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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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DEC 16, 2017Immunology
Long-term immune protection isn’t the only job tasked to memory T cells, researchers are finding. In a new collabo ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 14, 2017Videos
The FDA has issued a statement warning against the use of "do-it-yourself" gene-editing kits, reminding people in their ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2017Immunology
A new study from Cornell University explains why the current vaccine for typhoid fever is only partially effective. Salm ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 13, 2017Videos
Researchers from the Texas Biomedical Research Institute have found a new, possibly more ideal animal model of a Zika vi ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 12, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers develop method to screen drug candidates for precision based cystic fibrosis therapyWritten By: Courtney SchaalDEC 12, 2017Immunology
A certain type of T cells from the immune system is responsible for infiltrating cells infected by bacteria and viruses ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 11, 2017Genetics & Genomics
There is a genetic disorder affecting the immune system so severely that its patients often require protective isolation ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Cats are host to a common parasite. It is estimated that a whopping 30 to 50% of all humans on the planet carry it, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
AAV viral vector gene delivery will soon be approved for FDA approval, and will likely just be the first of many proving ...Written By: Courtney SchaalDEC 09, 2017Immunology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects almost everyone by the time they’re 30, but not everyone necessarily shows sy ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 08, 2017Videos
A splinter is any small fragment of a larger object that gets embedded under the skin surface. This can refer to fragmen ...DEC 06, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Pimples are unsightly, annoying blemishes that seem to show up at the worst possible time. Many of us probably to fight ...DEC 05, 2017Videos
Having a healthy set of nails is important not just for vanity's sake - the health of your nails may actually be an indi ...DEC 05, 2017Immunology
A signaling molecule called IL-1 was identified for the first time in 1984, and only now are scientists fully understand ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 04, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
When doctors first began treating an Indian man complaining of stomach pain, they could not have imagined the source of ...DEC 04, 2017Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Clostridium difficile infections are very serious. One effective, but strange treatment for the illness has been confirm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2017Microbiology
Rabies is a fatal viral disease that occurs in more than 150 countries and territories, causing more than 60,000 fatalit ...Written By: Sarah HertrichDEC 01, 2017Microbiology
As many of us are aware, the antimicrobial resistance crisis is now regarded as a global public health threat. Bacterial ...Written By: Sarah HertrichDEC 01, 2017Immunology
The search for a safe, effective vaccine to protect billions of at-risk people from malaria continues, and the newest st ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 30, 2017Health & Medicine
Lyme disease is on the rise in the United States, but not in the areas where it is most commonly found. Lyme disease can ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 30, 2017Microbiology
Brachyspira pilosicoli is a slow growing spirochete that was first isolated from a pig in the United Kingdom in 1980. Sp ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 28, 2017Genetics & Genomics
New research has found that garlic contains a compound that can fight chronic bacterial infections.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2017Videos
A parasite is a microorganism that lives within and gets its food from a host. Some of these relationships are antagonis ...Written By: Sarah Hertrich
DEC 16, 2017
Immunology
Long-term immune protection isn’t the only job tasked to memory T cells, researchers are finding. In a new collabo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 14, 2017
Videos
The FDA has issued a statement warning against the use of "do-it-yourself" gene-editing kits, reminding people in their
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2017
Immunology
A new study from Cornell University explains why the current vaccine for typhoid fever is only partially effective. Salm
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 13, 2017
Videos
Researchers from the Texas Biomedical Research Institute have found a new, possibly more ideal animal model of a Zika vi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 12, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers develop method to screen drug candidates for precision based cystic fibrosis therapy
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 12, 2017
Immunology
A certain type of T cells from the immune system is responsible for infiltrating cells infected by bacteria and viruses
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 11, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
There is a genetic disorder affecting the immune system so severely that its patients often require protective isolation
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cats are host to a common parasite. It is estimated that a whopping 30 to 50% of all humans on the planet carry it, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
AAV viral vector gene delivery will soon be approved for FDA approval, and will likely just be the first of many proving
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 09, 2017
Immunology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects almost everyone by the time they’re 30, but not everyone necessarily shows sy
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 08, 2017
Videos
A splinter is any small fragment of a larger object that gets embedded under the skin surface. This can refer to fragmen
...
DEC 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Pimples are unsightly, annoying blemishes that seem to show up at the worst possible time. Many of us probably to fight
...
DEC 05, 2017
Videos
Having a healthy set of nails is important not just for vanity's sake - the health of your nails may actually be an indi
...
DEC 05, 2017
Immunology
A signaling molecule called IL-1 was identified for the first time in 1984, and only now are scientists fully understand
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 04, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
When doctors first began treating an Indian man complaining of stomach pain, they could not have imagined the source of
...
DEC 04, 2017
Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Clostridium difficile infections are very serious. One effective, but strange treatment for the illness has been confirm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2017
Microbiology
Rabies is a fatal viral disease that occurs in more than 150 countries and territories, causing more than 60,000 fatalit
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
DEC 01, 2017
Microbiology
As many of us are aware, the antimicrobial resistance crisis is now regarded as a global public health threat. Bacterial
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
DEC 01, 2017
Immunology
The search for a safe, effective vaccine to protect billions of at-risk people from malaria continues, and the newest st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 30, 2017
Health & Medicine
Lyme disease is on the rise in the United States, but not in the areas where it is most commonly found. Lyme disease can
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 30, 2017
Microbiology
Brachyspira pilosicoli is a slow growing spirochete that was first isolated from a pig in the United Kingdom in 1980. Sp
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 28, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
New research has found that garlic contains a compound that can fight chronic bacterial infections.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2017
Videos
A parasite is a microorganism that lives within and gets its food from a host. Some of these relationships are antagonis
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich