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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 10, 2016Videos
It's recently been reported that some drug-resistant super bacteria have been detected in waters around Rio de Janeiro, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Is your sore throat caused by the Streptococcus bacteria, or a common cold virus? It can be difficult to tell, even for ...JUL 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
While most bacteria is harmless, some have evolved into pathogens, which have various ways of causing infectious disease ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2016Microbiology
By now, you’re probably all familiar with the Flint, Michigan, water crisis. In April 2014, Flint began sourcing i ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Making and deploying vaccines can be costly and time-consuming. But, using a new technique that involves RNA and nanopar ...JUL 06, 2016Videos
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a recently described family of lymphoid effector cells with important roles in immunolo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 05, 2016Immunology
With the growth of superbug populations growing all the time, researchers are desperately looking for ways to reduce the ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 05, 2016Immunology
A first-of-its-kind study yields clues to how some people are able to survive the deadly Ebola virus and suggests possib ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 01, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Smoking cigarettes alters dozens of genes in the epithelial cells that line the respiratory tract. Several of these chan ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 30, 2016Genetics & Genomics
In the world of malaria infection, Plasmodium falciparum parasites will always be queen to their less lethal cousin, Pla ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 29, 2016Health & Medicine
For not completely understood reasons, certain genetic and environmental factors influence the body’s immune syste ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 28, 2016Microbiology
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health just published a detailed survey of Boston’s subway-dwel ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 27, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Almost 80,000 people die each year worldwide due to brain inflammation diseases, and it’s hard to know how many of ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 24, 2016Microbiology
I don’t think a lot about plant pathogens, but I probably should. They can have a profound effect on our food supp ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 24, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), opioids, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants are all drugs used to help ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Foodborne illnesses are the scourge of the food industry. And it seems that nearly every day, some type of food is being ...JUN 21, 2016Videos
Our bodies have to use barriers to protect us from our environment at all times. In the gut mucosa, special cells reinfo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2016Immunology
Current vaccines target only a small percentage of the more than 90 strains of the bacteria that cause pneumonia. But re ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 19, 2016Microbiology
A new study published in Trends in Parasitology reveals patterns that could be used to predict the locations of future z ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 15, 2016Immunology
When you think about how cancer cells continue to develop ways grow and spread despite both the body’s and medicin ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2016Microbiology
A new material has been created by researchers in Singapore that kills E. coli bacteria in 30 seconds. As antibiotic res ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Unlike bacteria, viruses spread through and infect the human body by inserting viral DNA into our own cells, using them ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 09, 2016Microbiology
The human condition is often positively promoted by cooperation, and conversely, is impacted negatively by conflict. &nb ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 08, 2016Immunology
B cells and T cells are not the only immune cells with memory capabilities, scientists have discovered. Natural Killer ( ...Written By: Kara Marker
JUL 10, 2016
Videos
It's recently been reported that some drug-resistant super bacteria have been detected in waters around Rio de Janeiro,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Is your sore throat caused by the Streptococcus bacteria, or a common cold virus? It can be difficult to tell, even for
...
JUL 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
While most bacteria is harmless, some have evolved into pathogens, which have various ways of causing infectious disease
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2016
Microbiology
By now, you’re probably all familiar with the Flint, Michigan, water crisis. In April 2014, Flint began sourcing i
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Making and deploying vaccines can be costly and time-consuming. But, using a new technique that involves RNA and nanopar
...
JUL 06, 2016
Videos
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a recently described family of lymphoid effector cells with important roles in immunolo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 05, 2016
Immunology
With the growth of superbug populations growing all the time, researchers are desperately looking for ways to reduce the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 05, 2016
Immunology
A first-of-its-kind study yields clues to how some people are able to survive the deadly Ebola virus and suggests possib
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 01, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Smoking cigarettes alters dozens of genes in the epithelial cells that line the respiratory tract. Several of these chan
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 30, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
In the world of malaria infection, Plasmodium falciparum parasites will always be queen to their less lethal cousin, Pla
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
For not completely understood reasons, certain genetic and environmental factors influence the body’s immune syste
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 28, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health just published a detailed survey of Boston’s subway-dwel
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 27, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Almost 80,000 people die each year worldwide due to brain inflammation diseases, and it’s hard to know how many of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 24, 2016
Microbiology
I don’t think a lot about plant pathogens, but I probably should. They can have a profound effect on our food supp
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), opioids, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants are all drugs used to help
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Foodborne illnesses are the scourge of the food industry. And it seems that nearly every day, some type of food is being
...
JUN 21, 2016
Videos
Our bodies have to use barriers to protect us from our environment at all times. In the gut mucosa, special cells reinfo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2016
Immunology
Current vaccines target only a small percentage of the more than 90 strains of the bacteria that cause pneumonia. But re
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 19, 2016
Microbiology
A new study published in Trends in Parasitology reveals patterns that could be used to predict the locations of future z
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 15, 2016
Immunology
When you think about how cancer cells continue to develop ways grow and spread despite both the body’s and medicin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2016
Microbiology
A new material has been created by researchers in Singapore that kills E. coli bacteria in 30 seconds. As antibiotic res
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Unlike bacteria, viruses spread through and infect the human body by inserting viral DNA into our own cells, using them
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 09, 2016
Microbiology
The human condition is often positively promoted by cooperation, and conversely, is impacted negatively by conflict. &nb
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 08, 2016
Immunology
B cells and T cells are not the only immune cells with memory capabilities, scientists have discovered. Natural Killer (
...
Written By:
Kara Marker