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Medical Microbiology
Medical Microbiology: the large subset of microbiology that is applied to medicine, is a branch of medical science concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. This field of science also studies various clinical applications of microbes for the improvement of health.
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SEP 06, 2022Microbiology
Measles in one of the most infectious viruses in the world, and can spread through close contact with an infected person ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2022Immunology
COVID-19 has been harmful to many aspects of human health. Recent research has shown, for example, that people are far l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 04, 2022Microbiology
The microbes in our gut are indispensable to our health, and they are affected by what we eat. New research has used a m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2022Immunology
Soon, vaccine booster shots that are specific to the Omicron variant will be available in many countries. The new Omicro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2022Health & Medicine
If you have ever done research for school or work, or simply been curious about a scientific finding and wanted to read ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Anywhere from 200 to 1,000 species of bacteria reside in the human gut microbiome, and researchers have been trying to d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2022Microbiology
With effort, we all can help counter the rise of bacterial pathogens that resist the effects of multiple antibiotics.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2022Technology
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, a team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) A ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 19, 2022Health & Medicine
Since the start of the pandemic, researchers and clinicians have warned that not everyone who is infected with SARS-CoV- ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Surprisingly similar mechanisms of pattern recognition can be found among incredibly diverse organisms.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 15, 2022Microbiology
Chronic alcohol use is a serious health problem, and a major contributor to liver disease and mortality. The gut microbi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2022Immunology
For the second time this year and only the fourth time ever, researchers have announced that a person has been cured of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2022Neuroscience
The gut microbiome is closely connected to human health and well being in many ways. While many microbes in the gut perf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2022Health & Medicine
Zoonotic diseases, which can jump from one species to another, are not unusual. As the world's population rises and the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2022Microbiology
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio can cause flu-like symptoms like nausea, headache, fever, and sore th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2022Health & Medicine
This year, 29 infants have been admitted to the Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center with human p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2022Microbiology
The discovery of giant viruses, some of which infect bacterial cells, has changed what we knew about microbes. Image cre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2022Immunology
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of infant hospitalization and a leading cause of death around the wor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
When the white blood cells in our bodies encounter a pathogen, they can release a molecule called histamine, which can h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2022Microbiology
A bacterium that causes a deadly tropical disease called meliodosis, sometimes known as Whitmore's disease, has been det ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2022Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and scientists have searched for the origins of the virus. After i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2022Immunology
Since researchers began to examine it in detail, the gut microbiome has been associated with myriad aspects of human hea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2022Microbiology
Between April 5 and May 26 of 2022, hundreds of cases of viral hepatitis in children were diagnosed in 33 countries, acc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotics induce sex-specific effects on the gut microbiome of male and female rats. The corresponding study was publi ...Written By: Annie Lennon
SEP 06, 2022
Microbiology
Measles in one of the most infectious viruses in the world, and can spread through close contact with an infected person
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2022
Immunology
COVID-19 has been harmful to many aspects of human health. Recent research has shown, for example, that people are far l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2022
Microbiology
The microbes in our gut are indispensable to our health, and they are affected by what we eat. New research has used a m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2022
Immunology
Soon, vaccine booster shots that are specific to the Omicron variant will be available in many countries. The new Omicro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2022
Health & Medicine
If you have ever done research for school or work, or simply been curious about a scientific finding and wanted to read
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Anywhere from 200 to 1,000 species of bacteria reside in the human gut microbiome, and researchers have been trying to d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2022
Microbiology
With effort, we all can help counter the rise of bacterial pathogens that resist the effects of multiple antibiotics.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2022
Technology
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, a team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) A
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 19, 2022
Health & Medicine
Since the start of the pandemic, researchers and clinicians have warned that not everyone who is infected with SARS-CoV-
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Surprisingly similar mechanisms of pattern recognition can be found among incredibly diverse organisms.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2022
Microbiology
Chronic alcohol use is a serious health problem, and a major contributor to liver disease and mortality. The gut microbi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2022
Immunology
For the second time this year and only the fourth time ever, researchers have announced that a person has been cured of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2022
Neuroscience
The gut microbiome is closely connected to human health and well being in many ways. While many microbes in the gut perf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2022
Health & Medicine
Zoonotic diseases, which can jump from one species to another, are not unusual. As the world's population rises and the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2022
Microbiology
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio can cause flu-like symptoms like nausea, headache, fever, and sore th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2022
Health & Medicine
This year, 29 infants have been admitted to the Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center with human p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2022
Microbiology
The discovery of giant viruses, some of which infect bacterial cells, has changed what we knew about microbes. Image cre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2022
Immunology
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of infant hospitalization and a leading cause of death around the wor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
When the white blood cells in our bodies encounter a pathogen, they can release a molecule called histamine, which can h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2022
Microbiology
A bacterium that causes a deadly tropical disease called meliodosis, sometimes known as Whitmore's disease, has been det
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2022
Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and scientists have searched for the origins of the virus. After i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2022
Immunology
Since researchers began to examine it in detail, the gut microbiome has been associated with myriad aspects of human hea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2022
Microbiology
Between April 5 and May 26 of 2022, hundreds of cases of viral hepatitis in children were diagnosed in 33 countries, acc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotics induce sex-specific effects on the gut microbiome of male and female rats. The corresponding study was publi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon