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Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease: Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi; the diseases can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another. Zoonotic diseases are infectious diseases of animals that can cause disease when transmitted to humans. Most infectious diseases have only minor complications. But some infections - such as pneumonia, AIDS and meningitis - can become life-threatening.
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MAY 04, 2022
Earth & The Environment
While plastic has become part of our everyday lives, its environmental impact is becoming more and more apparent, specif
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 01, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Two new studies have revealed more about a bacterial pathogen that can infect the gut, clostridium difficile. There are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2022
Microbiology
When a pathogen invades the body, the immune system has to mount a response, which involves inflammation. But inflammati
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2022
Immunology
A variety of studies by different reseaech groups have now confirmed that the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2022
Health & Medicine
The Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN) is a project conceived over 10 years ago to study vaccine side effects. Back then
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
APR 19, 2022
Immunology
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that is thought to have been around for about 150 mil
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 14, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
COVID-19 is more effectively treated by a combination of drugs than singular drugs alone. The corresponding study was pu
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Just like humans, bacteria can be attacked by infectious pathogens, and microbes also have immune defense systems. One o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
About 1.5 million new HIV infections are thought to have occurred last year, and while COVID-19 has dominated concerns a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 23, 2022
Immunology
As we age, parts of our bodies get old and worn out, including the immune system. That's one reason why COVID-19 has bee
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2022
Microbiology
Although antibiotic resistance is becoming a problem, many bacterial infections can still be prevented or eliminated wit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2022
Health & Medicine
Scientists have investigated the role of regulatory T cells in autoimmune disease. Regulatory T cells carry the CD4 prot
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
MAR 15, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
There are many challenges facing our healthcare system today, but sepsis is undeniably one of the most significant. Seps
...
Sponsored By:
bioMérieux Inc
MAR 14, 2022
Immunology
Though it may happen at different rates for different microbes, mutations happen, and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2022
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is already a major threat to public health; in 2019 alone, antibiotic resistant bacterial infectio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 01, 2022
Immunology
Bacteria called Legionella are commonly found in the environment, and they love to live in hot water. They can also caus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Two people have been cured of HIV, and now, a US woman joins them. In this third case, stem cell transplants were being
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2022
Microbiology
Recent studies have shown that an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection can be a precursor to multiple sclerosis; large, po
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2022
Microbiology
Ebola virus has caused several major outbreaks in recent decades. Its high death rate and disturbing symptoms have made
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 10, 2022
Immunology
Millions of people are experiencing lingering effects of COVID-19 that continue long after the initial infection
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 08, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Viral experts are still unsure where and how the Omicron variant originated, but one thing is clear: it has overt
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 06, 2022
Health & Medicine
Bharat Biotech, a biotechnology company in India, is expected to be the first to offer a COVID-19 nasal spray vaccine wi
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
FEB 06, 2022
Health & Medicine
According to the CDC, people are not up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations if they're not boosted 5 months after the
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
FEB 01, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Have you heard about the COVID test vending machines? These ‘self-serve’ testing protocols are part of effor
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes