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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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JAN 16, 2018Microbiology
As we learn more about the microbes that populate our gastrointestinal tract, we find that they exert a powerful influen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 16, 2018Cardiology
A new treatment to be used in the wake of a heart attack is a little bit like putting a bandaid on a cut to prevent it f ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 10, 2018Immunology
For the first time, scientists have been able to gather evidence for a new antibody-based drug to treat people infected ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 09, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have discovered a path toward virus-like, nanoscale devices that may be able to deliver drugs to cells by ch ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 08, 2018Immunology
The Zika virus is notorious for its deleterious effects on pregnancy, whether through causing miscarriages or birth defe ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 08, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reveals that the chronic infections that impact CF patients may be vulnerable to some classes of antibiotics.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2018Immunology
Atopic dermatitis (AD), commonly called eczema, affects approximately 15 percent of children worldwide and one to three ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 04, 2018Microbiology
A seemingly harmless food additive appears to be the reason behind increasingly frequent and severe outbreaks of Clostri ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 04, 2018Immunology
How does a West African monkey species called sooty mangabeys resist SIV, the “monkey version” of HIV, and p ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 03, 2018Microbiology
Ebola has caused serious outbreaks in recent years; the last one that struck West Africa was a virulent strain that kill ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2018Immunology
Every year around this time, warnings of flu season reach their peak. Experts estimate that around 200,000 people every ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 01, 2018Videos
Smallpox was the first major disease to be eradicated, but not before we had a minor outbreak in New York City. Luckily, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2018Cardiology
A drug approved by the FDA in 2012 to treat a type of cancer called multiple myeloma has dangerous side effects that inv ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 29, 2017Technology
Rao's Tethys device is named after the Greek Titan Goddess of Fresh Water.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 29, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Some of the worst wildlife diseases have been fungal. Now scientists have found that a fungus is impacting snakes.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2017Microbiology
Scientists anticipate that at the current rate of antibiotic prescriptions, bacteria will evolve to the point of making ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 27, 2017Microbiology
For eight years, researchers conducted experiments modeling repeated, mild bacterial infections; what they saw shocked t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Our immune system has an incredible ability; it can remember infections it has already encountered.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2017Microbiology
One way that bacterial infections get around antibiotics is by using sleeper cells; these special cells lie dormant, sur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2017Cancer
These families give rave reviews of Animal Assisted Interaction in hospitals.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 23, 2017Immunology
Immune cells that travel from tissue to tissue need to be able to adapt to different tissues, including the high-acidity ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 20, 2017Technology
A single wound can contain multiple types of dangerous bacteria that must be identified, treated and monitored.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 19, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers develop new "universal" antibody to target seasonal influenza to lay the foundation for future vaccine devel ...Written By: Courtney SchaalDEC 19, 2017Immunology
There’s more to blood platelets than blood clotting, according to scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat M ...Written By: Kara Marker
JAN 16, 2018
Microbiology
As we learn more about the microbes that populate our gastrointestinal tract, we find that they exert a powerful influen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2018
Cardiology
A new treatment to be used in the wake of a heart attack is a little bit like putting a bandaid on a cut to prevent it f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 10, 2018
Immunology
For the first time, scientists have been able to gather evidence for a new antibody-based drug to treat people infected
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 09, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have discovered a path toward virus-like, nanoscale devices that may be able to deliver drugs to cells by ch
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 08, 2018
Immunology
The Zika virus is notorious for its deleterious effects on pregnancy, whether through causing miscarriages or birth defe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 08, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reveals that the chronic infections that impact CF patients may be vulnerable to some classes of antibiotics.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2018
Immunology
Atopic dermatitis (AD), commonly called eczema, affects approximately 15 percent of children worldwide and one to three
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 04, 2018
Microbiology
A seemingly harmless food additive appears to be the reason behind increasingly frequent and severe outbreaks of Clostri
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 04, 2018
Immunology
How does a West African monkey species called sooty mangabeys resist SIV, the “monkey version” of HIV, and p
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 03, 2018
Microbiology
Ebola has caused serious outbreaks in recent years; the last one that struck West Africa was a virulent strain that kill
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2018
Immunology
Every year around this time, warnings of flu season reach their peak. Experts estimate that around 200,000 people every
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 01, 2018
Videos
Smallpox was the first major disease to be eradicated, but not before we had a minor outbreak in New York City. Luckily,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2018
Cardiology
A drug approved by the FDA in 2012 to treat a type of cancer called multiple myeloma has dangerous side effects that inv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 29, 2017
Technology
Rao's Tethys device is named after the Greek Titan Goddess of Fresh Water.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 29, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Some of the worst wildlife diseases have been fungal. Now scientists have found that a fungus is impacting snakes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists anticipate that at the current rate of antibiotic prescriptions, bacteria will evolve to the point of making
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 27, 2017
Microbiology
For eight years, researchers conducted experiments modeling repeated, mild bacterial infections; what they saw shocked t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our immune system has an incredible ability; it can remember infections it has already encountered.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2017
Microbiology
One way that bacterial infections get around antibiotics is by using sleeper cells; these special cells lie dormant, sur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2017
Cancer
These families give rave reviews of Animal Assisted Interaction in hospitals.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 23, 2017
Immunology
Immune cells that travel from tissue to tissue need to be able to adapt to different tissues, including the high-acidity
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 20, 2017
Technology
A single wound can contain multiple types of dangerous bacteria that must be identified, treated and monitored.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 19, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers develop new "universal" antibody to target seasonal influenza to lay the foundation for future vaccine devel
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 19, 2017
Immunology
There’s more to blood platelets than blood clotting, according to scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat M
...
Written By:
Kara Marker