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Microbiology and Immunology
Both being a branch of biology, microbiology is the research of the smallest living things including bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa, and viruses, and immunology includes studies relating to organism immune systems and organism responses to foreign substances, which includes microbes.
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MAY 13, 2021Immunology
Salmonella infections are a massive problem—Over 95 million people are affected by this foodborne illness every ye ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 11, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which virtually eliminates a patient's immune system, and severely affects thei ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2021Microbiology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 has changed the world in devastating ways, taking hundreds of thousands of lives & new var ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2021Immunology
There are currently five variants of concern in the U.S., genetically distinct forms of the COVID-causing coronavirus th ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 03, 2021Immunology
We know that processed foods like ice cream, potato chips, and candy bars in excess can cause people to pile on the poun ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 29, 2021Immunology
The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling our attention to World Immunization Week, which comes in the last week of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 28, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Sugar is something sweet to add to your food, but just like fat, different types of sugars play important roles in biolo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2021Immunology
University of Oxford scientists have developed a vaccine against malaria, which they describe as having “unprecede ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 23, 2021Microbiology
The microbes that live in the human gut have a powerful influence on our health, and that microbial community is with us ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2021Immunology
Genetic variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have emerged and tightened their grip on global communities as the pandemic rag ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 20, 2021Immunology
Scientists have identified 65 human immune genes activated during SARS-CoV-2 infection. This finding provides valuable i ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 16, 2021Microbiology
The current COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Modern are based on messenger RNA, which cells use to make proteins ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2021Microbiology
The term TORCH pathogens refers to a group of viruses including Toxoplasma gondii, Rubella, Herpes Simplex Viruses 1 and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2021Immunology
In a recent study, researchers discovered that a fungus present in cheese, processed meats, beer, and other fermented fo ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 04, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Malaria is a major health problem in many parts of the world; nearly half a million people die from malaria, and another ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2021Microbiology
Scientists took an exploratory journey to a place in the central Pacific Ocean in Kirbati called the Phoenix Islands Pro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 30, 2021Microbiology
Marburg virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever; its fatality ratio can be as high as 88 percent. Researchers may have now ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2021Immunology
Nitric oxide, a molecule produced by the immune system, can negatively impact antibiotics’ effectiveness, says a s ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 23, 2021Microbiology
Recent work has shown that SARS-CoV-2 antibodies that are carried by a pregnant woman can cross the placenta and reach t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 23, 2021Immunology
It is estimated that around one in five people infected with SARS-CoV-2 will not show any infection symptoms. Some of th ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 16, 2021Immunology
One of the most remarkable features of the immune system is its ability to “remember” past encounters with p ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 11, 2021Immunology
Researchers have developed a vaccine that “trains” the bladder to fight back against the bacteria that cause ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 10, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Microbiologists have discovered that the types of bacteria on a dermatitis patient’s skin affect the severity of t ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 10, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Diphtheria was once a leading cause of death for children; immunization programs eventually changed that for most countr ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2021
Immunology
Salmonella infections are a massive problem—Over 95 million people are affected by this foodborne illness every ye
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 11, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which virtually eliminates a patient's immune system, and severely affects thei
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2021
Microbiology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 has changed the world in devastating ways, taking hundreds of thousands of lives & new var
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2021
Immunology
There are currently five variants of concern in the U.S., genetically distinct forms of the COVID-causing coronavirus th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 03, 2021
Immunology
We know that processed foods like ice cream, potato chips, and candy bars in excess can cause people to pile on the poun
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 29, 2021
Immunology
The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling our attention to World Immunization Week, which comes in the last week of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sugar is something sweet to add to your food, but just like fat, different types of sugars play important roles in biolo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2021
Immunology
University of Oxford scientists have developed a vaccine against malaria, which they describe as having “unprecede
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 23, 2021
Microbiology
The microbes that live in the human gut have a powerful influence on our health, and that microbial community is with us
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2021
Immunology
Genetic variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have emerged and tightened their grip on global communities as the pandemic rag
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 20, 2021
Immunology
Scientists have identified 65 human immune genes activated during SARS-CoV-2 infection. This finding provides valuable i
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 16, 2021
Microbiology
The current COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Modern are based on messenger RNA, which cells use to make proteins
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2021
Microbiology
The term TORCH pathogens refers to a group of viruses including Toxoplasma gondii, Rubella, Herpes Simplex Viruses 1 and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2021
Immunology
In a recent study, researchers discovered that a fungus present in cheese, processed meats, beer, and other fermented fo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 04, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Malaria is a major health problem in many parts of the world; nearly half a million people die from malaria, and another
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2021
Microbiology
Scientists took an exploratory journey to a place in the central Pacific Ocean in Kirbati called the Phoenix Islands Pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 30, 2021
Microbiology
Marburg virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever; its fatality ratio can be as high as 88 percent. Researchers may have now
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2021
Immunology
Nitric oxide, a molecule produced by the immune system, can negatively impact antibiotics’ effectiveness, says a s
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 23, 2021
Microbiology
Recent work has shown that SARS-CoV-2 antibodies that are carried by a pregnant woman can cross the placenta and reach t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 23, 2021
Immunology
It is estimated that around one in five people infected with SARS-CoV-2 will not show any infection symptoms. Some of th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 16, 2021
Immunology
One of the most remarkable features of the immune system is its ability to “remember” past encounters with p
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 11, 2021
Immunology
Researchers have developed a vaccine that “trains” the bladder to fight back against the bacteria that cause
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 10, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Microbiologists have discovered that the types of bacteria on a dermatitis patient’s skin affect the severity of t
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 10, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Diphtheria was once a leading cause of death for children; immunization programs eventually changed that for most countr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch