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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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AUG 21, 2020Microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus is a common bacterium. If it stays on the skin it's harmless, but if it gets into the bloodstream, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 19, 2020Cancer
New research published in the journal European Urology reports that greater gut microbial diversity in patients wit ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 18, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute have discovered a method used by bacteria to develop antibio ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 18, 2020Microbiology
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacterium: Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Its origins ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
There are several coronaviruses that we know about, and they cause a wide range of illnesses. Some, like SARS-CoV-2, are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2020Plants & Animals
In 2007, an outbreak of yellow fever devastated the howler monkey population of El Parque El Piñalito. A genetic mutatio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2020Immunology
In recent years, the number of people diagnosed with celiac disease has increased drastically, even with many undiagnose ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 12, 2020Neuroscience
Many COVID-19 patients experience neurological symptoms. These include loss of smell and delirium, with some reporting l ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 11, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The human body is made up of around 10 trillion cells. Fascinatingly, we have 10 times more bacterial cells on our bodie ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 10, 2020Cardiology
When a blood clot forms in an artery that supplies the brain with oxygen, obstructing it, a stroke can occur. Strokes ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2020Microbiology
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, and it can infect immune cells called macrophages in the lungs that would normall ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2020Immunology
The human body has a sophisticated danger-sensing mechanism that alerts the immune system when something is not right. T ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 05, 2020Immunology
One of the most unsettling aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is the wide range of severity those affected seem to expe ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 04, 2020Microbiology
Researchers at JHU are starting a controlled trial that aims to learn whether plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2020Microbiology
Cells can be grouped into two general categories: prokaryotic, which make up microbes like bacteria and archaea, or euka ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
When cells are infected with some strains of the Salmonella bacterium, it can cause typhoid fever, which causes the deat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2020Plants & Animals
Researchers from West Virginia University (WVU) recently discovered how a parasitic fungus uses male cicadas to spread i ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 29, 2020Immunology
Immune systems respond differently to coronavirus infection. People experience the disease causes by coronavirus, COVID- ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 28, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
In order to generate immunity against invaders, some immune cells have to get to the lymph nodes. So how do they know ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Scientists suggest adding cobalt-doped titanium-dioxide (CoO-TiO2) to foods in order to prevent the spread of listeria, ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 27, 2020Microbiology
A global vaccination effort led to the official eradication of smallpox, but not before it killed over 300 million peopl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2020Microbiology
The CDC has announced that an outbreak of infections related to a strain of the bacterium Salmonella is "rapidly growing ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell biologist Carolyn Machamer has studied viruses for the past 35 years, and has seen outbreaks caused by several path ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2020
Microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus is a common bacterium. If it stays on the skin it's harmless, but if it gets into the bloodstream,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2020
Cancer
New research published in the journal European Urology reports that greater gut microbial diversity in patients wit
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 18, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute have discovered a method used by bacteria to develop antibio
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 18, 2020
Microbiology
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacterium: Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Its origins ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are several coronaviruses that we know about, and they cause a wide range of illnesses. Some, like SARS-CoV-2, are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2020
Plants & Animals
In 2007, an outbreak of yellow fever devastated the howler monkey population of El Parque El Piñalito. A genetic mutatio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2020
Immunology
In recent years, the number of people diagnosed with celiac disease has increased drastically, even with many undiagnose
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 12, 2020
Neuroscience
Many COVID-19 patients experience neurological symptoms. These include loss of smell and delirium, with some reporting l
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 11, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The human body is made up of around 10 trillion cells. Fascinatingly, we have 10 times more bacterial cells on our bodie
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 10, 2020
Cardiology
When a blood clot forms in an artery that supplies the brain with oxygen, obstructing it, a stroke can occur. Strokes ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2020
Microbiology
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, and it can infect immune cells called macrophages in the lungs that would normall
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2020
Immunology
The human body has a sophisticated danger-sensing mechanism that alerts the immune system when something is not right. T
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 05, 2020
Immunology
One of the most unsettling aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is the wide range of severity those affected seem to expe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers at JHU are starting a controlled trial that aims to learn whether plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2020
Microbiology
Cells can be grouped into two general categories: prokaryotic, which make up microbes like bacteria and archaea, or euka
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
When cells are infected with some strains of the Salmonella bacterium, it can cause typhoid fever, which causes the deat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2020
Plants & Animals
Researchers from West Virginia University (WVU) recently discovered how a parasitic fungus uses male cicadas to spread i
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 29, 2020
Immunology
Immune systems respond differently to coronavirus infection. People experience the disease causes by coronavirus, COVID-
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 28, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
In order to generate immunity against invaders, some immune cells have to get to the lymph nodes. So how do they know ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Scientists suggest adding cobalt-doped titanium-dioxide (CoO-TiO2) to foods in order to prevent the spread of listeria,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 27, 2020
Microbiology
A global vaccination effort led to the official eradication of smallpox, but not before it killed over 300 million peopl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2020
Microbiology
The CDC has announced that an outbreak of infections related to a strain of the bacterium Salmonella is "rapidly growing
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell biologist Carolyn Machamer has studied viruses for the past 35 years, and has seen outbreaks caused by several path
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch