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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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AUG 06, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A new sequencing technique that seeks to reveal important details about RNA has been developed by investigators at UCLA. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2016Immunology
The immune system is usually equipped to handle most bacterial infections, but certain cases of severe infection can lea ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Dysfunction in the immune system is associated with a few mental and neurological disorders. Scientists investigating th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2016Immunology
A molecule involved in boosting the immune response in cases of cancer has now been associated with bacterial pneumonia ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 27, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Duke Health and Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School have reported in the journal Imm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2016Immunology
As scientists identify ways that viruses exploit their host cells to make more copies of themselves, they are also uncov ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 26, 2016Microbiology
Fungal infections, often thought of as minor issues that are easily treatable, can actually be deadly for vulnerable peo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2016Immunology
Whether it’s via juice, sauce, or raw fruit, consuming cranberries is one of the best ways to achieve the trifecta ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 19, 2016Immunology
Thousands of deaths in patients with hepatic cirrhosis result from bacterial infections that individuals with healthy im ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 19, 2016Microbiology
The common cold virus grows best at cooler temperatures (like in your nose), just a few degrees below core body temperat ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 14, 2016Microbiology
Publishing in Science Translational Medicine, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have announced that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2016Microbiology
In 2010, researchers began to establish a link between diseases of the central nervous system and bacteria. It became mo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) was initially characterized as one which mediates the effects of the pollutant dioxi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2016Immunology
With the growth of superbug populations growing all the time, researchers are desperately looking for ways to reduce the ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 02, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The transmission of cancer from one animal to another is considered extremely rare. Such an event has been observed prev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2016Immunology
Autophagy is a natural process that occurs in the body to remove defective proteins, potentially misfolded or aggregated ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 01, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Smoking cigarettes alters dozens of genes in the epithelial cells that line the respiratory tract. Several of these chan ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 27, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Almost 80,000 people die each year worldwide due to brain inflammation diseases, and it’s hard to know how many of ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 22, 2016Immunology
Findings from a new research study might convince you to feed your gut microbiota a little better. The population of &ld ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 22, 2016Immunology
Scientists say they have a clearer picture of how Zika virus infects a developing fetus, migrating from the mo ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 21, 2016Immunology
What do alpacas have that we don’t? Single-domain antibody fragments. Other camelids have them as well, and there ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way to detect antibodies in blood opens the door to developing simple diagnostic tests for diseases for which ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 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 14, 2016Immunology
Scientists learn more everyday about the complex and unique population of microbes in the human gastrointestinal (GI) tr ...Written By: Kara Marker
AUG 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new sequencing technique that seeks to reveal important details about RNA has been developed by investigators at UCLA.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2016
Immunology
The immune system is usually equipped to handle most bacterial infections, but certain cases of severe infection can lea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Dysfunction in the immune system is associated with a few mental and neurological disorders. Scientists investigating th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2016
Immunology
A molecule involved in boosting the immune response in cases of cancer has now been associated with bacterial pneumonia
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 27, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Duke Health and Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School have reported in the journal Imm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2016
Immunology
As scientists identify ways that viruses exploit their host cells to make more copies of themselves, they are also uncov
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 26, 2016
Microbiology
Fungal infections, often thought of as minor issues that are easily treatable, can actually be deadly for vulnerable peo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2016
Immunology
Whether it’s via juice, sauce, or raw fruit, consuming cranberries is one of the best ways to achieve the trifecta
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 19, 2016
Immunology
Thousands of deaths in patients with hepatic cirrhosis result from bacterial infections that individuals with healthy im
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 19, 2016
Microbiology
The common cold virus grows best at cooler temperatures (like in your nose), just a few degrees below core body temperat
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 14, 2016
Microbiology
Publishing in Science Translational Medicine, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have announced that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2016
Microbiology
In 2010, researchers began to establish a link between diseases of the central nervous system and bacteria. It became mo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) was initially characterized as one which mediates the effects of the pollutant dioxi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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
JUL 02, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The transmission of cancer from one animal to another is considered extremely rare. Such an event has been observed prev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2016
Immunology
Autophagy is a natural process that occurs in the body to remove defective proteins, potentially misfolded or aggregated
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 01, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Smoking cigarettes alters dozens of genes in the epithelial cells that line the respiratory tract. Several of these chan
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 27, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Almost 80,000 people die each year worldwide due to brain inflammation diseases, and it’s hard to know how many of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 22, 2016
Immunology
Findings from a new research study might convince you to feed your gut microbiota a little better. The population of &ld
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 22, 2016
Immunology
Scientists say they have a clearer picture of how Zika virus infects a developing fetus, migrating from the mo
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 21, 2016
Immunology
What do alpacas have that we don’t? Single-domain antibody fragments. Other camelids have them as well, and there
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way to detect antibodies in blood opens the door to developing simple diagnostic tests for diseases for which
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
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 14, 2016
Immunology
Scientists learn more everyday about the complex and unique population of microbes in the human gastrointestinal (GI) tr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker