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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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AUG 17, 2016Immunology
Some cells in the immune system are for constantly pumping out antibodies during an infection, while others are saved fo ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 17, 2016Microbiology
It is estimated that, in Germany, 15,000 people die from hospital-acquired “superbug” infections each year. ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 16, 2016Immunology
Your stomach growls and you think, “it’s telling me that it’s time for lunch.” However, it&rsquo ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 15, 2016Immunology
In a new study from Oxford University, scientists ask: How does the human immune system rate an attack and decide how st ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 06, 2016Immunology
Thanks to the memory capabilities of our immune cells, our body knows how to fight pathogens better the second, third, a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 02, 2016Microbiology
Commensal bacteria, the normal flora in the digestive tract, have a multitude of functions and are critical to health. O ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 2, 2016 – A new study, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), rev ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JUL 31, 2016Microbiology
A breast microbiome? Wait, really? Evidently, it’s a real thing. Evidently, I’m also late to the party - ini ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 31, 2016Microbiology
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have elucidated the process that acti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Dysfunction in the immune system is associated with a few mental and neurological disorders. Scientists investigating th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2016Immunology
A molecule involved in boosting the immune response in cases of cancer has now been associated with bacterial pneumonia ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 28, 2016Microbiology
Researchers studying the bacterium Staphylococcus lugdunensis in its natural environment have stumbled onto an amazing d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2016Immunology
Image Credit: iStockphoto A new discovery could one day improve treatments for lupus sufferers, saving thousands of ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Targeted sequencing allows researchers to hone in on specific regions of DNA they are interested in, and enabling more c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2016Genetics & Genomics
The immune cells of the brain are to thank for clearing Alzheimer’s disease-related plaques. Mutations in a certai ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos ...JUL 20, 2016Microbiology
As you can see in the video below, doctors and scientists have been intrigued by the effect gastric bypass surgery has o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2016Immunology
Thousands of deaths in patients with hepatic cirrhosis result from bacterial infections that individuals with healthy im ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 18, 2016Immunology
For the first time in a human tumor, scientists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania h ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 17, 2016Microbiology
Researchers can stimulate fungi to produce antimicrobial compounds, and in doing so they have detected a novel one. The ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2016Microbiology
Publishing in Science Translational Medicine, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have announced that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2016Immunology
Macrophages of the immune system are vital for mounting a quick and directed attack on invading pathogens especially alo ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 12, 2016Microbiology
Earlier this year, it was announced that a so-called superbug had been detected in a patient in the United States. Now, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2016Immunology
Many of the intricacies of the immune response during a pathogenic infection are yet to be fully understood. In a new st ...Written By: Kara Marker
AUG 17, 2016
Immunology
Some cells in the immune system are for constantly pumping out antibodies during an infection, while others are saved fo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 17, 2016
Microbiology
It is estimated that, in Germany, 15,000 people die from hospital-acquired “superbug” infections each year.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 16, 2016
Immunology
Your stomach growls and you think, “it’s telling me that it’s time for lunch.” However, it&rsquo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 15, 2016
Immunology
In a new study from Oxford University, scientists ask: How does the human immune system rate an attack and decide how st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 06, 2016
Immunology
Thanks to the memory capabilities of our immune cells, our body knows how to fight pathogens better the second, third, a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 02, 2016
Microbiology
Commensal bacteria, the normal flora in the digestive tract, have a multitude of functions and are critical to health. O
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 2, 2016 – A new study, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), rev
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUL 31, 2016
Microbiology
A breast microbiome? Wait, really? Evidently, it’s a real thing. Evidently, I’m also late to the party - ini
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 31, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have elucidated the process that acti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Dysfunction in the immune system is associated with a few mental and neurological disorders. Scientists investigating th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2016
Immunology
A molecule involved in boosting the immune response in cases of cancer has now been associated with bacterial pneumonia
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 28, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers studying the bacterium Staphylococcus lugdunensis in its natural environment have stumbled onto an amazing d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2016
Immunology
Image Credit: iStockphoto A new discovery could one day improve treatments for lupus sufferers, saving thousands of
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Targeted sequencing allows researchers to hone in on specific regions of DNA they are interested in, and enabling more c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
The immune cells of the brain are to thank for clearing Alzheimer’s disease-related plaques. Mutations in a certai
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos
...
JUL 20, 2016
Microbiology
As you can see in the video below, doctors and scientists have been intrigued by the effect gastric bypass surgery has o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2016
Immunology
Thousands of deaths in patients with hepatic cirrhosis result from bacterial infections that individuals with healthy im
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 18, 2016
Immunology
For the first time in a human tumor, scientists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania h
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 17, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers can stimulate fungi to produce antimicrobial compounds, and in doing so they have detected a novel one. The
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2016
Microbiology
Publishing in Science Translational Medicine, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have announced that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2016
Immunology
Macrophages of the immune system are vital for mounting a quick and directed attack on invading pathogens especially alo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 12, 2016
Microbiology
Earlier this year, it was announced that a so-called superbug had been detected in a patient in the United States. Now,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2016
Immunology
Many of the intricacies of the immune response during a pathogenic infection are yet to be fully understood. In a new st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker