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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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APR 02, 2015Health & Medicine
Similar to the way glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Flor ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Google-supported biotech firm Calico is collaborating with Harvard and MIT's Broad Institute on a new initiative centere ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 20, 2015Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 18, 2015Plants & Animals
Francisco Delgado Vargas, from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), researches the use of the plant Typha dominge ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 18, 2015Genetics & Genomics
When viruses such as influenza and Ebola jump from one species to another, their ability to cause harm can change dramat ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 05, 2015Immunology
A team of infectious disease computer modelers at the University of Pittsburgh have launched a free, mobile-friendly too ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 12, 2014Health & Medicine
To turn the tide, nearly two million children took part in a double-blind study for the polio vaccine
On the ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 10, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
In a new study from the University of Pennsylvania and National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research published ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 08, 2014Microbiology
A massive global collaborative effort is under way to understand how the Ebola virus affects cells, why the virus is let ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
APR 02, 2015
Health & Medicine
Similar to the way glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Flor
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Google-supported biotech firm Calico is collaborating with Harvard and MIT's Broad Institute on a new initiative centere
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 20, 2015
Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 18, 2015
Plants & Animals
Francisco Delgado Vargas, from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), researches the use of the plant Typha dominge
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 18, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
When viruses such as influenza and Ebola jump from one species to another, their ability to cause harm can change dramat
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 05, 2015
Immunology
A team of infectious disease computer modelers at the University of Pittsburgh have launched a free, mobile-friendly too
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 12, 2014
Health & Medicine
To turn the tide, nearly two million children took part in a double-blind study for the polio vaccine
On the ...
On the ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 10, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a new study from the University of Pennsylvania and National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research published
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 08, 2014
Microbiology
A massive global collaborative effort is under way to understand how the Ebola virus affects cells, why the virus is let
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke