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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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MAY 05, 2020Immunology
A new hero in the fight against COVID-19 has emerged: 4-year-old Winter, a llama that currently resides in the Belgian c ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 04, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists still have a lot to learn about the numerous and varied consequences of the transatlantic slave trade, which ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2020Microbiology
Lyme disease is a confounding illness that can be difficult to diagnose, and can cause a wide range of serious health pr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The origin of SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, has become politicized as leaders seek to place blame ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2020Microbiology
Antibiotics are critical drugs that have saved millions of lives, but bacteria can also gain resistance to them, renderi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2020Immunology
Dubbed “ductal macrophages,” newly discovered immune cells found in breast tissue offer fresh promise for fu ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 29, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sepsis occurs when the body’s response to an infection injures i ...Written By: Lawrence RennaAPR 27, 2020Microbiology
The pandemic virus that causes COVID-19 has now infected nearly 3 million people, and killed over 200,000.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made a breakthrough in our understanding of HIV infections.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
This work may help explain why the virus is so easy to transmit.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2020Microbiology
Sustained, intense efforts to vaccinate were getting the world very close to eradicating polio, but the vaccine itself o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2020Cancer
One of the more unique aspects of the human body is the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that protects the central nervous syst ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAPR 24, 2020Microbiology
The incidence of syphilis has been rising for the past two decades, and over 115,000 new cases were diagnosed in the US ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Researchers from Texas A&M University have developed a hydrophobic dual functionality coating that can be applied to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 22, 2020Immunology
The best offense may be a good defense in the fight against COVID-19. Researchers from the Duke-NUS Medical School are e ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 22, 2020Microbiology
It was thought that the first death in the US from SARS-CoV-2 happened in Washington State in late February, but autopsi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada are working on a DNA-based vaccine for COVID-19 that can be applie ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 20, 2020Immunology
T cells go through a sort of “training” process throughout life, and scientists recently discovered that the ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 20, 2020Microbiology
Past pandemics have been accompanied by a rise in a variety of mental health and neurological problems.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have successfully completed the first-in-human clinical trial for a vaccine against MERS (Middle East Respir ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 19, 2020Genetics & Genomics
After an assessment of blood samples collected in Brazil between 2013 and 2016, scientists have found two new species of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2020Health & Medicine
As mortality and infection rates rise globally, it appears that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pande ...Written By: Stephanie Leon QuinonezAPR 15, 2020Immunology
A specific parasitic species causes the most deaths from malaria: Plasmodium falciparum. This parasite does so by avoidi ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 15, 2020Immunology
Researchers from the US and China have found that COVID-19 can destroy T cells, a type of lymphocyte that plays a key ro ...Written By: Annie Lennon
MAY 05, 2020
Immunology
A new hero in the fight against COVID-19 has emerged: 4-year-old Winter, a llama that currently resides in the Belgian c
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 04, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists still have a lot to learn about the numerous and varied consequences of the transatlantic slave trade, which
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2020
Microbiology
Lyme disease is a confounding illness that can be difficult to diagnose, and can cause a wide range of serious health pr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The origin of SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, has become politicized as leaders seek to place blame
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2020
Microbiology
Antibiotics are critical drugs that have saved millions of lives, but bacteria can also gain resistance to them, renderi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2020
Immunology
Dubbed “ductal macrophages,” newly discovered immune cells found in breast tissue offer fresh promise for fu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 29, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sepsis occurs when the body’s response to an infection injures i
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
APR 27, 2020
Microbiology
The pandemic virus that causes COVID-19 has now infected nearly 3 million people, and killed over 200,000.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made a breakthrough in our understanding of HIV infections.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
This work may help explain why the virus is so easy to transmit.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2020
Microbiology
Sustained, intense efforts to vaccinate were getting the world very close to eradicating polio, but the vaccine itself o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2020
Cancer
One of the more unique aspects of the human body is the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that protects the central nervous syst
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
APR 24, 2020
Microbiology
The incidence of syphilis has been rising for the past two decades, and over 115,000 new cases were diagnosed in the US
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers from Texas A&M University have developed a hydrophobic dual functionality coating that can be applied to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 22, 2020
Immunology
The best offense may be a good defense in the fight against COVID-19. Researchers from the Duke-NUS Medical School are e
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 22, 2020
Microbiology
It was thought that the first death in the US from SARS-CoV-2 happened in Washington State in late February, but autopsi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada are working on a DNA-based vaccine for COVID-19 that can be applie
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 20, 2020
Immunology
T cells go through a sort of “training” process throughout life, and scientists recently discovered that the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 20, 2020
Microbiology
Past pandemics have been accompanied by a rise in a variety of mental health and neurological problems.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have successfully completed the first-in-human clinical trial for a vaccine against MERS (Middle East Respir
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 19, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
After an assessment of blood samples collected in Brazil between 2013 and 2016, scientists have found two new species of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2020
Health & Medicine
As mortality and infection rates rise globally, it appears that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pande
...
Written By:
Stephanie Leon Quinonez
APR 15, 2020
Immunology
A specific parasitic species causes the most deaths from malaria: Plasmodium falciparum. This parasite does so by avoidi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 15, 2020
Immunology
Researchers from the US and China have found that COVID-19 can destroy T cells, a type of lymphocyte that plays a key ro
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon