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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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JUL 17, 2018Immunology
Use of drugs that inhibit the TORC1 pathway has bolstered the immune systems of the elderly, leading to a decrease in po ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 17, 2018Videos
In the quest to find a vaccine against HIV which causes AIDS, most attempts have failed. The HIV epidemic began about 35 ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 15, 2018Immunology
The enzyme, PI3Kγ, regulates the immune response to T. cruzi, the cause of Chagas Disease. Manipulation of this enzyme m ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 11, 2018Microbiology
Scientists have learned how some pathogenic bacteria stick to cells in the intestine, which gets their infection started ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2018Health & Medicine
Each year, depending on the weather and other factors, flu season shows up and sometimes it’s really bad and other ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 07, 2018Microbiology
Many pathogens are becoming antibiotic resistant; the microbe that causes the STD gonorrhea is no different.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2018Microbiology
Zika virus might still be impacting pregnancies.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Koalas are fascinating animals, and their populations have proven difficult to manage. New work will change that.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2018Videos
Now that the scientists have studied the protein and its potential, they will begin to enroll participants in a study.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Xofluza, the recent 24-hour killing flu drug that was developed by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi and appr ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 21, 2018Immunology
Why do cases of cancer become more common as we get older? Scientists interested in explaining the so-called “Silv ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 15, 2018Microbiology
Worldwide, bacteria that causes fast-spreading cholera kills anywhere from 21,000 to 143,000 people every year.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2018Immunology
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria are a serious health concern for the global population, but a new finding offe ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2018Cancer
In a new multicenter clinical trial, a personalized vaccine improved the survival rates of some people with the deadly b ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 04, 2018Immunology
When someone with a cold or the flu also has an asthma attack, the situation can become life-threatening very quickly. F ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 20, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
We need good solutions to pest management in agriculture to feed a growing population as the environment changes.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 17, 2018Microbiology
Along with partners like Médecins Sans Frontières, WHO is springing into action to try to stop the spread of the virus.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have known for a long time that HIV can spread through sexual contact, but the details of the process were no ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2018Immunology
Scientists have found evidence for potential antibody-based therapeutics to treat more than one hemorrhagic fever virus ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 09, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Pharmaceutical companies, biotech, and academia all have a hand in accelerating our understanding of proteins, whether t ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAY 09, 2018Neuroscience
Despite thousands of research studies and millions of dollars dedicated to clinical trials, a drug to treat Alzheimer ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 07, 2018Microbiology
West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne disease with no effective treatments and no vaccine. That may be changing.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 02, 2018Immunology
The measles virus was caught leaving infected cells by the scientific paparazzi, that is, experts from Emory Health Scie ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 02, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
A new method can assess how the cell's protein factory is working, leading to a better understanding of viral proteins.Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2018
Immunology
Use of drugs that inhibit the TORC1 pathway has bolstered the immune systems of the elderly, leading to a decrease in po
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 17, 2018
Videos
In the quest to find a vaccine against HIV which causes AIDS, most attempts have failed. The HIV epidemic began about 35
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 15, 2018
Immunology
The enzyme, PI3Kγ, regulates the immune response to T. cruzi, the cause of Chagas Disease. Manipulation of this enzyme m
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
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 10, 2018
Health & Medicine
Each year, depending on the weather and other factors, flu season shows up and sometimes it’s really bad and other
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 07, 2018
Microbiology
Many pathogens are becoming antibiotic resistant; the microbe that causes the STD gonorrhea is no different.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2018
Microbiology
Zika virus might still be impacting pregnancies.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Koalas are fascinating animals, and their populations have proven difficult to manage. New work will change that.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2018
Videos
Now that the scientists have studied the protein and its potential, they will begin to enroll participants in a study.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Xofluza, the recent 24-hour killing flu drug that was developed by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi and appr
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 21, 2018
Immunology
Why do cases of cancer become more common as we get older? Scientists interested in explaining the so-called “Silv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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 13, 2018
Immunology
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria are a serious health concern for the global population, but a new finding offe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2018
Cancer
In a new multicenter clinical trial, a personalized vaccine improved the survival rates of some people with the deadly b
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 04, 2018
Immunology
When someone with a cold or the flu also has an asthma attack, the situation can become life-threatening very quickly. F
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 20, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
We need good solutions to pest management in agriculture to feed a growing population as the environment changes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2018
Microbiology
Along with partners like Médecins Sans Frontières, WHO is springing into action to try to stop the spread of the virus.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have known for a long time that HIV can spread through sexual contact, but the details of the process were no
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2018
Immunology
Scientists have found evidence for potential antibody-based therapeutics to treat more than one hemorrhagic fever virus
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 09, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Pharmaceutical companies, biotech, and academia all have a hand in accelerating our understanding of proteins, whether t
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAY 09, 2018
Neuroscience
Despite thousands of research studies and millions of dollars dedicated to clinical trials, a drug to treat Alzheimer
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 07, 2018
Microbiology
West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne disease with no effective treatments and no vaccine. That may be changing.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2018
Immunology
The measles virus was caught leaving infected cells by the scientific paparazzi, that is, experts from Emory Health Scie
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 02, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new method can assess how the cell's protein factory is working, leading to a better understanding of viral proteins.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch