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Pathogen
Pathogen is any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism. It is an organism causing disease to its host, with the severity of the disease symptoms referred to as virulence. They include viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites that invade the body and can cause health issues.
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JUN 17, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a wave of new technologies for rapid viral diagnostics, given just how critical ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 17, 2021Microbiology
Mosquitoes are the world's deadliest animals (after humans) and they transmit malaria, which kills about 400,000 people ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Metastatic cancer is the deadliest, and it can happen years after cancer has been treated to the point of remission. Met ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2021Immunology
Circulating immune cells are constantly on the lookout for the presence of any pathogenic intruders in the body. Once a ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 11, 2021Microbiology
Researchers have revealed the secret of a traditional Vietnamese snack made of raw pork. This work may help scientists i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
The immune system can detect and destroy pathogenic and cancerous cells, but sometimes those dangerous cells can evade t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2021Immunology
Scientists at UCLA have decoded the “vocabulary” of immune cells—six distinct signals used as flares t ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 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 08, 2021Immunology
There’s a group of “killers” protecting your body against infections and eliminating potentially cance ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 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 06, 2021Microbiology
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning chicken consumers and people that keep live poultry at h ...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, 2021Microbiology
Francisella tularensis is a naturally occurring bacterium found throughout the Northern Hemisphere that is extremely vir ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2021Microbiology
This image by Martin Obr, PhD of IST Austria shows a structure called a capsid that shields viral genetic material and h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
A new digital platform, developed by researchers at the University at Buffalo, is answering the question: what’s o ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 26, 2021Genetics & Genomics
This kind of research gets us closer to using fecal samples to get a snapshot of the microbiome, and make disease risk p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2021Microbiology
Foodborne illness can be prevented by cooking meat to a proper temperature and avoiding cross-contamination. But when th ...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 23, 2021Health & Medicine
It's one of the most common infections of the hand that nail biters are all too familiar with. Better known as a han ...Written By: Alexandria BassMAY 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 19, 2021Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) analyzes the speed at w ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 19, 2021Health & Medicine
The answer depends on what's considered more important – quantity or quality of years? Previous studies ...Written By: Alexandria BassMAY 18, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, researchers have been learning more about why cellular antennas called cilia are so important. Cilia ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 18, 2021Plants & Animals
It's estimated that two billion people don't have access to reliable sources of nutritious food - they are food insecure ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a wave of new technologies for rapid viral diagnostics, given just how critical
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 17, 2021
Microbiology
Mosquitoes are the world's deadliest animals (after humans) and they transmit malaria, which kills about 400,000 people
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Metastatic cancer is the deadliest, and it can happen years after cancer has been treated to the point of remission. Met
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2021
Immunology
Circulating immune cells are constantly on the lookout for the presence of any pathogenic intruders in the body. Once a
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 11, 2021
Microbiology
Researchers have revealed the secret of a traditional Vietnamese snack made of raw pork. This work may help scientists i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
The immune system can detect and destroy pathogenic and cancerous cells, but sometimes those dangerous cells can evade t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2021
Immunology
Scientists at UCLA have decoded the “vocabulary” of immune cells—six distinct signals used as flares t
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
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 08, 2021
Immunology
There’s a group of “killers” protecting your body against infections and eliminating potentially cance
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
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 06, 2021
Microbiology
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning chicken consumers and people that keep live poultry at h
...
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
Microbiology
Francisella tularensis is a naturally occurring bacterium found throughout the Northern Hemisphere that is extremely vir
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2021
Microbiology
This image by Martin Obr, PhD of IST Austria shows a structure called a capsid that shields viral genetic material and h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new digital platform, developed by researchers at the University at Buffalo, is answering the question: what’s o
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 26, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
This kind of research gets us closer to using fecal samples to get a snapshot of the microbiome, and make disease risk p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2021
Microbiology
Foodborne illness can be prevented by cooking meat to a proper temperature and avoiding cross-contamination. But when th
...
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 23, 2021
Health & Medicine
It's one of the most common infections of the hand that nail biters are all too familiar with. Better known as a han
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
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 19, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) analyzes the speed at w
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 19, 2021
Health & Medicine
The answer depends on what's considered more important – quantity or quality of years? Previous studies
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
MAY 18, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, researchers have been learning more about why cellular antennas called cilia are so important. Cilia ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 18, 2021
Plants & Animals
It's estimated that two billion people don't have access to reliable sources of nutritious food - they are food insecure
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch