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Infection is a disease caused by a pathogenic microorganism (e.g., bacteria, viruses) able to invade tissue.
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OCT 06, 2025Microbiology
Mucus isn't just some junk for tissues, it serves important biological purposes. It is an important line of defense, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2025Microbiology
Legionella bacteria can contaminate many water sources, even windshield wiper fluid, and if inhaled as aerosols in conta ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 16, 2025Microbiology
Researchers have developed a new type of flu treatment that could have a dramatic impact on the fight against influenza ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2025Microbiology
Chagas disease has been called “the most neglected of the neglected diseases” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria are well known as the energy producers of cells, but they have other crucial functions as well. One of thos ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
The vagus nerve is a critical structure, and cells it contains could help explain why flu infections can vary widely in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2025Microbiology
Mosquitoes are dangerous pests. They transmit many dangerous pathogens, including the parasite that causes malaria and t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2025Microbiology
The gut microbiome, the community of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract, has many significant influences on th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2025Microbiology
Our bodies host a variety of microorganisms, and the microbial communities in and on our bodies have to maintain the rig ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2025Microbiology
Many known viruses pose a continuing threat to public health, and we are constantly dealing with the possibility that ne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2025Microbiology
Mpox is an infection caused by the monkeypox virus, a zoonotic disease that causes a painful, bumpy rash. It can be spre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that a virus that has typically been thought of as common and harmless may actually be associ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2025Microbiology
Remnants of everything that humans ingest ends up in waste water, including medications that people may be taking, like ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2025Genetics & Genomics
This study has shown that HSV-1 is an "opportunistic interior designer" of human cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
If we want to prevent viral infections or develop drugs that can effectively treat them, those infections have to be inv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 24, 2025Microbiology
Many important antibiotics are becoming less effective against bacterial infections, as bacteria continue to evolve, gai ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2025Earth & The Environment
The ocean contains a complex food web–the network of interactions among predators and prey that maintain healthy e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2025Microbiology
There is still no cure or effective vaccine for HIV, but scientists have opened up new possibilities in HIV treatment an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Several new studies have identified biomarkers of long COVID, which can tell us more about what causes the disease...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have revealed a crucial mechanism used by the immune system to shield the gut during an infection.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2025Microbiology
A deadly bacterial pathogen that is often found in hospitals and frequently resistant to drugs, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2025Microbiology
This new kind of drug pipeline was used to screen over one million interactions between small molecules and antibiotics, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Bioluminescent reactions, were light is emitted from a living being, have a lot of potential applications in biomedical ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 03, 2025Microbiology
The Zika virus, which is mostly transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, emerged around 2007 to cause infections around ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2025
Microbiology
Mucus isn't just some junk for tissues, it serves important biological purposes. It is an important line of defense, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2025
Microbiology
Legionella bacteria can contaminate many water sources, even windshield wiper fluid, and if inhaled as aerosols in conta
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 16, 2025
Microbiology
Researchers have developed a new type of flu treatment that could have a dramatic impact on the fight against influenza
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2025
Microbiology
Chagas disease has been called “the most neglected of the neglected diseases” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria are well known as the energy producers of cells, but they have other crucial functions as well. One of thos
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
The vagus nerve is a critical structure, and cells it contains could help explain why flu infections can vary widely in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2025
Microbiology
Mosquitoes are dangerous pests. They transmit many dangerous pathogens, including the parasite that causes malaria and t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2025
Microbiology
The gut microbiome, the community of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract, has many significant influences on th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2025
Microbiology
Our bodies host a variety of microorganisms, and the microbial communities in and on our bodies have to maintain the rig
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2025
Microbiology
Many known viruses pose a continuing threat to public health, and we are constantly dealing with the possibility that ne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2025
Microbiology
Mpox is an infection caused by the monkeypox virus, a zoonotic disease that causes a painful, bumpy rash. It can be spre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that a virus that has typically been thought of as common and harmless may actually be associ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2025
Microbiology
Remnants of everything that humans ingest ends up in waste water, including medications that people may be taking, like
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
This study has shown that HSV-1 is an "opportunistic interior designer" of human cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
If we want to prevent viral infections or develop drugs that can effectively treat them, those infections have to be inv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2025
Microbiology
Many important antibiotics are becoming less effective against bacterial infections, as bacteria continue to evolve, gai
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The ocean contains a complex food web–the network of interactions among predators and prey that maintain healthy e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2025
Microbiology
There is still no cure or effective vaccine for HIV, but scientists have opened up new possibilities in HIV treatment an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Several new studies have identified biomarkers of long COVID, which can tell us more about what causes the disease...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have revealed a crucial mechanism used by the immune system to shield the gut during an infection.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2025
Microbiology
A deadly bacterial pathogen that is often found in hospitals and frequently resistant to drugs, Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2025
Microbiology
This new kind of drug pipeline was used to screen over one million interactions between small molecules and antibiotics,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Bioluminescent reactions, were light is emitted from a living being, have a lot of potential applications in biomedical
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2025
Microbiology
The Zika virus, which is mostly transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, emerged around 2007 to cause infections around
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch