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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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JUN 07, 2018Videos
Nipah virus, an emerging infection, was detected recently for the first time in southern India.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 07, 2018Health & Medicine
Hantavirus is a respiratory disease that is contracted when airborne particles from rat droppings and urine are breathed ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 06, 2018Immunology
For a long time scientists have been trying to understand why females are more likely than males to develop autoimmune d ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 05, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Up to 40% of people die from a viral hemorrhagic disease and until now physicians cannot agree if the only treatment ava ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 05, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists are now applying PET imaging to detect inflammation in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This cou ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 04, 2018Microbiology
Clearing bacterial infections from the body can present challenges. Engineers are trying to use nanorobots for such situ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2018Immunology
When someone with a cold or the flu also has an asthma attack, the situation can become life-threatening very quickly. F ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 01, 2018Health & Medicine
Babies and young children need to be kept safe by the adults in their lives, however keeping them in a germ-free environ ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 31, 2018Microbiology
Knowing how H. pylori establishes an infection will help develop better treatments for the pathogen.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2018Microbiology
A lack of exposure to the vaginal canal does not account for the increased risk of later health problems for those born ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Recent research has studied the effects of a protein, called apolipoprotein A-I binding protein (AIBP), in mice with che ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 30, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Celiac disease is genetically predisposed to hereditary disease and a serious autoimmune disorder that can damage the sm ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 28, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought of as a waste product that caused pain, a new review suggests lactate has many important roles in normal ce ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2018Plants & Animals
Upon carefully examining 16 years’ worth of African elephant family movements, researchers from Colorado State Uni ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 24, 2018Microbiology
Scientists have recently learned more about HIV by studying the evolutionary race between a virus and an anti-viral prot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2018Immunology
There might be a link between Tuberculosis (TB) and Parkinson’s according to a study published in The EMBO Journal ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 23, 2018Immunology
The latest discovery from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania examined the mechanisms behi ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 22, 2018Microbiology
Strep throat is caused by a common bacterium called Streptococcus pyogenes. That bacterium can also cause flesh-eating d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2018Cancer
A team from the Institute of Cancer Research has published a comprehensive literature review and outlined a breakthrough ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 22, 2018Neuroscience
Spring is entirely upon us, and that means some can suffer from allergies. A runny nose is a common symptom, and one Neb ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 22, 2018Cancer
Novel PD-L1/TGF-ß fusion protein for HPV-associated cancers enters phase II clinical trial. Oncology researchers excite ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 21, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers can now move beyond the painstaking manipulation of individual genes.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2018Microbiology
New research has found when triclosan is used with another FDA-approved drug, it can help fight deadly illness.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2018Cancer
The malarial parasite expresses a protein, VAR2CSA, that binds to chondroitin sulfate (CS) found on both placental and c ...Written By: Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 07, 2018
Videos
Nipah virus, an emerging infection, was detected recently for the first time in southern India.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 07, 2018
Health & Medicine
Hantavirus is a respiratory disease that is contracted when airborne particles from rat droppings and urine are breathed
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 06, 2018
Immunology
For a long time scientists have been trying to understand why females are more likely than males to develop autoimmune d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 05, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Up to 40% of people die from a viral hemorrhagic disease and until now physicians cannot agree if the only treatment ava
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 05, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists are now applying PET imaging to detect inflammation in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This cou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 04, 2018
Microbiology
Clearing bacterial infections from the body can present challenges. Engineers are trying to use nanorobots for such situ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2018
Immunology
When someone with a cold or the flu also has an asthma attack, the situation can become life-threatening very quickly. F
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 01, 2018
Health & Medicine
Babies and young children need to be kept safe by the adults in their lives, however keeping them in a germ-free environ
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 31, 2018
Microbiology
Knowing how H. pylori establishes an infection will help develop better treatments for the pathogen.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2018
Microbiology
A lack of exposure to the vaginal canal does not account for the increased risk of later health problems for those born
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Recent research has studied the effects of a protein, called apolipoprotein A-I binding protein (AIBP), in mice with che
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 30, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Celiac disease is genetically predisposed to hereditary disease and a serious autoimmune disorder that can damage the sm
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 28, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought of as a waste product that caused pain, a new review suggests lactate has many important roles in normal ce
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
Upon carefully examining 16 years’ worth of African elephant family movements, researchers from Colorado State Uni
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 24, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists have recently learned more about HIV by studying the evolutionary race between a virus and an anti-viral prot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2018
Immunology
There might be a link between Tuberculosis (TB) and Parkinson’s according to a study published in The EMBO Journal
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 23, 2018
Immunology
The latest discovery from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania examined the mechanisms behi
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 22, 2018
Microbiology
Strep throat is caused by a common bacterium called Streptococcus pyogenes. That bacterium can also cause flesh-eating d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2018
Cancer
A team from the Institute of Cancer Research has published a comprehensive literature review and outlined a breakthrough
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 22, 2018
Neuroscience
Spring is entirely upon us, and that means some can suffer from allergies. A runny nose is a common symptom, and one Neb
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 22, 2018
Cancer
Novel PD-L1/TGF-ß fusion protein for HPV-associated cancers enters phase II clinical trial. Oncology researchers excite
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 21, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers can now move beyond the painstaking manipulation of individual genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2018
Microbiology
New research has found when triclosan is used with another FDA-approved drug, it can help fight deadly illness.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2018
Cancer
The malarial parasite expresses a protein, VAR2CSA, that binds to chondroitin sulfate (CS) found on both placental and c
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman