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Vaccine
Vaccine: a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins or one of its surface proteins. The agent stimulates the body's immune system to recognize the agent as a threat, destroy it, and recognize and destroy any of these microorganisms that it later encounters.
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OCT 25, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Public Health officials have long warned about pandemic pathogens flying fast around the world. One virus already spread ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 21, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Currently, there are no effective vaccines available for the presentation of Lyme disease. The only preventive efforts p ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 19, 2019Microbiology
Around a third of the global population, including 40 million Americans are thought to be infected with a parasite calle ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2019Health & Medicine
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its annual Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveil ...Written By: Tiffany DazetOCT 14, 2019Microbiology
Valley fever primarily occurs in Arizona and California, and infects around 10,000 people every year.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2019Immunology
Vaccines to prevent Ebola are still in their infancy, with experimental-only versions being used only in the most dire o ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 12, 2019Microbiology
We share the world and our bodies with microorganisms, and the ones that live in our gut exert a significant impact on o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2019Immunology
How do CD8 T cells make it to the lungs to help in the fight against infection? Why don’t T cells remain longer in ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 02, 2019Infographics
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) allows researchers to investigate different types of biomolecular interactions and mecha ...SEP 30, 2019Microbiology
Scientists may have to start reclassifying viruses, according to new work that shows they can take on more forms than we ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 25, 2019Immunology
“My biological clock is ticking.” We’ve heard people say this phrase - maybe even said it ourselves - ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 25, 2019Microbiology
Massachusetts health officials confirmed yesterday that a third person has died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis this ye ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2019Immunology
New research out of the Stanford University School of Medicine shows that the consequence of overuse of antibiotics lowe ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaSEP 23, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Affecting 44 million individuals globally, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a form of dementia characterized by loss of ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 23, 2019Microbiology
Four related types of dengue virus are common in at least 100 countries and threaten around three billion people.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
A recent vaccine was developed by scientists at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania that prote ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 20, 2019Genetics & Genomics
A one-year clinical trial of a new gene therapy has produced surprisingly good results for several patients.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Colds are famous for being incurable, but researchers may have found a way to stop them.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2019Microbiology
Streptococci are a group of Gram-positive microbes that include pathogens that can cause mild and serious infections.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Sometimes people develop life-threatening heart complications when they're infected with the flu.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2019Microbiology
Antibiotic use would have to be reduced by 80% in order to effectively curtail the spread of antibiotic-resistant microb ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2019Microbiology
About 450 people died from the measles every year, many of them children, before the vaccine was widely used. People now ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2019Health & Medicine
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a fast-acting skin patch that effectivel ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 23, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
A deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) caused by the Ebola virus triggers hemorrhagic fever in humans and some monkeys. The ...Written By: Nupur Srivastava
OCT 25, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Public Health officials have long warned about pandemic pathogens flying fast around the world. One virus already spread
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 21, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Currently, there are no effective vaccines available for the presentation of Lyme disease. The only preventive efforts p
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 19, 2019
Microbiology
Around a third of the global population, including 40 million Americans are thought to be infected with a parasite calle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2019
Health & Medicine
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its annual Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveil
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
OCT 14, 2019
Microbiology
Valley fever primarily occurs in Arizona and California, and infects around 10,000 people every year.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2019
Immunology
Vaccines to prevent Ebola are still in their infancy, with experimental-only versions being used only in the most dire o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 12, 2019
Microbiology
We share the world and our bodies with microorganisms, and the ones that live in our gut exert a significant impact on o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2019
Immunology
How do CD8 T cells make it to the lungs to help in the fight against infection? Why don’t T cells remain longer in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 02, 2019
Infographics
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) allows researchers to investigate different types of biomolecular interactions and mecha
...
SEP 30, 2019
Microbiology
Scientists may have to start reclassifying viruses, according to new work that shows they can take on more forms than we
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 25, 2019
Immunology
“My biological clock is ticking.” We’ve heard people say this phrase - maybe even said it ourselves -
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 25, 2019
Microbiology
Massachusetts health officials confirmed yesterday that a third person has died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis this ye
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2019
Immunology
New research out of the Stanford University School of Medicine shows that the consequence of overuse of antibiotics lowe
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
SEP 23, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Affecting 44 million individuals globally, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a form of dementia characterized by loss of
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 23, 2019
Microbiology
Four related types of dengue virus are common in at least 100 countries and threaten around three billion people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
A recent vaccine was developed by scientists at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania that prote
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 20, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A one-year clinical trial of a new gene therapy has produced surprisingly good results for several patients.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Colds are famous for being incurable, but researchers may have found a way to stop them.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2019
Microbiology
Streptococci are a group of Gram-positive microbes that include pathogens that can cause mild and serious infections.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Sometimes people develop life-threatening heart complications when they're infected with the flu.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2019
Microbiology
Antibiotic use would have to be reduced by 80% in order to effectively curtail the spread of antibiotic-resistant microb
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2019
Microbiology
About 450 people died from the measles every year, many of them children, before the vaccine was widely used. People now
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2019
Health & Medicine
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a fast-acting skin patch that effectivel
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 23, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
A deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) caused by the Ebola virus triggers hemorrhagic fever in humans and some monkeys. The
...
Written By:
Nupur Srivastava