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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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OCT 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Around the country, people who feel that telltale sign of sluggishness are opting for a quick fix at the clinic. The pro ...OCT 18, 2016Earth & The Environment
Due to torrential rains from Hurricane Matthew, rivers in eastern North Carolina are flooding a region that is home to p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 17, 2016Cardiology
For reasons not completely understood by scientists, our own heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, secrete a protei ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 17, 2016Immunology
Image Credit: CDC JUPITER, FL – October 17, 2016 – In a study that could one day help eliminate the tragic b ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 17, 2016Immunology
The innate immune system helps an infected cell in one of two ways: calling the troops to bring in effector immune cells ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 14, 2016Videos
Thanks to the lymphocytes of the immune system our white blood cells and cells called antibodies made by B cells can pro ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 12, 2016Immunology
The key ingredient in the recipe that make staphylococcus and streptococcus infections so dangerous? Superantigen toxins ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a portable way to make pharmaceuticals by using freeze-dried components that can make complex co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Honey is one of the most ancient medicinal agents, dating back at least to the Egyptians who used honey to dress wounds. ...OCT 05, 2016Microbiology
Microorganisms frequently attach to a surface and begin to grow into a colony called a biofilm in which cells stick to e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2016Immunology
Two or more cohabiting individuals are more likely to have similar immune systems compared to the rest of the human popu ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 04, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his influential work inves ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2016Immunology
Why can the immune system recognize and attack primary tumors but not metastatic tumors? Researchers from the University ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 01, 2016Microbiology
There has been a lot of talk about antibiotic resistance in recent years; it’s a growing problem that science has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2016Videos
This segment from CBS This Morning discusses a few things including the United Nations General Assembly meeting that was ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2016Microbiology
This just in, there’s a fungus that makes mosquitoes more susceptible to malaria. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 30, 2016Microbiology
Current hospital laboratory testing is not great at identifying bacterial infections; it can take precious time and reso ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health. Researchers have begun to look for novel ways to fight ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2016Immunology
A diet high in fat from specific sources is uniquely responsible for contributing to intestinal cancer through promoting ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 26, 2016Microbiology
Food poisoning sickens many people, and can lead to outbreaks of disease. Rapid detection of a common strain of pathogen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 25, 2016Earth & The Environment
Some call it the wood-wide web. Officially, it is known as the mycorrhizal network. And what is it actually? A vast inte ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 23, 2016Microbiology
Holy magnetic bacteria, Batman! Researchers at the Polytechnique Montreal NanoRobotics Laboratory want to use magnetic b ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 22, 2016Microbiology
As Siberia experiences warming temperatures and its ice melts, things are starting to emerge from what was once permafro ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Around the country, people who feel that telltale sign of sluggishness are opting for a quick fix at the clinic. The pro
...
OCT 18, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Due to torrential rains from Hurricane Matthew, rivers in eastern North Carolina are flooding a region that is home to p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 17, 2016
Cardiology
For reasons not completely understood by scientists, our own heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, secrete a protei
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 17, 2016
Immunology
Image Credit: CDC JUPITER, FL – October 17, 2016 – In a study that could one day help eliminate the tragic b
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 17, 2016
Immunology
The innate immune system helps an infected cell in one of two ways: calling the troops to bring in effector immune cells
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 14, 2016
Videos
Thanks to the lymphocytes of the immune system our white blood cells and cells called antibodies made by B cells can pro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 12, 2016
Immunology
The key ingredient in the recipe that make staphylococcus and streptococcus infections so dangerous? Superantigen toxins
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a portable way to make pharmaceuticals by using freeze-dried components that can make complex co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Honey is one of the most ancient medicinal agents, dating back at least to the Egyptians who used honey to dress wounds.
...
OCT 05, 2016
Microbiology
Microorganisms frequently attach to a surface and begin to grow into a colony called a biofilm in which cells stick to e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2016
Immunology
Two or more cohabiting individuals are more likely to have similar immune systems compared to the rest of the human popu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 04, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his influential work inves
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2016
Immunology
Why can the immune system recognize and attack primary tumors but not metastatic tumors? Researchers from the University
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 01, 2016
Microbiology
There has been a lot of talk about antibiotic resistance in recent years; it’s a growing problem that science has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2016
Videos
This segment from CBS This Morning discusses a few things including the United Nations General Assembly meeting that was
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2016
Microbiology
This just in, there’s a fungus that makes mosquitoes more susceptible to malaria. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 30, 2016
Microbiology
Current hospital laboratory testing is not great at identifying bacterial infections; it can take precious time and reso
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health. Researchers have begun to look for novel ways to fight
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2016
Immunology
A diet high in fat from specific sources is uniquely responsible for contributing to intestinal cancer through promoting
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 26, 2016
Microbiology
Food poisoning sickens many people, and can lead to outbreaks of disease. Rapid detection of a common strain of pathogen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 25, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Some call it the wood-wide web. Officially, it is known as the mycorrhizal network. And what is it actually? A vast inte
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 23, 2016
Microbiology
Holy magnetic bacteria, Batman! Researchers at the Polytechnique Montreal NanoRobotics Laboratory want to use magnetic b
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 22, 2016
Microbiology
As Siberia experiences warming temperatures and its ice melts, things are starting to emerge from what was once permafro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch