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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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JUL 11, 2017Health & Medicine
Fighting fire with fire, scientists are harnessing the adaptability of helpful microbes to challenge the adapt ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioJUL 10, 2017Immunology
A malaria drug, called hydroxycholorquine, prevents Zika virus - even when a mother is already infected - from crossing ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 09, 2017Immunology
The number of children with allergies seems to grow every year, but children growing up on a farm seem to be exempt from ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 09, 2017Microbiology
Chocolate, derived from cacao plants, is loved by people the world over. Researchers have found that microbes can keep c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2017Microbiology
Spiroplasma is a genus of pretty odd bacteria. Most bacteria can be classified as either Gram-positive or Gram-negative. ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 06, 2017Microbiology
I’ve got good news and bad news. I’ll start with the bad news - there’s a new species of bacteria that ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 05, 2017Cardiology
Inflammation is an immune response to cuts and scratches as well as to pathogenic infections. However, the inflam ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 03, 2017Immunology
The immune system recruits many different types of cells that specialize in ridding the body of pathogens like bacteria ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 30, 2017Immunology
Scientists are working on what could be the first ever licensed DNA vaccine to prevent dengue virus. Dengue causes a sev ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 30, 2017Microbiology
Just call them archaea (ar-kee-uh) - archaebacteria are no more. Archaea used to be classified as bacteria, but these pr ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 27, 2017Immunology
How do T cells become so “exhausted” that they can no longer effectively fight cancer, viruses, bacteria, an ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 27, 2017Microbiology
There is still a lot about viruses that we don't know, and researchers have now taken a major step forward.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 24, 2017Cancer
Our immune system has an extraordinary capacity to fight pathogens and protect the body. Indeed, some immune cells can f ...JUN 24, 2017Microbiology
Biofilms are often dangerous and they can grow inside the human body on medical devices.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2017Microbiology
Tooth decay doesn’t just affect adults, it also affects toddlers - a condition called early-childhood caries. Rese ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 21, 2017Immunology
There’s a new vaccine to protect against high cholesterol and its consequences: atherosclerotic plaques tha ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 20, 2017Microbiology
Antibodies are supposed to protect us from infection, right? Right, and this is true under most circumstances. Sometimes ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 20, 2017Infographics
Allergies are the 6th leading cause of chronic illness in the U.S. and have increased in incidence by an estimated 50% o ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJUN 19, 2017Health & Medicine
Immune cells, like all cells of the human body, come from less-specific ancestor cells, sometimes called progenitor cell ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work sheds light on how a kind of bacteria sex spreads resistance genes around.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2017Immunology
Expression of a gene called gp96 has been discovered as vital for the training of T cells, educating these immune fighte ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 14, 2017Immunology
Diagnostic tests for a rare autoimmune disease called anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) are unreliable, and trea ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2017Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria make us humans and other animals smell the way we do? On top of that, animals use that smell ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 12, 2017Microbiology
Scientists with the US DOE Joint Genome Institute have released a wealth of genetic data.Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
Fighting fire with fire, scientists are harnessing the adaptability of helpful microbes to challenge the adapt
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
JUL 10, 2017
Immunology
A malaria drug, called hydroxycholorquine, prevents Zika virus - even when a mother is already infected - from crossing
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 09, 2017
Immunology
The number of children with allergies seems to grow every year, but children growing up on a farm seem to be exempt from
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 09, 2017
Microbiology
Chocolate, derived from cacao plants, is loved by people the world over. Researchers have found that microbes can keep c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2017
Microbiology
Spiroplasma is a genus of pretty odd bacteria. Most bacteria can be classified as either Gram-positive or Gram-negative.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 06, 2017
Microbiology
I’ve got good news and bad news. I’ll start with the bad news - there’s a new species of bacteria that
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 05, 2017
Cardiology
Inflammation is an immune response to cuts and scratches as well as to pathogenic infections. However, the inflam
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 03, 2017
Immunology
The immune system recruits many different types of cells that specialize in ridding the body of pathogens like bacteria
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 30, 2017
Immunology
Scientists are working on what could be the first ever licensed DNA vaccine to prevent dengue virus. Dengue causes a sev
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 30, 2017
Microbiology
Just call them archaea (ar-kee-uh) - archaebacteria are no more. Archaea used to be classified as bacteria, but these pr
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 27, 2017
Immunology
How do T cells become so “exhausted” that they can no longer effectively fight cancer, viruses, bacteria, an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2017
Microbiology
There is still a lot about viruses that we don't know, and researchers have now taken a major step forward.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2017
Cancer
Our immune system has an extraordinary capacity to fight pathogens and protect the body. Indeed, some immune cells can f
...
JUN 24, 2017
Microbiology
Biofilms are often dangerous and they can grow inside the human body on medical devices.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2017
Microbiology
Tooth decay doesn’t just affect adults, it also affects toddlers - a condition called early-childhood caries. Rese
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 21, 2017
Immunology
There’s a new vaccine to protect against high cholesterol and its consequences: atherosclerotic plaques tha
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 20, 2017
Microbiology
Antibodies are supposed to protect us from infection, right? Right, and this is true under most circumstances. Sometimes
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 20, 2017
Infographics
Allergies are the 6th leading cause of chronic illness in the U.S. and have increased in incidence by an estimated 50% o
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JUN 19, 2017
Health & Medicine
Immune cells, like all cells of the human body, come from less-specific ancestor cells, sometimes called progenitor cell
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work sheds light on how a kind of bacteria sex spreads resistance genes around.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2017
Immunology
Expression of a gene called gp96 has been discovered as vital for the training of T cells, educating these immune fighte
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 14, 2017
Immunology
Diagnostic tests for a rare autoimmune disease called anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) are unreliable, and trea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2017
Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria make us humans and other animals smell the way we do? On top of that, animals use that smell
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 12, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists with the US DOE Joint Genome Institute have released a wealth of genetic data.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch