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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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JUL 04, 2018Health & Medicine
While there have been great strides in the fight against HIV infection and AIDS, the problem is not going away anytime s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 04, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Investigators at the University of Otago found novel properties of a new anti-tuberculosis drug which may inspire ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 03, 2018Immunology
There’s a new therapeutic approach to boosting the weakened immune system that develops naturally with age, but it ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 29, 2018Microbiology
Tracing back to Indonesia, 1961, the current outbreak has been going on for over fifty years.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2018Microbiology
Worldwide, bacteria that causes fast-spreading cholera kills anywhere from 21,000 to 143,000 people every year.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2018Microbiology
Microbes can pick up new pieces of genetic material; now it's been captured in action for the first time.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers can now move beyond the painstaking manipulation of individual genes.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2018Cancer
The malarial parasite expresses a protein, VAR2CSA, that binds to chondroitin sulfate (CS) found on both placental and c ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 01, 2018Cancer
CNS tumor classification changed in 2016 to incorporate tumor molecular markers. Researchers look at CNS tumor cells and ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 18, 2018Health & Medicine
Leprosy isn't a disease that most people encounter. It's quite rare in the US, and there aren't many healthc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 04, 2018Immunology
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is back, and it’s at least partly because individuals who were vaccinated in the ear ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 01, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists found evidence of the yellow fever virus in urine and semen samples for almost one month after one São ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 20, 2018Microbiology
Our bodies need insulin to control the amount of sugar we have in our blood. Diabetes happens when that process fails, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing a dangerous infection by a fungal yeast that often devastates hospital patients is now faster and more effici ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 18, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers used a totally new approach to solve a biological mystery.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Here's a test thatdetects the presence of abnormal proteins indicative of a deadly prion disease known as Creutzfeldt-Ja ...NOV 12, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Bacteria has continued to evolve, becoming resistant to antibiotics, but scientists have found a screen to help combat t ...Written By: Courtney SchaalOCT 27, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Madagascar is currently battling a plague outbreak that has so far infected nearly 1,200 people and killed 124 people. I ...OCT 18, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
If any new moms out there have reservations about whether or not to consume the placenta after birth, a newly published ...OCT 12, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
While rabies is a treatable disease, it still kills as many as 59,000 people every year. The virus causes behavior chang ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2017Microbiology
Although a flu shot might not inspire joy, it seems that being in a good mood on the day of getting it can improve the p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2017Microbiology
Inflammation is a common feature of many diseases, and researchers wanted to know more about whether dormant bacteria ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
When an infectious illness sickens multiple people, they often respond in different ways; researchers have shown genes u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2017Microbiology
Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease knew that some viruses - herpes simplex virus, f ...Written By: Kerry Evans
JUL 04, 2018
Health & Medicine
While there have been great strides in the fight against HIV infection and AIDS, the problem is not going away anytime s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 04, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Investigators at the University of Otago found novel properties of a new anti-tuberculosis drug which may inspire
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 03, 2018
Immunology
There’s a new therapeutic approach to boosting the weakened immune system that develops naturally with age, but it
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 29, 2018
Microbiology
Tracing back to Indonesia, 1961, the current outbreak has been going on for over fifty years.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2018
Microbiology
Worldwide, bacteria that causes fast-spreading cholera kills anywhere from 21,000 to 143,000 people every year.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2018
Microbiology
Microbes can pick up new pieces of genetic material; now it's been captured in action for the first time.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers can now move beyond the painstaking manipulation of individual genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2018
Cancer
The malarial parasite expresses a protein, VAR2CSA, that binds to chondroitin sulfate (CS) found on both placental and c
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 01, 2018
Cancer
CNS tumor classification changed in 2016 to incorporate tumor molecular markers. Researchers look at CNS tumor cells and
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 18, 2018
Health & Medicine
Leprosy isn't a disease that most people encounter. It's quite rare in the US, and there aren't many healthc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 04, 2018
Immunology
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is back, and it’s at least partly because individuals who were vaccinated in the ear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 01, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists found evidence of the yellow fever virus in urine and semen samples for almost one month after one São
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 20, 2018
Microbiology
Our bodies need insulin to control the amount of sugar we have in our blood. Diabetes happens when that process fails, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing a dangerous infection by a fungal yeast that often devastates hospital patients is now faster and more effici
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 18, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers used a totally new approach to solve a biological mystery.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Here's a test thatdetects the presence of abnormal proteins indicative of a deadly prion disease known as Creutzfeldt-Ja
...
NOV 12, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Bacteria has continued to evolve, becoming resistant to antibiotics, but scientists have found a screen to help combat t
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
OCT 27, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Madagascar is currently battling a plague outbreak that has so far infected nearly 1,200 people and killed 124 people. I
...
OCT 18, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
If any new moms out there have reservations about whether or not to consume the placenta after birth, a newly published
...
OCT 12, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
While rabies is a treatable disease, it still kills as many as 59,000 people every year. The virus causes behavior chang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2017
Microbiology
Although a flu shot might not inspire joy, it seems that being in a good mood on the day of getting it can improve the p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2017
Microbiology
Inflammation is a common feature of many diseases, and researchers wanted to know more about whether dormant bacteria ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
When an infectious illness sickens multiple people, they often respond in different ways; researchers have shown genes u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease knew that some viruses - herpes simplex virus, f
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans