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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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SEP 21, 2016Microbiology
Finding contamination in food is a very important public health concern. Infection from one specific pathogenic bacteriu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2016Microbiology
I like eggs - scrambled, fried, poached, you name it. What I don’t like is Salmonella. A new study from Pennsylvan ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 19, 2016Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to drugs are an ever-increasing public health threat, with the Centers for Disease Control a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 16, 2016Microbiology
Listeria gets a pretty bad rap. And I’ll be honest, it probably deserves it. This is what happens when you are one ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 16, 2016Microbiology
Pathogenic microbes can cause serious damage to our intestinal lining that must be repaired by our body. New research pu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2016Microbiology
After performing the first genome wide screen of Apicomplexa, researchers have identified a potential mechanism for the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2016Microbiology
A classic defense mechanism of bacteria is the type 6 secretion system, T6SS, is a sort of molecular spear gun. Research ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins are known to help the body respond to stress, but new research appears to implicate one of them, Hsp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – September 8, 2016 – A series of new studies led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institu ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 07, 2016Immunology
A compound found in newborns is thought to have the ability to treat excessive inflammation, which could be lifesaving i ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 06, 2016Microbiology
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a nasty ailment. It’s a condition common in premature infants in which the intestines ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 05, 2016Immunology
A new study from Umea University in Sweden provides yet another reason for people to refrain from smoking. They found th ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 04, 2016Microbiology
Most bacteria have flagella; they are threadlike appendages extending from the surface of many microbes. They help move ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2016Microbiology
Dysbiosis refers to an imbalance in the microbiome associated with the loss of good microbes that promote health, and an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2016Microbiology
The relationship between parasites and cancer is not new; researchers have known for many years about parasites that can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2016Microbiology
The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is among the world’s deadliest infectious pathogens. Those bacteria are a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2016Immunology
What the pharmaceutical industry calls “the key to obesity” is the only hormone known to enhance appetite, a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 23, 2016Videos
The common cold comes from rhinoviruses and four main subgroups of coronavirus. Researchers have now identified the sour ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2016Immunology
Too much inflammation lies at the root of many diseases, one being atherosclerosis. In a new study from Michigan State U ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 23, 2016Microbiology
By modeling microsporidia infection in roundworms, scientists have determined that the single-celled fungi replicate by ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2016Microbiology
Honey bee viruses. It’s safe to say that’s the first time I’ve strung those three words together. Hone ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Can the staph superbug, also known as MRSA, be brought down by salt? Scientists finally expose a key weakness in these b ...AUG 19, 2016Immunology
Sometimes the immune system can react too strongly to influenza infections and cause lethal complications of pneumonia. ...Written By: Kara Marker
SEP 21, 2016
Microbiology
Finding contamination in food is a very important public health concern. Infection from one specific pathogenic bacteriu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2016
Microbiology
I like eggs - scrambled, fried, poached, you name it. What I don’t like is Salmonella. A new study from Pennsylvan
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 19, 2016
Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to drugs are an ever-increasing public health threat, with the Centers for Disease Control a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 16, 2016
Microbiology
Listeria gets a pretty bad rap. And I’ll be honest, it probably deserves it. This is what happens when you are one
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 16, 2016
Microbiology
Pathogenic microbes can cause serious damage to our intestinal lining that must be repaired by our body. New research pu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2016
Microbiology
After performing the first genome wide screen of Apicomplexa, researchers have identified a potential mechanism for the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2016
Microbiology
A classic defense mechanism of bacteria is the type 6 secretion system, T6SS, is a sort of molecular spear gun. Research
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins are known to help the body respond to stress, but new research appears to implicate one of them, Hsp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – September 8, 2016 – A series of new studies led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institu
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 07, 2016
Immunology
A compound found in newborns is thought to have the ability to treat excessive inflammation, which could be lifesaving i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 06, 2016
Microbiology
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a nasty ailment. It’s a condition common in premature infants in which the intestines
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 05, 2016
Immunology
A new study from Umea University in Sweden provides yet another reason for people to refrain from smoking. They found th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 04, 2016
Microbiology
Most bacteria have flagella; they are threadlike appendages extending from the surface of many microbes. They help move
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2016
Microbiology
Dysbiosis refers to an imbalance in the microbiome associated with the loss of good microbes that promote health, and an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2016
Microbiology
The relationship between parasites and cancer is not new; researchers have known for many years about parasites that can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2016
Microbiology
The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is among the world’s deadliest infectious pathogens. Those bacteria are a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2016
Immunology
What the pharmaceutical industry calls “the key to obesity” is the only hormone known to enhance appetite, a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 23, 2016
Videos
The common cold comes from rhinoviruses and four main subgroups of coronavirus. Researchers have now identified the sour
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2016
Immunology
Too much inflammation lies at the root of many diseases, one being atherosclerosis. In a new study from Michigan State U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 23, 2016
Microbiology
By modeling microsporidia infection in roundworms, scientists have determined that the single-celled fungi replicate by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2016
Microbiology
Honey bee viruses. It’s safe to say that’s the first time I’ve strung those three words together. Hone
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Can the staph superbug, also known as MRSA, be brought down by salt? Scientists finally expose a key weakness in these b
...
AUG 19, 2016
Immunology
Sometimes the immune system can react too strongly to influenza infections and cause lethal complications of pneumonia.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker