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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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MAR 05, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Many children with a genetic disorder that predisposes them to kidney disease have to receive a kidney transplant before ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 01, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists found evidence of the yellow fever virus in urine and semen samples for almost one month after one São ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 28, 2018Microbiology
Bats have many characteristics that make them good viral hosts.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2018Genetics & Genomics
An innovative method has revealed the 3D crystal structure of a special molecule that helps regulate bacterial gene expr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2018Microbiology
Scientists at the UCSD were surprised to see what happened when a so-called predatory bacterium was grown next to some p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2018Microbiology
The FDA has started look for microbial contamination in a processed avocado, guacamole, and a variety of fresh herbs.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have a new way to study diseases and understand how they develop - all thanks to an algorithm that punches in ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 22, 2018Immunology
An allergic reaction of any kind is a result of the immune system responding to an otherwise harmless allergen as if it ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 16, 2018Immunology
Immune cells called macrophages contribute to an untreatable type of heart failure. At least, this type of heart failure ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 15, 2018Videos
Most people must have heard revolutionary cancer therapy called CAR-T cell therapy, a kind of cancer immunotherapy. It h ...Written By:FEB 13, 2018Immunology
As if bed bugs weren’t irritating enough, researchers have now associated the pests with dangerously high levels o ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 09, 2018Immunology
It is the immune system’s duty to distinguish helpful bacteria from harmful bacteria. Thanks to millions of years ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 08, 2018Immunology
Proteins in cow’s milk can cause an allergic reaction different from lactose intolerance, but these proteins also ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 08, 2018Earth & The Environment
Citrus greening is a real threat to orange farmers in many parts of the US, Brazil, and China. Florida was first hit by ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 04, 2018Videos
Some researchers have suggested that we can live in environments that are so clean, they are detrimental to our health. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2018Microbiology
Zika virus only impacts six to twelve percent of children born to infected mothers. Researchers are learning exactly why ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2018Immunology
Scientists are measuring interactions between immune cells that they haven’t been able to quantify before. With th ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 01, 2018Immunology
One gene mutation is responsible for disrupting the function of a key immune cell population involved in protecting the ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 29, 2018Microbiology
One of the most common gastric diseases in the world is due to a parasitic infection from Giardia parasites.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2018Immunology
A multitude of factors contribute to autoimmune disease, either those people are exposed to in their environment or thos ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 27, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Research shows how a bacterial pathogen that is resistant to antibiotics could potentially gain the ability to produce a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 18, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers used a totally new approach to solve a biological mystery.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2018Immunology
The high fat, high calorie, and low fiber diet commonly referred to as the “Western diet” has long been asso ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 09, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Humans may be reservoirs for antibiotic-resistance genes.Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Many children with a genetic disorder that predisposes them to kidney disease have to receive a kidney transplant before
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 01, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists found evidence of the yellow fever virus in urine and semen samples for almost one month after one São
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 28, 2018
Microbiology
Bats have many characteristics that make them good viral hosts.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
An innovative method has revealed the 3D crystal structure of a special molecule that helps regulate bacterial gene expr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists at the UCSD were surprised to see what happened when a so-called predatory bacterium was grown next to some p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2018
Microbiology
The FDA has started look for microbial contamination in a processed avocado, guacamole, and a variety of fresh herbs.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have a new way to study diseases and understand how they develop - all thanks to an algorithm that punches in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 22, 2018
Immunology
An allergic reaction of any kind is a result of the immune system responding to an otherwise harmless allergen as if it
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 16, 2018
Immunology
Immune cells called macrophages contribute to an untreatable type of heart failure. At least, this type of heart failure
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 15, 2018
Videos
Most people must have heard revolutionary cancer therapy called CAR-T cell therapy, a kind of cancer immunotherapy. It h
...
Written By:
FEB 13, 2018
Immunology
As if bed bugs weren’t irritating enough, researchers have now associated the pests with dangerously high levels o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 09, 2018
Immunology
It is the immune system’s duty to distinguish helpful bacteria from harmful bacteria. Thanks to millions of years
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 08, 2018
Immunology
Proteins in cow’s milk can cause an allergic reaction different from lactose intolerance, but these proteins also
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 08, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Citrus greening is a real threat to orange farmers in many parts of the US, Brazil, and China. Florida was first hit by
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 04, 2018
Videos
Some researchers have suggested that we can live in environments that are so clean, they are detrimental to our health.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2018
Microbiology
Zika virus only impacts six to twelve percent of children born to infected mothers. Researchers are learning exactly why
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2018
Immunology
Scientists are measuring interactions between immune cells that they haven’t been able to quantify before. With th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 01, 2018
Immunology
One gene mutation is responsible for disrupting the function of a key immune cell population involved in protecting the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 29, 2018
Microbiology
One of the most common gastric diseases in the world is due to a parasitic infection from Giardia parasites.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2018
Immunology
A multitude of factors contribute to autoimmune disease, either those people are exposed to in their environment or thos
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 27, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Research shows how a bacterial pathogen that is resistant to antibiotics could potentially gain the ability to produce a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers used a totally new approach to solve a biological mystery.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2018
Immunology
The high fat, high calorie, and low fiber diet commonly referred to as the “Western diet” has long been asso
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 09, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Humans may be reservoirs for antibiotic-resistance genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch