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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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SEP 26, 2017Immunology
With no FDA-approved vaccines or antiviral drugs to treat Ebola, those affected rely on the immune system to save them f ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 25, 2017Immunology
Killing two birds with one stone may be possible for Dengue virus and Zika virus, two pathogens spread by the same mosqu ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 25, 2017Neuroscience
At present, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate that 1 in 68 children will be diagnosed with an autism spectr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 24, 2017Videos
Food safety is no joke and those who ignore it do so at their peril. This lecture from the American Society for Microbio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2017Microbiology
The group A Streptococcus pathogen can cause a range of illnesses, from a relatively minor case of strep throat to a fle ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have found that things typically found in our home environments may be contributing to the reinfection of pe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2017Cancer
With cancer putting up such strong fight, scientists are resorting to more unconventional therapies to give them the edg ...SEP 22, 2017Cancer
It’s an unfortunate and tragic side-effect that doctors and cancer patients know too well: the treatments that can ...SEP 22, 2017Cardiology
Why can’t humans regrow their organs like some organisms can? It certainly would help repair some of the damage do ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 22, 2017Videos
Known formally as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), prion diseases made headlines in the mid 1980s throu ...SEP 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Our immune system has to defend against many kinds of foreign invaders, like bacterial pathogens or viruses. But first, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2017Neuroscience
Specialized immune cells called neutrophils are the first responders to invading pathogens, releasing toxic chemicals an ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 19, 2017Immunology
In discovering a new pathway between the spinal cord, adrenal glands, and the immune system, scientists from Charit&eacu ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 18, 2017Microbiology
Bacteria are going to be along for any rides that humans take into space, and new research shows that extraterrestrial e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 16, 2017Videos
Despite the most adamant testament to the contrary, we all smell (though some more pungent than others). Body odor is si ...SEP 16, 2017Health & Medicine
Most babies born with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) don’t live past their first year of life, but there ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 15, 2017Cardiology
Sepsis is the tenth most common cause of death in the United States, but most of those deaths aren’t directly due ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 15, 2017Microbiology
A new type of enzyme has been discovered in hundreds of bacterial species, and researchers say it helps reveal how bacte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2017Microbiology
Our bodies have an internal clock, the circadian rhythm, and it appears that some pathogens behave differently depending ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2017Microbiology
Leishmaniasis isn’t pretty - Leishmania is a parasite that causes skin ulcers and can damage internal organs. Luck ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 13, 2017Immunology
DNA damage in cells can lead to cancer, so why do B cells of the immune system intentionally damage their own DNA? A new ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 12, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Adorable puppies could be behind a bacterial outbreak that has sickened 39 people across seven states so far. According ...SEP 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 50 perce ...SEP 10, 2017Microbiology
Inflammation is a common feature of many diseases, and researchers wanted to know more about whether dormant bacteria ar ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2017
Immunology
With no FDA-approved vaccines or antiviral drugs to treat Ebola, those affected rely on the immune system to save them f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 25, 2017
Immunology
Killing two birds with one stone may be possible for Dengue virus and Zika virus, two pathogens spread by the same mosqu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 25, 2017
Neuroscience
At present, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate that 1 in 68 children will be diagnosed with an autism spectr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 24, 2017
Videos
Food safety is no joke and those who ignore it do so at their peril. This lecture from the American Society for Microbio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2017
Microbiology
The group A Streptococcus pathogen can cause a range of illnesses, from a relatively minor case of strep throat to a fle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have found that things typically found in our home environments may be contributing to the reinfection of pe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2017
Cancer
With cancer putting up such strong fight, scientists are resorting to more unconventional therapies to give them the edg
...
SEP 22, 2017
Cancer
It’s an unfortunate and tragic side-effect that doctors and cancer patients know too well: the treatments that can
...
SEP 22, 2017
Cardiology
Why can’t humans regrow their organs like some organisms can? It certainly would help repair some of the damage do
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 22, 2017
Videos
Known formally as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), prion diseases made headlines in the mid 1980s throu
...
SEP 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our immune system has to defend against many kinds of foreign invaders, like bacterial pathogens or viruses. But first,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2017
Neuroscience
Specialized immune cells called neutrophils are the first responders to invading pathogens, releasing toxic chemicals an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 19, 2017
Immunology
In discovering a new pathway between the spinal cord, adrenal glands, and the immune system, scientists from Charit&eacu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 18, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteria are going to be along for any rides that humans take into space, and new research shows that extraterrestrial e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 16, 2017
Videos
Despite the most adamant testament to the contrary, we all smell (though some more pungent than others). Body odor is si
...
SEP 16, 2017
Health & Medicine
Most babies born with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) don’t live past their first year of life, but there
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 15, 2017
Cardiology
Sepsis is the tenth most common cause of death in the United States, but most of those deaths aren’t directly due
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 15, 2017
Microbiology
A new type of enzyme has been discovered in hundreds of bacterial species, and researchers say it helps reveal how bacte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2017
Microbiology
Our bodies have an internal clock, the circadian rhythm, and it appears that some pathogens behave differently depending
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2017
Microbiology
Leishmaniasis isn’t pretty - Leishmania is a parasite that causes skin ulcers and can damage internal organs. Luck
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 13, 2017
Immunology
DNA damage in cells can lead to cancer, so why do B cells of the immune system intentionally damage their own DNA? A new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Adorable puppies could be behind a bacterial outbreak that has sickened 39 people across seven states so far. According
...
SEP 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 50 perce
...
SEP 10, 2017
Microbiology
Inflammation is a common feature of many diseases, and researchers wanted to know more about whether dormant bacteria ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch