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Vaccinations
Vaccinations: is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop protection from a disease. Vaccines contain a microorganism in a weakened or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism. In stimulating the body's adaptive immunity, it helps prevent sickness from an infectious disease.
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OCT 21, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
In a preclinical study, researchers from the Univerity of South Florida have found that a vaccine that targets neurotoxi ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 14, 2020Immunology
Leukemia is a cancer affecting tissues in the body that produce blood cells, including the bone marrow and the lymphatic ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 12, 2020Microbiology
Rotaviruses are very contagious. They are the most common cause of diarrhea in children and are estimated to cause about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 12, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can transmit the malaria-causing Plasmodium parasite to humans. Malaria was estimated to have caused the deat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2020Microbiology
Flaviviruses like dengue, West Nile, Zika, Japanese Encephalitis, and yellow fever infect over 400 million people a year ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 09, 2020Microbiology
Rubella is a contagious, airborne viral infection that can lead to rash, fever, and sore throat. It's especially dangero ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2020Microbiology
More than 100 years ago, the world faced waves of scarlet fever epidemics; between around 1820 and 1880 there were sever ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2020Microbiology
Pediatric hydrocephalus - excessive fluid on the brain of a child - has been connected to a bacterial pathogen.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
It has been known for some time that the HPV vaccine protects against human papillomavirus infection, genital warts, and ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 28, 2020Microbiology
Scientists and clinicians want people to get their flu shots this year, especially because of the ongoing pandemic.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2020Microbiology
Poxviruses are deadly viruses that are known to infect both animals and humans. Cowpox and monkeypox are both known to s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2020Immunology
Antibodies are Y-shaped proteins that play a central role in the immune system’s arsenal of germ-busting weapons. ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 22, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A study appearing next week in the journal Nature Communications offers some good news in the search for antiviral drugs ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 21, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization has endorsed a protocol to put African herbal medicines through clinical trials as possibl ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 20, 2020Microbiology
People born in the late 1960s or 1970s might be perpetually susceptible to the H3N2 influenza virus, according to new re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2020Immunology
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, in partnership with BioNTech has reported that one of its lead vaccine candidates has shown ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Chicago have found a new way to reduce vaccine-related inflammation from adjuvants, a ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 10, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of innovators from Stanford University has invented the Onchoscope: a low-cost, customizable microscope fo ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 06, 2020Microbiology
Effective vaccines have to trigger an immune response, which is intended to create an immune 'memory' of a specific infe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2020Microbiology
Helicobacter pylori can be found in as much as fifty percent of the world's population.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2020Health & Medicine
On August 25th, Africa was officially certified free of wild poliovirus, a tremendous milestone that was decades in the ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 25, 2020Cannabis Sciences
In recent months, interest has been growing in the potential for cannabinoids- the compounds found in cannabis- to treat ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 25, 2020Immunology
In a new study published in Cell, researchers have identified a metabolic enzyme that could have powerful tumor-killing ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes what's popularly known as cold sores, and is transmitted mostly through oral-t ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
In a preclinical study, researchers from the Univerity of South Florida have found that a vaccine that targets neurotoxi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 14, 2020
Immunology
Leukemia is a cancer affecting tissues in the body that produce blood cells, including the bone marrow and the lymphatic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 12, 2020
Microbiology
Rotaviruses are very contagious. They are the most common cause of diarrhea in children and are estimated to cause about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 12, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can transmit the malaria-causing Plasmodium parasite to humans. Malaria was estimated to have caused the deat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2020
Microbiology
Flaviviruses like dengue, West Nile, Zika, Japanese Encephalitis, and yellow fever infect over 400 million people a year
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2020
Microbiology
Rubella is a contagious, airborne viral infection that can lead to rash, fever, and sore throat. It's especially dangero
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2020
Microbiology
More than 100 years ago, the world faced waves of scarlet fever epidemics; between around 1820 and 1880 there were sever
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2020
Microbiology
Pediatric hydrocephalus - excessive fluid on the brain of a child - has been connected to a bacterial pathogen.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
It has been known for some time that the HPV vaccine protects against human papillomavirus infection, genital warts, and
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 28, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists and clinicians want people to get their flu shots this year, especially because of the ongoing pandemic.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2020
Microbiology
Poxviruses are deadly viruses that are known to infect both animals and humans. Cowpox and monkeypox are both known to s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2020
Immunology
Antibodies are Y-shaped proteins that play a central role in the immune system’s arsenal of germ-busting weapons.
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 22, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A study appearing next week in the journal Nature Communications offers some good news in the search for antiviral drugs
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 21, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization has endorsed a protocol to put African herbal medicines through clinical trials as possibl
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 20, 2020
Microbiology
People born in the late 1960s or 1970s might be perpetually susceptible to the H3N2 influenza virus, according to new re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2020
Immunology
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, in partnership with BioNTech has reported that one of its lead vaccine candidates has shown
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Chicago have found a new way to reduce vaccine-related inflammation from adjuvants, a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 10, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of innovators from Stanford University has invented the Onchoscope: a low-cost, customizable microscope fo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 06, 2020
Microbiology
Effective vaccines have to trigger an immune response, which is intended to create an immune 'memory' of a specific infe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2020
Microbiology
Helicobacter pylori can be found in as much as fifty percent of the world's population.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2020
Health & Medicine
On August 25th, Africa was officially certified free of wild poliovirus, a tremendous milestone that was decades in the
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 25, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
In recent months, interest has been growing in the potential for cannabinoids- the compounds found in cannabis- to treat
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 25, 2020
Immunology
In a new study published in Cell, researchers have identified a metabolic enzyme that could have powerful tumor-killing
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes what's popularly known as cold sores, and is transmitted mostly through oral-t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch