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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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AUG 18, 2021Microbiology
In a world with a growing population and a changing environment, food security is an important issue. Scientists have be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 18, 2021Neuroscience
Heightened histamine levels from inflammation inhibit the effects of the mood-regulating neurotransmitter serotonin in t ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 18, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, researchers have studied how an enzyme called APOBEC3 can help protect the body from pathogenic viruses, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2021Health & Medicine
The historic scientific breakthrough of vaccination has prevented lifelong disability from Polio, scarring from Mea ...Written By: Christopher DiMaioAUG 17, 2021Immunology
Most people feeling under the weather, especially those with a fever, tend to lose their appetites. When recovering from ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 16, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
If bacteria, usually Escherichia coli, get into the urethra, they can cause a urinary tract infection (UTI). These are s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
We've learned a lot about the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, in the past year and a half. Researchers know the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2021Health & Medicine
According to a 2020 study published in Cureus, autoimmune diseases are two times more prevalent in women than men, with ...Written By: Alexandria BassAUG 12, 2021Technology
Researchers may have found a way to create synthetic RNA that is more “pure” and cost-effective than previou ...Written By: Ryan VingumAUG 12, 2021Immunology
Australian researchers have found a new molecular binding site on the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a discovery that ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 12, 2021Microbiology
Now that scientists can easily determine the composition of a gut microbiome by sequencing the DNA in a stool sample, mo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2021Cardiology
Even though we know now that vaping is harmful and addictive, it's still thought to be healthier than smoking cigarettes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2021Neuroscience
‘Beige’ fat reduces inflammation in mouse brains, and may provide protection from dementia. The correspondin ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 10, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Rabies is a viral disease that can be transmitted from an infected animal to another animal or human. In the U ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizAUG 10, 2021Microbiology
The bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei is a pathogen that can live in water and soil, usually in tropical parts of nort ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2021Microbiology
About one-third of Gulf war veterans have chronic and unexplained medical issues that include gastrointestinal disorders ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2021Immunology
Not all fat is ‘bad’—there’s white fat that builds up when excess calories are consumed. But, th ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 08, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Photobiomodulation therapy (PBM), a form of low-dose light therapy, can speed up recovery from burns and reduce inflamma ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 07, 2021Cancer
A combination of three immunotherapy drugs can eliminate pancreatic tumors in mice. The study was published in Canc ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 05, 2021Immunology
Talking, singing, coughing—all of these can spread COVID-19 from an infected person via respiratory aerosols. Thes ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 04, 2021Technology
Management of diabetes can include a range of interventions, from specific diets and exercise to the regular use of insu ...Written By: Ryan VingumAUG 04, 2021Genetics & Genomics
While people carry mostly the same genes, there are many small changes in the sequences of those genes, and small variat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2021Health & Medicine
COVID-19 infections have given rise to COVID long haulers, people who had COVID and continue to have symptoms months aft ...Written By: Alexandria BassAUG 03, 2021Immunology
Antibodies are specialized proteins produced as part of the body's immune response. Neutralizing antibodies bind to ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
AUG 18, 2021
Microbiology
In a world with a growing population and a changing environment, food security is an important issue. Scientists have be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2021
Neuroscience
Heightened histamine levels from inflammation inhibit the effects of the mood-regulating neurotransmitter serotonin in t
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 18, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, researchers have studied how an enzyme called APOBEC3 can help protect the body from pathogenic viruses,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2021
Health & Medicine
The historic scientific breakthrough of vaccination has prevented lifelong disability from Polio, scarring from Mea
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
AUG 17, 2021
Immunology
Most people feeling under the weather, especially those with a fever, tend to lose their appetites. When recovering from
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 16, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
If bacteria, usually Escherichia coli, get into the urethra, they can cause a urinary tract infection (UTI). These are s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
We've learned a lot about the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, in the past year and a half. Researchers know the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2021
Health & Medicine
According to a 2020 study published in Cureus, autoimmune diseases are two times more prevalent in women than men, with
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
AUG 12, 2021
Technology
Researchers may have found a way to create synthetic RNA that is more “pure” and cost-effective than previou
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
AUG 12, 2021
Immunology
Australian researchers have found a new molecular binding site on the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a discovery that
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 12, 2021
Microbiology
Now that scientists can easily determine the composition of a gut microbiome by sequencing the DNA in a stool sample, mo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2021
Cardiology
Even though we know now that vaping is harmful and addictive, it's still thought to be healthier than smoking cigarettes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2021
Neuroscience
‘Beige’ fat reduces inflammation in mouse brains, and may provide protection from dementia. The correspondin
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 10, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Rabies is a viral disease that can be transmitted from an infected animal to another animal or human. In the U
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
AUG 10, 2021
Microbiology
The bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei is a pathogen that can live in water and soil, usually in tropical parts of nort
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2021
Microbiology
About one-third of Gulf war veterans have chronic and unexplained medical issues that include gastrointestinal disorders
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2021
Immunology
Not all fat is ‘bad’—there’s white fat that builds up when excess calories are consumed. But, th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 08, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Photobiomodulation therapy (PBM), a form of low-dose light therapy, can speed up recovery from burns and reduce inflamma
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 07, 2021
Cancer
A combination of three immunotherapy drugs can eliminate pancreatic tumors in mice. The study was published in Canc
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 05, 2021
Immunology
Talking, singing, coughing—all of these can spread COVID-19 from an infected person via respiratory aerosols. Thes
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 04, 2021
Technology
Management of diabetes can include a range of interventions, from specific diets and exercise to the regular use of insu
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
AUG 04, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
While people carry mostly the same genes, there are many small changes in the sequences of those genes, and small variat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2021
Health & Medicine
COVID-19 infections have given rise to COVID long haulers, people who had COVID and continue to have symptoms months aft
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
AUG 03, 2021
Immunology
Antibodies are specialized proteins produced as part of the body's immune response. Neutralizing antibodies bind to
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes