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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 20, 2024Microbiology
For the past several years, millions of birds around the world have been killed or culled because of a highly pathogenic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 19, 2024Health & Medicine
Our immune systems generate antibodies that neutralize and help eliminate foreign pathogens. These antibodies or protein ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeSEP 13, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Two new research studies are addressing the rising threat of fungal infections, which can be very difficult to treat. On ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2024Immunology
Brain tumors or glioblastomas are one of the most difficult cancer types to treat. These masses are malignant tumors tha ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeSEP 12, 2024Immunology
Inflammation is the body’s natural response to injury and infections. It promotes healing through immune cel ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeSEP 09, 2024Plants & Animals
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common health concern, particularly among women, and are often treated with antibi ...Written By: Greta AnneSEP 05, 2024Immunology
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that occurs in the lung, caused by bacteria. It is spread through the air and ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeSEP 03, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Although spending time in nature can reduce stress and generally improve health and well-being, insects like mosquitoes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Our skin is a crucial, protective barrier that is considered to be a major part of our immune defenses. When pathogens t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2024Microbiology
Microbes have been engaged in an arms race with one another that goes back for millennia. While we have been able to rev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Liquid biopsies have emerged as a powerful tool in modern medicine, enabling non-invasive detection and monitoring of di ...AUG 28, 2024Microbiology
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals in the world because of the diseases they carry, indulging malaria and dengue. Mosq ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2024Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus that causes the illness - SARS-CoV-2 - has had a practically infinit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2024Immunology
Malaria is a life-threatening disease commonly transmitted by mosquitos. Symptoms include fever, chills, vomiting, heada ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeAUG 20, 2024Neuroscience
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision loss among people aged 50 and older. While treatment ...Written By: Greta AnneAUG 20, 2024Microbiology
Fungi are everywhere, and in many cases, a fungal infection can be eliminated by a person's immune system. But fungal in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2024Microbiology
Animal models have served as excellent models of many aspects of human biology and disease, but they cannot mimic every ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 15, 2024Immunology
Various immune cells help orchestrate a response against invading diseases. These cells make up a two-wave response syst ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeAUG 15, 2024Immunology
Immune cells keep our bodies safe and healthy from foreign pathogens. Each is responsible for various functions, but a c ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeAUG 12, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
For many people, getting chickenpox is a rite of passage in childhood. About 95% of people carry the virus that causes i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is a common Gram-negative bacterium. They can live almost anywhere, including wate ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2024Microbiology
India is experiencing the most severe outbreak of a disease known as Chandipura virus in decades. Previous outbreaks hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2024Microbiology
Zoonotic diseases jump species to infect humans, and scientists have been studying the links in this transmission netwro ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2024
Microbiology
For the past several years, millions of birds around the world have been killed or culled because of a highly pathogenic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2024
Health & Medicine
Our immune systems generate antibodies that neutralize and help eliminate foreign pathogens. These antibodies or protein
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
SEP 13, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Two new research studies are addressing the rising threat of fungal infections, which can be very difficult to treat. On
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2024
Immunology
Brain tumors or glioblastomas are one of the most difficult cancer types to treat. These masses are malignant tumors tha
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
SEP 12, 2024
Immunology
Inflammation is the body’s natural response to injury and infections. It promotes healing through immune cel
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
SEP 09, 2024
Plants & Animals
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common health concern, particularly among women, and are often treated with antibi
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
SEP 05, 2024
Immunology
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that occurs in the lung, caused by bacteria. It is spread through the air and
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
SEP 03, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Although spending time in nature can reduce stress and generally improve health and well-being, insects like mosquitoes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our skin is a crucial, protective barrier that is considered to be a major part of our immune defenses. When pathogens t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2024
Microbiology
Microbes have been engaged in an arms race with one another that goes back for millennia. While we have been able to rev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Liquid biopsies have emerged as a powerful tool in modern medicine, enabling non-invasive detection and monitoring of di
...
AUG 28, 2024
Microbiology
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals in the world because of the diseases they carry, indulging malaria and dengue. Mosq
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2024
Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus that causes the illness - SARS-CoV-2 - has had a practically infinit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2024
Immunology
Malaria is a life-threatening disease commonly transmitted by mosquitos. Symptoms include fever, chills, vomiting, heada
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
AUG 20, 2024
Neuroscience
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision loss among people aged 50 and older. While treatment
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
AUG 20, 2024
Microbiology
Fungi are everywhere, and in many cases, a fungal infection can be eliminated by a person's immune system. But fungal in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2024
Microbiology
Animal models have served as excellent models of many aspects of human biology and disease, but they cannot mimic every
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2024
Immunology
Various immune cells help orchestrate a response against invading diseases. These cells make up a two-wave response syst
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
AUG 15, 2024
Immunology
Immune cells keep our bodies safe and healthy from foreign pathogens. Each is responsible for various functions, but a c
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
AUG 12, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many people, getting chickenpox is a rite of passage in childhood. About 95% of people carry the virus that causes i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is a common Gram-negative bacterium. They can live almost anywhere, including wate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2024
Microbiology
India is experiencing the most severe outbreak of a disease known as Chandipura virus in decades. Previous outbreaks hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2024
Microbiology
Zoonotic diseases jump species to infect humans, and scientists have been studying the links in this transmission netwro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch