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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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AUG 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 LeitchJUL 30, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Oropouche virus (OROV) causes Oropouche fever (OROF); the first case was identified in a forest worker in Trinidad and T ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2024Microbiology
The H5N1 avian influenza is highly pathogenic and has been devastating bird populations worldwide. It continues to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2024Microbiology
Highly pathogenic avian influenza could once only be caught from an infected bird. But it seems the virus can now move f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2024Technology
A team do researchers at the University of Edinburgh have leveraged 3-D printing technology to create artificial blood c ...Written By: Ryan VingumJUL 25, 2024Immunology
Our immune systems are made of various cells the orchestrate responses to foreign invaders. Each cell works in concert w ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeJUL 23, 2024Microbiology
Whgile long COVID is still a serious risk affecting the lives of many people around the world, rates have declined for a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Rapid advances in computational and genetic tools allowed researchers to delve into the mystery that is the human gut mi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2024Microbiology
Many of us experienced chickenpox as kids. The virus has a few sneaky ways to cause illness, and hang around in the body ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks carry the bacterium, Borrelia burgdoferi, which causes Lyme disease. Lyme is becoming more common as the climate c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2024Immunology
The immune system’s primary responsibility is to recognize and target invading pathogens. Various immune cells are ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeJUL 10, 2024Microbiology
When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2024Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterium that can be found throughout the environment. It can also cause deadly, multidrug- ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2024Earth & The Environment
Aspergillus is a common fungus that produces spores, which can be found in many indoor and outdoor environments. There a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2024Technology
A collaboration between researchers at the Rosalind Franklin Institute, the University of Oxford, the University of Pitt ...Written By: Ryan VingumJUN 27, 2024Immunology
Cancer therapy is ever changing as technology improves to better understand our immune systems. Immunotherapy is a form ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeJUN 27, 2024Immunology
“Neurological disabilities” is an umbrella term to describe a wide range of nervous system disorders. Disord ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeJUN 25, 2024Cancer
Metformin, a medication commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, helps the body regulate sugar in the bloodstream. ...Written By: Katie KokolusJUN 24, 2024Genetics & Genomics
A study published in Nature of the LolCDE complex, as detailed through various experimental approaches and analyses, pro ...Written By: Greta AnneJUN 23, 2024Microbiology
Our guts are full of microbes like bacteria, fungi, and viruses, and this gut microbiome has to stay properly imbalanced ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2024Earth & The Environment
We're nowhere near a world like the one in HBO's The Last of Us, but there have been notable increases in fungal infecti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The overwhelming majority of people that think they have the flu never get tested, even when they see a doctor about it, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Organoids are an improved model for the study human biology and disease, because they are miniaturized versions of human ...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
JUL 30, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Oropouche virus (OROV) causes Oropouche fever (OROF); the first case was identified in a forest worker in Trinidad and T
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2024
Microbiology
The H5N1 avian influenza is highly pathogenic and has been devastating bird populations worldwide. It continues to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2024
Microbiology
Highly pathogenic avian influenza could once only be caught from an infected bird. But it seems the virus can now move f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2024
Technology
A team do researchers at the University of Edinburgh have leveraged 3-D printing technology to create artificial blood c
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JUL 25, 2024
Immunology
Our immune systems are made of various cells the orchestrate responses to foreign invaders. Each cell works in concert w
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
JUL 23, 2024
Microbiology
Whgile long COVID is still a serious risk affecting the lives of many people around the world, rates have declined for a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Rapid advances in computational and genetic tools allowed researchers to delve into the mystery that is the human gut mi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2024
Microbiology
Many of us experienced chickenpox as kids. The virus has a few sneaky ways to cause illness, and hang around in the body
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks carry the bacterium, Borrelia burgdoferi, which causes Lyme disease. Lyme is becoming more common as the climate c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2024
Immunology
The immune system’s primary responsibility is to recognize and target invading pathogens. Various immune cells are
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
JUL 10, 2024
Microbiology
When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2024
Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterium that can be found throughout the environment. It can also cause deadly, multidrug-
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Aspergillus is a common fungus that produces spores, which can be found in many indoor and outdoor environments. There a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2024
Technology
A collaboration between researchers at the Rosalind Franklin Institute, the University of Oxford, the University of Pitt
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JUN 27, 2024
Immunology
Cancer therapy is ever changing as technology improves to better understand our immune systems. Immunotherapy is a form
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
JUN 27, 2024
Immunology
“Neurological disabilities” is an umbrella term to describe a wide range of nervous system disorders. Disord
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
JUN 25, 2024
Cancer
Metformin, a medication commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, helps the body regulate sugar in the bloodstream.
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JUN 24, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
A study published in Nature of the LolCDE complex, as detailed through various experimental approaches and analyses, pro
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
JUN 23, 2024
Microbiology
Our guts are full of microbes like bacteria, fungi, and viruses, and this gut microbiome has to stay properly imbalanced
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2024
Earth & The Environment
We're nowhere near a world like the one in HBO's The Last of Us, but there have been notable increases in fungal infecti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The overwhelming majority of people that think they have the flu never get tested, even when they see a doctor about it,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Organoids are an improved model for the study human biology and disease, because they are miniaturized versions of human
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch