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Science of Infectious Disease
An infectious disease can be defined as an illness due to a pathogen or its toxic product, which arises through transmission from an infected person, an infected animal, or a contaminated inanimate object to a susceptible host. There are several scientific practices in place to identify and/or treat an infectious disease.
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MAY 16, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Over the past 20 years, Lyme has gone from a virtually unknown disease to the most reported vector-borne illness in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
The loss of the sense of smell is a well-known symptom of COVID-19, and was common even in people that did not have many ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2021Microbiology
Researchers have created an imaging agent that will allow scientists and clinicians to visualize a bacterial infection c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 12, 2021Immunology
Teams of science experts from numerous disciplines have been collecting data on SARS-CoV-2 for over a year to understand ...Written By: Caroline WallaceMAY 04, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
You can see the spike protein of the virus in action in this video.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2021Microbiology
For over a year now, scientists and clinicians have been trying to understand why the SARS-CoV-2 virus causes such deadl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Over 1.2 million genome sequences collected from 172 countries have been uploaded to a data-sharing site over the course ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 28, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Sugar is something sweet to add to your food, but just like fat, different types of sugars play important roles in biolo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
When we're exposed to a pathogen, our immune system normally mounts a robust response against it. Antibodies are generat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2021Chemistry & Physics
New research on the aerosolization of pathogens provides recommendations for public restroom use. According to the study ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 18, 2021Plants & Animals
Dogs help us in a lot of ways. Now they may help us get back to normal after the pandemic by using their exceptional abi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2021Health & Medicine
For months, officials have been debating whether the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, is airborne. Resea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Duke University scientists have created a highly sensitive Ebola virus portable diagnostic device, 1000 times more sensi ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 13, 2021Microbiology
The term TORCH pathogens refers to a group of viruses including Toxoplasma gondii, Rubella, Herpes Simplex Viruses 1 and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2021Immunology
Purdue University researchers have made a breakthrough finding that could explain why the disease is so hard to manage t ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 06, 2021Cardiology
Researchers have begun to analyze the impact of the pandemic, and their work has shown that long COVID-19 surges in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 05, 2021Cancer
A team from the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center is introdu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 04, 2021Microbiology
There are many different influenza viruses, which cause from 290,000 to 650,000 deaths every year. That range depends on ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2021Cancer
In a study published recently in Science Immunology, WEHI’s Professor Stephen Nutt, Dr. Michael Chopin, and Mr. Sh ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 01, 2021Plants & Animals
For more than thirty years, scientists have tried to solve the mystery of the high prevalence of cancer among wild Calif ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 01, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
What is e-skin technology? These wearable electronics are soft, flexible, and stick on to the surface of skin with a vas ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 23, 2021Health & Medicine
A pregnant woman infected with the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 passed the virus on to her unborn child through the placent ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 12, 2021Microbiology
Many bacteria that infect intestinal cells make and release bacterial proteins into their host in order to hijack cell f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 07, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Throughout human history, our species has come into contact with both harmless and infectious microbes that have changed ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Over the past 20 years, Lyme has gone from a virtually unknown disease to the most reported vector-borne illness in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
The loss of the sense of smell is a well-known symptom of COVID-19, and was common even in people that did not have many
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2021
Microbiology
Researchers have created an imaging agent that will allow scientists and clinicians to visualize a bacterial infection c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 12, 2021
Immunology
Teams of science experts from numerous disciplines have been collecting data on SARS-CoV-2 for over a year to understand
...
Written By:
Caroline Wallace
MAY 04, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
You can see the spike protein of the virus in action in this video.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2021
Microbiology
For over a year now, scientists and clinicians have been trying to understand why the SARS-CoV-2 virus causes such deadl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Over 1.2 million genome sequences collected from 172 countries have been uploaded to a data-sharing site over the course
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 28, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sugar is something sweet to add to your food, but just like fat, different types of sugars play important roles in biolo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
When we're exposed to a pathogen, our immune system normally mounts a robust response against it. Antibodies are generat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
New research on the aerosolization of pathogens provides recommendations for public restroom use. According to the study
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 18, 2021
Plants & Animals
Dogs help us in a lot of ways. Now they may help us get back to normal after the pandemic by using their exceptional abi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2021
Health & Medicine
For months, officials have been debating whether the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, is airborne. Resea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Duke University scientists have created a highly sensitive Ebola virus portable diagnostic device, 1000 times more sensi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 13, 2021
Microbiology
The term TORCH pathogens refers to a group of viruses including Toxoplasma gondii, Rubella, Herpes Simplex Viruses 1 and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2021
Immunology
Purdue University researchers have made a breakthrough finding that could explain why the disease is so hard to manage t
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 06, 2021
Cardiology
Researchers have begun to analyze the impact of the pandemic, and their work has shown that long COVID-19 surges in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2021
Cancer
A team from the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center is introdu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 04, 2021
Microbiology
There are many different influenza viruses, which cause from 290,000 to 650,000 deaths every year. That range depends on
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2021
Cancer
In a study published recently in Science Immunology, WEHI’s Professor Stephen Nutt, Dr. Michael Chopin, and Mr. Sh
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 01, 2021
Plants & Animals
For more than thirty years, scientists have tried to solve the mystery of the high prevalence of cancer among wild Calif
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 01, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
What is e-skin technology? These wearable electronics are soft, flexible, and stick on to the surface of skin with a vas
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 23, 2021
Health & Medicine
A pregnant woman infected with the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 passed the virus on to her unborn child through the placent
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 12, 2021
Microbiology
Many bacteria that infect intestinal cells make and release bacterial proteins into their host in order to hijack cell f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Throughout human history, our species has come into contact with both harmless and infectious microbes that have changed
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch