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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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DEC 16, 2017Immunology
Long-term immune protection isn’t the only job tasked to memory T cells, researchers are finding. In a new collabo ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 14, 2017Immunology
A new study from Cornell University explains why the current vaccine for typhoid fever is only partially effective. Salm ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 13, 2017Videos
Researchers from the Texas Biomedical Research Institute have found a new, possibly more ideal animal model of a Zika vi ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 12, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study that claims the “man-flu” is real, is undoubtedly making some men feel vindicated while drawing ...DEC 11, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Years of effort have been spent mapping the mechanisms that underlie yeast metabolism, and now that project is complete.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2017Immunology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects almost everyone by the time they’re 30, but not everyone necessarily shows sy ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 06, 2017Genetics & Genomics
In recent years there has been an intense focus on the development of vaccines for breast cancer; a new one has been ver ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2017Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2017Microbiology
Rabies is a fatal viral disease that occurs in more than 150 countries and territories, causing more than 60,000 fatalit ...Written By: Sarah HertrichDEC 01, 2017Immunology
The search for a safe, effective vaccine to protect billions of at-risk people from malaria continues, and the newest st ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 30, 2017Health & Medicine
Lyme disease is on the rise in the United States, but not in the areas where it is most commonly found. Lyme disease can ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 30, 2017Videos
Measles used to be a fairly common childhood disease; however, vaccines almost completely eradicated the disease. While ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 27, 2017Immunology
One of the viruses responsible for the itchy and runny nose, headache, and sore throat we associate with the common cold ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 22, 2017Videos
Each year, health officials zealously launch flu shot campaigns, aimed at vaccinating people against the influenza virus ...NOV 14, 2017Cancer
Ever since men and women understood how to have children, they've also been trying to understand how to prevent this ...NOV 14, 2017Microbiology
Zika virus is a member of the Flavivirus family which also includes the dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, and ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 14, 2017Immunology
The Zika virus is mostly portrayed in the media as an ultra dangerous infection that causes all sorts of problems in tho ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 08, 2017Genetics & Genomics
The flu sickens millions, and kills thousands of people every year. Researchers are always looking for ways to make a be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2017Immunology
Around the world pregnant women and their babies are at risk of a bacterial infection that is a major cause of maternal ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 04, 2017Genetics & Genomics
As we grow old, our skin begins to sag, our hair turns grey, and individual cells show signs of the process as well.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
PSA: Rabies is not a minor illness that will go away on its own. One person in Florida recently contracted rabies from a ...NOV 02, 2017Health & Medicine
The human papillomavirus (HPV) is known for its connection to cervical cancer. The exact mechanism isn't entirely cl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 30, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been trying to develop a vaccine for HIV for many years, but unusual characteristics of the virus have m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2017Technology
When disasters make it difficult and dangerous for people to survey and explore hard-hit areas, drones can save lives.Written By: Julia Travers
DEC 16, 2017
Immunology
Long-term immune protection isn’t the only job tasked to memory T cells, researchers are finding. In a new collabo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 14, 2017
Immunology
A new study from Cornell University explains why the current vaccine for typhoid fever is only partially effective. Salm
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 13, 2017
Videos
Researchers from the Texas Biomedical Research Institute have found a new, possibly more ideal animal model of a Zika vi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 12, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study that claims the “man-flu” is real, is undoubtedly making some men feel vindicated while drawing
...
DEC 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Years of effort have been spent mapping the mechanisms that underlie yeast metabolism, and now that project is complete.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2017
Immunology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects almost everyone by the time they’re 30, but not everyone necessarily shows sy
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 06, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
In recent years there has been an intense focus on the development of vaccines for breast cancer; a new one has been ver
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2017
Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2017
Microbiology
Rabies is a fatal viral disease that occurs in more than 150 countries and territories, causing more than 60,000 fatalit
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
DEC 01, 2017
Immunology
The search for a safe, effective vaccine to protect billions of at-risk people from malaria continues, and the newest st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 30, 2017
Health & Medicine
Lyme disease is on the rise in the United States, but not in the areas where it is most commonly found. Lyme disease can
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 30, 2017
Videos
Measles used to be a fairly common childhood disease; however, vaccines almost completely eradicated the disease. While
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 27, 2017
Immunology
One of the viruses responsible for the itchy and runny nose, headache, and sore throat we associate with the common cold
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 22, 2017
Videos
Each year, health officials zealously launch flu shot campaigns, aimed at vaccinating people against the influenza virus
...
NOV 14, 2017
Cancer
Ever since men and women understood how to have children, they've also been trying to understand how to prevent this
...
NOV 14, 2017
Microbiology
Zika virus is a member of the Flavivirus family which also includes the dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, and
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 14, 2017
Immunology
The Zika virus is mostly portrayed in the media as an ultra dangerous infection that causes all sorts of problems in tho
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 08, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
The flu sickens millions, and kills thousands of people every year. Researchers are always looking for ways to make a be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2017
Immunology
Around the world pregnant women and their babies are at risk of a bacterial infection that is a major cause of maternal
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 04, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
As we grow old, our skin begins to sag, our hair turns grey, and individual cells show signs of the process as well.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
PSA: Rabies is not a minor illness that will go away on its own. One person in Florida recently contracted rabies from a
...
NOV 02, 2017
Health & Medicine
The human papillomavirus (HPV) is known for its connection to cervical cancer. The exact mechanism isn't entirely cl
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 30, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been trying to develop a vaccine for HIV for many years, but unusual characteristics of the virus have m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2017
Technology
When disasters make it difficult and dangerous for people to survey and explore hard-hit areas, drones can save lives.
Written By:
Julia Travers