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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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MAR 21, 2018Health & Medicine
Getting the mumps used to be a milestone of childhood. Children would come down with them, most would recover, and that ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 13, 2018Chemistry & Physics
In the human body, immune system help to defend against parasites, bacteria, and virus. It comprises different com ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 11, 2018Videos
Conspiracy theories are all around us, and some people often wonder why we come up with them. Jan-Williem van Prooijen i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 07, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnostic tests for the Zika virus are only reliable in the three weeks following initial infection. That is, until now ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 26, 2018Videos
A virus causes hepatitis C. The Centers for Disease Prevention estimates that 2.7 to 3.9 million Americans have chronic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2018Immunology
Don’t dismiss the seasonal flu vaccine just yet. There may be more to its ineffectiveness than meets the scientifi ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 20, 2018Microbiology
Our bodies need insulin to control the amount of sugar we have in our blood. Diabetes happens when that process fails, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 17, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
After five years of optimizing, researchers from the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have come up with the best candid ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 15, 2018Immunology
An unlikely collaboration, a virus and the human immune system, is working to address a common enemy: cancer. From the U ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 15, 2018Videos
Most people must have heard revolutionary cancer therapy called CAR-T cell therapy, a kind of cancer immunotherapy. It h ...Written By:FEB 14, 2018Health & Medicine
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a painful skin rash that is related to chickenpox. Once a person has had chick ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 12, 2018Immunology
There is more to the measles vaccine than just protection from a measles infection, a new Frontiers study shows. A monum ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 06, 2018Immunology
Scientists continue to build upon a vaccine candidate to prevent HIV infection, the virus that causes AIDS. AIDSVAX was ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 03, 2018Microbiology
Zika virus only impacts six to twelve percent of children born to infected mothers. Researchers are learning exactly why ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2018Health & Medicine
Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico, and that small island is still reeling from the storm. The official death ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 02, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Have you checked your tonsils for human papillomavirus (HPV) lately? A new study raises concerns that the virus could be ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 24, 2018Immunology
Sometimes it’s hard to convince people to get the annual flu vaccine, especially when the current vaccine struggle ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 18, 2018Videos
It's flu season. Every year, influenza strains wreak havoc on public health. The flu can be deadly for those with immune ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 16, 2018Immunology
Scientists are looking for a new and improved vaccine to prevent tuberculosis (TB). Fortunately, a new approach might en ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 12, 2018Infographics
Remember ebola? The rare but extremely contagious and fatal virus that threatened to wipe out the world in 2014-2016? Ok ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 10, 2018Immunology
For the first time, scientists have been able to gather evidence for a new antibody-based drug to treat people infected ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 09, 2018Videos
In addition to Bombogenesis 2018, much of the United States is dealing with record cold temperatures. While being cold i ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 04, 2018Immunology
How does a West African monkey species called sooty mangabeys resist SIV, the “monkey version” of HIV, and p ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 03, 2018Immunology
Every year around this time, warnings of flu season reach their peak. Experts estimate that around 200,000 people every ...Written By: Kara Marker
MAR 21, 2018
Health & Medicine
Getting the mumps used to be a milestone of childhood. Children would come down with them, most would recover, and that
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 13, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
In the human body, immune system help to defend against parasites, bacteria, and virus. It comprises different com
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 11, 2018
Videos
Conspiracy theories are all around us, and some people often wonder why we come up with them. Jan-Williem van Prooijen i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 07, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnostic tests for the Zika virus are only reliable in the three weeks following initial infection. That is, until now
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 26, 2018
Videos
A virus causes hepatitis C. The Centers for Disease Prevention estimates that 2.7 to 3.9 million Americans have chronic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2018
Immunology
Don’t dismiss the seasonal flu vaccine just yet. There may be more to its ineffectiveness than meets the scientifi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 20, 2018
Microbiology
Our bodies need insulin to control the amount of sugar we have in our blood. Diabetes happens when that process fails, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
After five years of optimizing, researchers from the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have come up with the best candid
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 15, 2018
Immunology
An unlikely collaboration, a virus and the human immune system, is working to address a common enemy: cancer. From the U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 15, 2018
Videos
Most people must have heard revolutionary cancer therapy called CAR-T cell therapy, a kind of cancer immunotherapy. It h
...
Written By:
FEB 14, 2018
Health & Medicine
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a painful skin rash that is related to chickenpox. Once a person has had chick
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 12, 2018
Immunology
There is more to the measles vaccine than just protection from a measles infection, a new Frontiers study shows. A monum
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 06, 2018
Immunology
Scientists continue to build upon a vaccine candidate to prevent HIV infection, the virus that causes AIDS. AIDSVAX was
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 03, 2018
Microbiology
Zika virus only impacts six to twelve percent of children born to infected mothers. Researchers are learning exactly why
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2018
Health & Medicine
Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico, and that small island is still reeling from the storm. The official death
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 02, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Have you checked your tonsils for human papillomavirus (HPV) lately? A new study raises concerns that the virus could be
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 24, 2018
Immunology
Sometimes it’s hard to convince people to get the annual flu vaccine, especially when the current vaccine struggle
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 18, 2018
Videos
It's flu season. Every year, influenza strains wreak havoc on public health. The flu can be deadly for those with immune
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 16, 2018
Immunology
Scientists are looking for a new and improved vaccine to prevent tuberculosis (TB). Fortunately, a new approach might en
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 12, 2018
Infographics
Remember ebola? The rare but extremely contagious and fatal virus that threatened to wipe out the world in 2014-2016? Ok
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 10, 2018
Immunology
For the first time, scientists have been able to gather evidence for a new antibody-based drug to treat people infected
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 09, 2018
Videos
In addition to Bombogenesis 2018, much of the United States is dealing with record cold temperatures. While being cold i
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 04, 2018
Immunology
How does a West African monkey species called sooty mangabeys resist SIV, the “monkey version” of HIV, and p
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 03, 2018
Immunology
Every year around this time, warnings of flu season reach their peak. Experts estimate that around 200,000 people every
...
Written By:
Kara Marker