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Toxin: an antigenic poison or venom of plant or animal origin, especially one produced by or derived from microorganisms and causing disease when present at low concentration in the body.
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AUG 22, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Researchers were eager to know how cannabis reduced symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) after recent studies. N ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 21, 2018Plants & Animals
Concerned animal conservationists have taken the stage to warn about some somewhat unsettling news in the marine mammal ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2018Videos
The lymphatic system is the body's way of keeping cells moving along. It's an integral part of the circulatory s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 03, 2018Microbiology
The CDC says don't give your dog up; this is thought to be a very rare case.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2018Microbiology
The Staphylococcus aureus bacterium can cause devastating illnesses - called staph infections - and lead to organ failur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2018Immunology
The T cell, Th17, that kill nerve cells have increased levels in the midbrain of Parkinson's patients leading to destruc ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 17, 2018Cancer
New advances have made it possible for immunotherapy researchers to use natural killer cells, which are our body's norma ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUL 12, 2018Videos
If you’ve spent any time camping or hiking, you’ve probably got a good idea of what animals are dangerous. S ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 11, 2018Microbiology
Scientists have learned how some pathogenic bacteria stick to cells in the intestine, which gets their infection started ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 02, 2018Neuroscience
When you think about the all of the decisions we make and actions we take during an average day, the ordinary things don ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 01, 2018Videos
If you’re like me, sometimes a good cry really can fix everything. And this time science actually agrees wi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 28, 2018Earth & The Environment
The marijuana industry is pushing several endemic species into threat, and at the top of the list is the cute but savage ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 15, 2018Microbiology
Worldwide, bacteria that causes fast-spreading cholera kills anywhere from 21,000 to 143,000 people every year.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2018Microbiology
Clearing bacterial infections from the body can present challenges. Engineers are trying to use nanorobots for such situ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2018Microbiology
Knowing how H. pylori establishes an infection will help develop better treatments for the pathogen.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have found evidence that it's not a bacterium, but one of its toxins, that is connected to, and possibly caus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2018Videos
Blowfish are known for their incredible defense mechanism: they can puff out into a spiky ball when threatened, as shown ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2018Microbiology
Strep throat is caused by a common bacterium called Streptococcus pyogenes. That bacterium can also cause flesh-eating d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 09, 2018Microbiology
One study estimated that we share the planet with at least 320,000 microorganisms have the potential to infect mammals.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2018Plants & Animals
The world is crawling with insects, but despite all the different varieties humankind has found and studied over the yea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to control the population of an insect invader from Japan that destroys valuable crops.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2018Earth & The Environment
Roughly one million plastic water bottles are bought around the world every minute. That’s 20,000 per second. Less ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 17, 2018Videos
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are turning to supercomputers to help with a serious threat - the rise of a ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers were eager to know how cannabis reduced symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) after recent studies. N
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 21, 2018
Plants & Animals
Concerned animal conservationists have taken the stage to warn about some somewhat unsettling news in the marine mammal
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 20, 2018
Videos
The lymphatic system is the body's way of keeping cells moving along. It's an integral part of the circulatory s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 03, 2018
Microbiology
The CDC says don't give your dog up; this is thought to be a very rare case.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2018
Microbiology
The Staphylococcus aureus bacterium can cause devastating illnesses - called staph infections - and lead to organ failur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2018
Immunology
The T cell, Th17, that kill nerve cells have increased levels in the midbrain of Parkinson's patients leading to destruc
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 17, 2018
Cancer
New advances have made it possible for immunotherapy researchers to use natural killer cells, which are our body's norma
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUL 12, 2018
Videos
If you’ve spent any time camping or hiking, you’ve probably got a good idea of what animals are dangerous. S
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 11, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists have learned how some pathogenic bacteria stick to cells in the intestine, which gets their infection started
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 02, 2018
Neuroscience
When you think about the all of the decisions we make and actions we take during an average day, the ordinary things don
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 01, 2018
Videos
If you’re like me, sometimes a good cry really can fix everything. And this time science actually agrees wi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 28, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The marijuana industry is pushing several endemic species into threat, and at the top of the list is the cute but savage
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
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 04, 2018
Microbiology
Clearing bacterial infections from the body can present challenges. Engineers are trying to use nanorobots for such situ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2018
Microbiology
Knowing how H. pylori establishes an infection will help develop better treatments for the pathogen.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have found evidence that it's not a bacterium, but one of its toxins, that is connected to, and possibly caus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2018
Videos
Blowfish are known for their incredible defense mechanism: they can puff out into a spiky ball when threatened, as shown
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2018
Microbiology
Strep throat is caused by a common bacterium called Streptococcus pyogenes. That bacterium can also cause flesh-eating d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 09, 2018
Microbiology
One study estimated that we share the planet with at least 320,000 microorganisms have the potential to infect mammals.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2018
Plants & Animals
The world is crawling with insects, but despite all the different varieties humankind has found and studied over the yea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to control the population of an insect invader from Japan that destroys valuable crops.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Roughly one million plastic water bottles are bought around the world every minute. That’s 20,000 per second. Less
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 17, 2018
Videos
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are turning to supercomputers to help with a serious threat - the rise of a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch