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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.
JAN 01, 2020 | 6:00 AM
The dopamine D4 receptor (D4R) is enriched in the prefrontal cortex where it plays important roles in cognition, attention, decision making and executive function. Novel D4R-selective ligand...
DEC 16, 2019 | 10:00 PM
DATE: December 17, 2019 TIME: 2:00pm SGT From WHO 2017 Hepatitis report, an estimated 290 million (89%) of the 325 million people living with viral hepatitis B and C are unaware that they ar...
DEC 12, 2019 | 11:00 AM
DATE: December 12, 2019TIME: 11:00am PST Primary immunodeficiency disorders continue to have delayed diagnoses and are commonly under diagnosed. Differentiating betw...
DEC 05, 2019 | 5:00 AM
DATE: December 5, 2019TIME: 5:00am PST, 8:00am EST The diagnosis of an active infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) relies on testing for the HBV surface antigen (HBsAg). Ov...
DEC 04, 2019 | 7:00 AM
DATE: December 4, 2019TIME: 7:00am PST, 10:00am EST, 4:00pm CET Do you know how it feels when you just quickly want to redo an experiment that your colleague did, or an experim...
DEC 03, 2019 | 11:00 AM
DATE: December 3, 2019 TIME: 11:00am PST This talk will cover Candida auris infection, colonization, and spread through health care systems from a clinical case perspective. We will discuss...
NOV 25, 2019 | 9:00 AM
FECHA: 25 Noviembre 2019 TIEMPO: 12:00PM UTC-5, 9:00AM PST Hoy en día, los analizadores de hematología pueden recopilar grandes cantidades de datos acerca de las caracter&...
NOV 18, 2019 | 7:00 AM
DATE: November 18, 2019TIME: 7:00am PST, 11:00am EST, 4:00pm CEWT How often do you pipette in your cell culture lab every day? Usually, we do it so often that we tend stop th...
NOV 14, 2019 | 1:30 PM
The Laboratory Stewardship Committee of the Cleveland Clinic is a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, pathologists, administrators, nurses and other caregivers. The team has a commitment t...
NOV 14, 2019 | 12:00 PM
Part 1: Sustainable health and laboratory medicine; Presented by Professor Damien GrusonSummary: PendingPart 2: Let’s talk about errors in point of care testing in mobile health...
NOV 14, 2019 | 12:00 PM
Thyroid autoimmunity (TAI) tends to be more common in women consulting for fertility problems. However, any underlying causal mechanism connecting TAI to fertility aspects is yet to be establ...
NOV 14, 2019 | 10:30 AM
Breast cancer is the most frequently occurring form of cancer in women. While 5-year survival rates for localized disease approach 99%, cases of advanced breast cancer have a much poorer pro...
NOV 14, 2019 | 10:30 AM
Thyroid function tests play a central role to assess thyroid function and are valuable companions for clinicians. The evolution of the tests is permanent and clinical laboratories are key pla...
NOV 14, 2019 | 9:00 AM
Random drug testing is used as a preventive and detection tool for drug or alcohol use, and medication compliance in the monitoring of regulatory and treatment compliance monitoring. Urine sc...
