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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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AUG 12, 2017Microbiology
Study indicates the efficacy of the rotavirus vaccine - it likely resulted in 380,000 fewer hospitalizations of young ki ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2017Microbiology
Until today, I had never, ever heard of a plant-based vaccine. There are lots of reasons why plant-based vaccines are a ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 10, 2017Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 10, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The goal of nanotechnology in the field of biomedical science is to build homogenous miniature carriers that can target ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 04, 2017Microbiology
As more is learned about the microbes of the gastrointestinal tract, the more it's confirmed that they have a powerful i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2017Immunology
A study that was initially designed to simply study T cell homeostasis ended up yielding surprising results. A recently ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 25, 2017Immunology
Scientists use chicken eggs to grow flu viruses for use in vaccines. However, the flu vaccine is infamous for having que ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 22, 2017Cancer
A cutting-edge therapy that uses a person’s own immune cells to kill cancer just received a historic vote of confi ...JUL 21, 2017Videos
Rabies is a virus contracted through the saliva of other infected animals. Rabid raccoons have perhaps the greatest asso ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 12, 2017Immunology
The good news? Scientists discovered a regulatory immune process that wards off “accidental” responses that ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization recently reported on the alarming rise of “super gonorrhea” that can outmaneuv ...JUL 10, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
In a rare scientific double-whammy, two groups of scientists independently found that targeted, personalized vaccines st ...JUL 08, 2017Videos
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are working together to make sure our v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2017Microbiology
Doctors and researchers have been sounding the alarm about drug-resistant gonorrhea, and it is spreading around the worl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2017Videos
Most are familiar with vaccines that help to increase the body's immune system effectively against the flu and other dis ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 04, 2017Health & Medicine
On Independence Day in 1776, one year after Paul Revere made his famous journey on horseback to warn the colonial minute ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 03, 2017Videos
Vaccines have done so much good for public health that society now has the luxury of questioning whether they are necess ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have found that the microbial community of skin can change and that change can be contagious.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2017Immunology
Scientists are working on what could be the first ever licensed DNA vaccine to prevent dengue virus. Dengue causes a sev ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 29, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
In an effort to increase flu vaccination rates in the population, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have ...JUN 23, 2017Immunology
Creating a successful vaccine for HIV has so far been unsuccessful, but now scientists are zeroing in on two important f ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 23, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For people who are lucky enough to survive an Ebola infection, the virus doesn't go away without leaving some traces ...JUN 21, 2017Immunology
There’s a new vaccine to protect against high cholesterol and its consequences: atherosclerotic plaques tha ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 20, 2017Microbiology
Antibodies are supposed to protect us from infection, right? Right, and this is true under most circumstances. Sometimes ...Written By: Kerry Evans
AUG 12, 2017
Microbiology
Study indicates the efficacy of the rotavirus vaccine - it likely resulted in 380,000 fewer hospitalizations of young ki
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2017
Microbiology
Until today, I had never, ever heard of a plant-based vaccine. There are lots of reasons why plant-based vaccines are a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 10, 2017
Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The goal of nanotechnology in the field of biomedical science is to build homogenous miniature carriers that can target
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 04, 2017
Microbiology
As more is learned about the microbes of the gastrointestinal tract, the more it's confirmed that they have a powerful i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2017
Immunology
A study that was initially designed to simply study T cell homeostasis ended up yielding surprising results. A recently
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 25, 2017
Immunology
Scientists use chicken eggs to grow flu viruses for use in vaccines. However, the flu vaccine is infamous for having que
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 22, 2017
Cancer
A cutting-edge therapy that uses a person’s own immune cells to kill cancer just received a historic vote of confi
...
JUL 21, 2017
Videos
Rabies is a virus contracted through the saliva of other infected animals. Rabid raccoons have perhaps the greatest asso
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 12, 2017
Immunology
The good news? Scientists discovered a regulatory immune process that wards off “accidental” responses that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization recently reported on the alarming rise of “super gonorrhea” that can outmaneuv
...
JUL 10, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a rare scientific double-whammy, two groups of scientists independently found that targeted, personalized vaccines st
...
JUL 08, 2017
Videos
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are working together to make sure our v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2017
Microbiology
Doctors and researchers have been sounding the alarm about drug-resistant gonorrhea, and it is spreading around the worl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2017
Videos
Most are familiar with vaccines that help to increase the body's immune system effectively against the flu and other dis
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 04, 2017
Health & Medicine
On Independence Day in 1776, one year after Paul Revere made his famous journey on horseback to warn the colonial minute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 03, 2017
Videos
Vaccines have done so much good for public health that society now has the luxury of questioning whether they are necess
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have found that the microbial community of skin can change and that change can be contagious.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2017
Immunology
Scientists are working on what could be the first ever licensed DNA vaccine to prevent dengue virus. Dengue causes a sev
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 29, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
In an effort to increase flu vaccination rates in the population, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have
...
JUN 23, 2017
Immunology
Creating a successful vaccine for HIV has so far been unsuccessful, but now scientists are zeroing in on two important f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 23, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For people who are lucky enough to survive an Ebola infection, the virus doesn't go away without leaving some traces
...
JUN 21, 2017
Immunology
There’s a new vaccine to protect against high cholesterol and its consequences: atherosclerotic plaques tha
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 20, 2017
Microbiology
Antibodies are supposed to protect us from infection, right? Right, and this is true under most circumstances. Sometimes
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans