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Molecular Epidemiology
Molecular Epidemiology: a branch of epidemiology and medical science that focuses on the contribution of potential genetic and environmental risk factors, identified at the molecular level, to the etiology, distribution and prevention of disease within families and across populations.
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JUL 15, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Epigenetics are the parts of the genome that can affect the activity of genes but don't involve making changes to th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2021Microbiology
In October 2020, what's now called the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 was first detected. It's now the most prevalent strai ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2021Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a potentially serious threat to public health. There are a variety of ways that peopl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Picture this: You’ve misplaced your keys again and you no longer feel comfortable in social settings you once enjo ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 21, 2021Microbiology
In Brazil, clinicians have noted a rise in C. auris infections. Researchers believe that exhausted healthcare workers, o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 08, 2021Microbiology
Chinook salmon can be infected by a pathogen called Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) that is thought to cause heart, liver, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 07, 2021Microbiology
Zoonotic viruses certainly got the world's attention with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. But viruses have been emerged from an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 05, 2021Health & Medicine
WHO has decided to create a new naming system for coronavirus variants for several reasons. The names will now be based ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Viral surveillance can give researchers vital information about virus origins, transmission routes, affected popu ...Sponsored By: Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.MAY 26, 2021Microbiology
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been little doubt that the virus emerged somewhere in or around Wuha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 25, 2021Microbiology
Though suspected outbreaks have been documented since 1878, the first confirmed outbreak of bird flu, a highly pathogeni ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2021Microbiology
The bubonic plague is caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, which is transmitted by fleas. The bacterium can also caus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Over the past 20 years, Lyme has gone from a virtually unknown disease to the most reported vector-borne illness in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
The loss of the sense of smell is a well-known symptom of COVID-19, and was common even in people that did not have many ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Over 1.2 million genome sequences collected from 172 countries have been uploaded to a data-sharing site over the course ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 25, 2021Genetics & Genomics
It's been about 35 years since the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Now researchers have investigated whet ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have suggested that it's time for medicine to move away from demographic labels that are too narrow to captu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 05, 2021Microbiology
Many types of bacteria often live harmlessly in and on animals and humans, but some bacteria pose a threat. Salmonella b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 23, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Dr. John-Sebastian Eden is a Virologist at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research in Sydney, Australia. His group u ...MAR 07, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Throughout human history, our species has come into contact with both harmless and infectious microbes that have changed ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2021Health & Medicine
For months, many people that have recovered from cases of COVID-19 have reported experiencing a range of lingering healt ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Viruses mutate, and the more they multiply, the more chances they have to introduce new mutations, by modifying portions ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 23, 2021Microbiology
About a year ago, I wrote about the virus that would come to be known as SARS-CoV-2 for the first time. And while we've ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Epigenetics are the parts of the genome that can affect the activity of genes but don't involve making changes to th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2021
Microbiology
In October 2020, what's now called the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 was first detected. It's now the most prevalent strai
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2021
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a potentially serious threat to public health. There are a variety of ways that peopl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Picture this: You’ve misplaced your keys again and you no longer feel comfortable in social settings you once enjo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 21, 2021
Microbiology
In Brazil, clinicians have noted a rise in C. auris infections. Researchers believe that exhausted healthcare workers, o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 08, 2021
Microbiology
Chinook salmon can be infected by a pathogen called Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) that is thought to cause heart, liver, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 07, 2021
Microbiology
Zoonotic viruses certainly got the world's attention with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. But viruses have been emerged from an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2021
Health & Medicine
WHO has decided to create a new naming system for coronavirus variants for several reasons. The names will now be based
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Viral surveillance can give researchers vital information about virus origins, transmission routes, affected popu
...
Sponsored By:
Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.
MAY 26, 2021
Microbiology
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been little doubt that the virus emerged somewhere in or around Wuha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2021
Microbiology
Though suspected outbreaks have been documented since 1878, the first confirmed outbreak of bird flu, a highly pathogeni
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2021
Microbiology
The bubonic plague is caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, which is transmitted by fleas. The bacterium can also caus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Over the past 20 years, Lyme has gone from a virtually unknown disease to the most reported vector-borne illness in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
The loss of the sense of smell is a well-known symptom of COVID-19, and was common even in people that did not have many
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Over 1.2 million genome sequences collected from 172 countries have been uploaded to a data-sharing site over the course
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 25, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
It's been about 35 years since the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Now researchers have investigated whet
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have suggested that it's time for medicine to move away from demographic labels that are too narrow to captu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2021
Microbiology
Many types of bacteria often live harmlessly in and on animals and humans, but some bacteria pose a threat. Salmonella b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 23, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Dr. John-Sebastian Eden is a Virologist at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research in Sydney, Australia. His group u
...
MAR 07, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Throughout human history, our species has come into contact with both harmless and infectious microbes that have changed
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2021
Health & Medicine
For months, many people that have recovered from cases of COVID-19 have reported experiencing a range of lingering healt
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Viruses mutate, and the more they multiply, the more chances they have to introduce new mutations, by modifying portions
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 23, 2021
Microbiology
About a year ago, I wrote about the virus that would come to be known as SARS-CoV-2 for the first time. And while we've
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch