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Macrophage
Macrophages are specific cells associated with the discovery, phagocytosis and annihilation of microbes and other hurtful living beings. They are universal in the body and assume a noticeable part in the immune response.
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JUL 05, 2016Immunology
With the growth of superbug populations growing all the time, researchers are desperately looking for ways to reduce the ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 17, 2016Immunology
The summer of 2015 in the South Bronx, New York City saw the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease the city had ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 15, 2016Immunology
When you think about how cancer cells continue to develop ways grow and spread despite both the body’s and medicin ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Depression affects millions of people worldwide, yet it’s an illness that’s still highly stigmatized. As wit ...JUN 05, 2016Videos
In another release from the Koch Institute's Image Awards 2016, Ali Roghanian of the University of Southampton UK, visit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
While the current Zika virus outbreak is known to be transmittable from mother to fetus, the exact mechanism of this tra ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 11, 2016Immunology
Normally cancerous cells do their best to hide from the immune system, but researchers from the National University of S ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 04, 2016Neuroscience
Rupture of small blood vessels in the brain can cause hemorrhagic stroke and brain microbleeds, and finding the fastest ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 03, 2016Immunology
In a new study published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, researchers from the University of Geneva discovered a new ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 28, 2016Microbiology
Researchers from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research found that Dengue virus antibodies promote Zika virus infect ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 22, 2016Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells. ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 22, 2016Microbiology
Species in the genus Dictyostelium are social amoebae that are sometimes referred to as slime molds (although they are a ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 20, 2016Health & Medicine
For atherosclerosis patients who experience a wide range of side effects to cholesterol-lowering drugs, an alternate opt ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 19, 2016Health & Medicine
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterial species behind tuberculosis infections, is the leading cause of bacterial deat ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 16, 2016Videos
Humans have been decorating their bodies with tattoos and piercings since at least the Neolithic era thousands of years ...APR 07, 2016Health & Medicine
Even when the body has reached the peak of development, there are certain regions of the brain where neurons continue to ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 31, 2016Health & Medicine
A painful inflammatory disease has been plaguing a Flemish family for more than three generations, and for the first tim ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 23, 2016Immunology
A component of the immune system, called the immunoproteasome, is known to be involved in the adaptive immune system, bu ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 18, 2016Immunology
How are macrophage immune cells activated during an inflammatory response when pathogens invade? Scientists thought they ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 11, 2016Immunology
In 2016, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer increased from seven to eight percent (American Cancer Societ ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 02, 2016Cardiology
Cornelia Weyand, MD, and her team of scientists from Stanford University School of Medicine are investigating the causes ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 26, 2016Neuroscience
Studies with genetically modified mice have unveiled additional connections between the immune system and Alzheimer&rsqu ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 21, 2016Plants & Animals
Birds’ immune systems reportedly have a great defense against a fungal infection from Cryptococcus neoformans that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 19, 2016Immunology
Bacteria are a little more clever in the way they enter the body and stay undetected than scientists realized. From the ...Written By: Kara Marker
JUL 05, 2016
Immunology
With the growth of superbug populations growing all the time, researchers are desperately looking for ways to reduce the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 17, 2016
Immunology
The summer of 2015 in the South Bronx, New York City saw the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease the city had
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 15, 2016
Immunology
When you think about how cancer cells continue to develop ways grow and spread despite both the body’s and medicin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Depression affects millions of people worldwide, yet it’s an illness that’s still highly stigmatized. As wit
...
JUN 05, 2016
Videos
In another release from the Koch Institute's Image Awards 2016, Ali Roghanian of the University of Southampton UK, visit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
While the current Zika virus outbreak is known to be transmittable from mother to fetus, the exact mechanism of this tra
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2016
Immunology
Normally cancerous cells do their best to hide from the immune system, but researchers from the National University of S
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 04, 2016
Neuroscience
Rupture of small blood vessels in the brain can cause hemorrhagic stroke and brain microbleeds, and finding the fastest
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 03, 2016
Immunology
In a new study published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, researchers from the University of Geneva discovered a new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 28, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research found that Dengue virus antibodies promote Zika virus infect
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 22, 2016
Microbiology
Species in the genus Dictyostelium are social amoebae that are sometimes referred to as slime molds (although they are a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
For atherosclerosis patients who experience a wide range of side effects to cholesterol-lowering drugs, an alternate opt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 19, 2016
Health & Medicine
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterial species behind tuberculosis infections, is the leading cause of bacterial deat
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 16, 2016
Videos
Humans have been decorating their bodies with tattoos and piercings since at least the Neolithic era thousands of years
...
APR 07, 2016
Health & Medicine
Even when the body has reached the peak of development, there are certain regions of the brain where neurons continue to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 31, 2016
Health & Medicine
A painful inflammatory disease has been plaguing a Flemish family for more than three generations, and for the first tim
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 23, 2016
Immunology
A component of the immune system, called the immunoproteasome, is known to be involved in the adaptive immune system, bu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 18, 2016
Immunology
How are macrophage immune cells activated during an inflammatory response when pathogens invade? Scientists thought they
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 11, 2016
Immunology
In 2016, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer increased from seven to eight percent (American Cancer Societ
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 02, 2016
Cardiology
Cornelia Weyand, MD, and her team of scientists from Stanford University School of Medicine are investigating the causes
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 26, 2016
Neuroscience
Studies with genetically modified mice have unveiled additional connections between the immune system and Alzheimer&rsqu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
Birds’ immune systems reportedly have a great defense against a fungal infection from Cryptococcus neoformans that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 19, 2016
Immunology
Bacteria are a little more clever in the way they enter the body and stay undetected than scientists realized. From the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker