurri ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 06, 2017Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an ...SEP 06, 2017Immunology
Scientists interested in manipulating the immune system, either to suppress autoimmune reactions or to boost anti-cancer ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 05, 2017Immunology
There are key differences between the two parts of the immune system - innate and adaptive - and a new study adds one mo ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 05, 2017Plants & Animals
If you were to seek a list of some of the world’s most poisonous animal species, you’d be hard-pressed not t ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our immune system has to defend against many kinds of foreign invaders, like bacterial pathogens or viruses. But first,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2017
Cancer
The gut microbiome is increasingly recognized as a vital player in the development of colon cancer. But good bacteria, s
...
SEP 21, 2017
Immunology
Immune cells are capable of making repairs in an intestine damaged by inflammatory bowel diseases. Either by boosting th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 20, 2017
Neuroscience
Specialized immune cells called neutrophils are the first responders to invading pathogens, releasing toxic chemicals an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 19, 2017
Immunology
In discovering a new pathway between the spinal cord, adrenal glands, and the immune system, scientists from Charit&eacu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 18, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteria are going to be along for any rides that humans take into space, and new research shows that extraterrestrial e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2017
Cancer
By scrutinizing the physical and genetic properties of neuroblastoma, researchers from the Children's Hospital of Ph
...
SEP 18, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For women, not having enough vitamin D not only increases their risk for osteoporosis, but also the risk for developing
...
SEP 16, 2017
Health & Medicine
Most babies born with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) don’t live past their first year of life, but there
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 15, 2017
Cardiology
Sepsis is the tenth most common cause of death in the United States, but most of those deaths aren’t directly due
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 15, 2017
Microbiology
Segmented filamentous bacteria (SFBs) are exactly what they sound like - a group of bacteria defined by their morphology
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 14, 2017
Microbiology
Our bodies have an internal clock, the circadian rhythm, and it appears that some pathogens behave differently depending
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2017
Microbiology
Leishmaniasis isn’t pretty - Leishmania is a parasite that causes skin ulcers and can damage internal organs. Luck
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 13, 2017
Immunology
DNA damage in cells can lead to cancer, so why do B cells of the immune system intentionally damage their own DNA? A new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 13, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration is changing its label recommendation based on a qualified health
...
SEP 11, 2017
Immunology
A unique quality of the main toxic “ingredient” in fire ant venom makes it the newest, if unlikely, candidat
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 08, 2017
Health & Medicine
More than half of all heart attack patients die within five years of the event. This is a frightening statistic, but Uni
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 07, 2017
Cardiology
A lot of things go wrong during sepsis, but one of the worst is heart complications. In the past researchers determined
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 07, 2017
Microbiology
Our innate immune system has a lot of ways to deal with invading pathogens - macrophages gobble up bacteria, for one. Bu
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 07, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
An oligosaccharide is a small polymer that typically has three to ten individual sugar molecules. Most naturally occurri
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 06, 2017
Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an
...
SEP 06, 2017
Immunology
Scientists interested in manipulating the immune system, either to suppress autoimmune reactions or to boost anti-cancer
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 05, 2017
Immunology
There are key differences between the two parts of the immune system - innate and adaptive - and a new study adds one mo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
If you were to seek a list of some of the world’s most poisonous animal species, you’d be hard-pressed not t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard