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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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DEC 22, 2024Microbiology
The trillions of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, known as the gut microbiome, have a major impact on human healt ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2024Microbiology
In recent decades, scientists have revealed the importance of the human microbiome - the vast community of microbes that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 16, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Infectious diseases can have very different effects on different people; some individuals may have virtually no symptoms ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have used a mouse model to show that infections in the intestine can change the composition of bile, a fluid ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2024Microbiology
New research has shown that a lack of dietary zinc can boost the chances of a lung infection caused by Acinetobacter bau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2024Microbiology
There are many processes and proteins that help the body fight a flu infection. One of them is known as IFITM3.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Gout causes sudden flares of joint pain, which often arise during the nighttime, and in the big toe, though it may affec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2024Microbiology
New studies have provided novel insights into long COVID, which continues to affect millions of people worldwide. The ex ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 27, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The body can naturally produce vitamin D when skin is exposed to sunlight, but this process declines significantly in wi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2024Earth & The Environment
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been introduced into countless consumer products and materials, and now ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 02, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract can have a massive influence on our bodies. Research has shown that the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2024Microbiology
For the past several years, millions of birds around the world have been killed or culled because of a highly pathogenic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2024Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, has mutated endlessly since it burst on the scene in late 2019. An ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The human small intestine is an essential organ that helps us absorb nutrients and vitamins from food. It is an average ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2024Microbiology
Microbes have been engaged in an arms race with one another that goes back for millennia. While we have been able to rev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
A colorized scanning electron micrograph depicts a Kupffer cell. / Credit: Thomas Deerinck, National Center for Microsco ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
For many people, getting chickenpox is a rite of passage in childhood. About 95% of people carry the virus that causes i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2024Microbiology
Many of us experienced chickenpox as kids. The virus has a few sneaky ways to cause illness, and hang around in the body ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 24, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
While COVID-19 has been responsible for the deaths of millions of people around the world, and continues to sicken thous ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2024Microbiology
Our guts are full of microbes like bacteria, fungi, and viruses, and this gut microbiome has to stay properly imbalanced ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Regulatory T cells are a type of white blood cell that can help identify and repair damaged tissues. It's been thought t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 07, 2024Microbiology
Some of these antibodies could potentially neutralize coronaviruses that have not yet emerged, the study authors suggest ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2024Microbiology
When human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) emerged and was identified as the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (A ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 08, 2024Microbiology
Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest animals on earth because they transmit diseases including malaria, which is thought ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2024
Microbiology
The trillions of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, known as the gut microbiome, have a major impact on human healt
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2024
Microbiology
In recent decades, scientists have revealed the importance of the human microbiome - the vast community of microbes that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Infectious diseases can have very different effects on different people; some individuals may have virtually no symptoms
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have used a mouse model to show that infections in the intestine can change the composition of bile, a fluid
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2024
Microbiology
New research has shown that a lack of dietary zinc can boost the chances of a lung infection caused by Acinetobacter bau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2024
Microbiology
There are many processes and proteins that help the body fight a flu infection. One of them is known as IFITM3.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Gout causes sudden flares of joint pain, which often arise during the nighttime, and in the big toe, though it may affec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2024
Microbiology
New studies have provided novel insights into long COVID, which continues to affect millions of people worldwide. The ex
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The body can naturally produce vitamin D when skin is exposed to sunlight, but this process declines significantly in wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been introduced into countless consumer products and materials, and now
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 02, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract can have a massive influence on our bodies. Research has shown that the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2024
Microbiology
For the past several years, millions of birds around the world have been killed or culled because of a highly pathogenic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2024
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, has mutated endlessly since it burst on the scene in late 2019. An
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human small intestine is an essential organ that helps us absorb nutrients and vitamins from food. It is an average
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2024
Microbiology
Microbes have been engaged in an arms race with one another that goes back for millennia. While we have been able to rev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
A colorized scanning electron micrograph depicts a Kupffer cell. / Credit: Thomas Deerinck, National Center for Microsco
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many people, getting chickenpox is a rite of passage in childhood. About 95% of people carry the virus that causes i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2024
Microbiology
Many of us experienced chickenpox as kids. The virus has a few sneaky ways to cause illness, and hang around in the body
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
While COVID-19 has been responsible for the deaths of millions of people around the world, and continues to sicken thous
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2024
Microbiology
Our guts are full of microbes like bacteria, fungi, and viruses, and this gut microbiome has to stay properly imbalanced
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Regulatory T cells are a type of white blood cell that can help identify and repair damaged tissues. It's been thought t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 07, 2024
Microbiology
Some of these antibodies could potentially neutralize coronaviruses that have not yet emerged, the study authors suggest
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2024
Microbiology
When human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) emerged and was identified as the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (A
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2024
Microbiology
Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest animals on earth because they transmit diseases including malaria, which is thought
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch