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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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NOV 21, 2017Immunology
A new discovery of how specialized immune cells carry out their last resort effort to kill pathogens could help scientis ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2017Microbiology
Human norovirus was originally called Norwalk virus after the town of Norwalk, OH where the first confirmed outbreak occ ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 19, 2017Technology
Despite the advancements and diversity of toilets, about 4.5 billion people or 60 percent of the world's population are ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 18, 2017Immunology
Without the inflammasome, the immune response to invading pathogens would be severely flawed. This protein conglomerate ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 16, 2017Microbiology
Candida auris is a type of yeast identified as an opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe illness in hospitalized p ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 16, 2017Immunology
With any cancer, developing treatments is difficult because cancer cells are an abnormal version of healthy cells. Any d ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 14, 2017Immunology
The Zika virus is mostly portrayed in the media as an ultra dangerous infection that causes all sorts of problems in tho ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 11, 2017Microbiology
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA, is a type of antibiotic resistant bacteria that causes ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 10, 2017Videos
Medicine has been attempting to fight cancer for decades, but now scientists are calling for something better. For examp ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2017Microbiology
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious neurological disorder that affects deer, elk, reindeer, and moose that lea ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 10, 2017Immunology
The only way to overcome multidrug-resistant bacteria is to design a drug that bacteria have never encountered. In a new ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 08, 2017Microbiology
Over the last several decades the growth of the aquaculture industry has accelerated. Aquaculture can be defined as the ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 08, 2017Genetics & Genomics
The flu sickens millions, and kills thousands of people every year. Researchers are always looking for ways to make a be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2017Immunology
As cardiac cells begin to die by the masses after a heart attack, the immune system kicks into action as if there were a ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 01, 2017Videos
Cells in the body have developed a variety of strategies toward removing harmful bacteria from the body. Phagocytosis is ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 30, 2017Microbiology
From March 2013 to July 2017, there have been 1557 human cases and 605 deaths associated with avian influenza A virus in ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 27, 2017Immunology
Neutrophils are a type of immune cell, among the first to arrive when the body’s sentinels raise the alarm of a pa ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 26, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
We carry many microbes in and on our bodies. Researchers have now found a mechanistic link between these microbes and di ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 26, 2017Microbiology
According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer (CRC) is characterized by the unchecked division and surviva ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 24, 2017Videos
Specific species of nitrogen-fixing bacteria, such as Rhizobia, have a fascinating relationship with leguminous plants. ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 24, 2017Immunology
T cells and B cells, two immune system cell types you want on the prowl during an infection, need a molecular push to le ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 18, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
If any new moms out there have reservations about whether or not to consume the placenta after birth, a newly published ...OCT 16, 2017Microbiology
E. coli harboring the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) isolated from retail vegetables in ChinaWritten By: Sarah HertrichOCT 14, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The structure of the huntingtin protein. Credit: Washington University in St. Louis An international team of scientists ...Written By: Daniel Duan
NOV 21, 2017
Immunology
A new discovery of how specialized immune cells carry out their last resort effort to kill pathogens could help scientis
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2017
Microbiology
Human norovirus was originally called Norwalk virus after the town of Norwalk, OH where the first confirmed outbreak occ
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 19, 2017
Technology
Despite the advancements and diversity of toilets, about 4.5 billion people or 60 percent of the world's population are
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 18, 2017
Immunology
Without the inflammasome, the immune response to invading pathogens would be severely flawed. This protein conglomerate
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 16, 2017
Microbiology
Candida auris is a type of yeast identified as an opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe illness in hospitalized p
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 16, 2017
Immunology
With any cancer, developing treatments is difficult because cancer cells are an abnormal version of healthy cells. Any d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 14, 2017
Immunology
The Zika virus is mostly portrayed in the media as an ultra dangerous infection that causes all sorts of problems in tho
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 11, 2017
Microbiology
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA, is a type of antibiotic resistant bacteria that causes
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 10, 2017
Videos
Medicine has been attempting to fight cancer for decades, but now scientists are calling for something better. For examp
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2017
Microbiology
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious neurological disorder that affects deer, elk, reindeer, and moose that lea
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 10, 2017
Immunology
The only way to overcome multidrug-resistant bacteria is to design a drug that bacteria have never encountered. In a new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 08, 2017
Microbiology
Over the last several decades the growth of the aquaculture industry has accelerated. Aquaculture can be defined as the
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 08, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
The flu sickens millions, and kills thousands of people every year. Researchers are always looking for ways to make a be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2017
Immunology
As cardiac cells begin to die by the masses after a heart attack, the immune system kicks into action as if there were a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 01, 2017
Videos
Cells in the body have developed a variety of strategies toward removing harmful bacteria from the body. Phagocytosis is
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 30, 2017
Microbiology
From March 2013 to July 2017, there have been 1557 human cases and 605 deaths associated with avian influenza A virus in
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 27, 2017
Immunology
Neutrophils are a type of immune cell, among the first to arrive when the body’s sentinels raise the alarm of a pa
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 26, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
We carry many microbes in and on our bodies. Researchers have now found a mechanistic link between these microbes and di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2017
Microbiology
According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer (CRC) is characterized by the unchecked division and surviva
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 24, 2017
Videos
Specific species of nitrogen-fixing bacteria, such as Rhizobia, have a fascinating relationship with leguminous plants.
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 24, 2017
Immunology
T cells and B cells, two immune system cell types you want on the prowl during an infection, need a molecular push to le
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 18, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
If any new moms out there have reservations about whether or not to consume the placenta after birth, a newly published
...
OCT 16, 2017
Microbiology
E. coli harboring the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) isolated from retail vegetables in China
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 14, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The structure of the huntingtin protein. Credit: Washington University in St. Louis An international team of scientists
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan