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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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FEB 18, 2017Microbiology
People have attempted to use ricin as a bioterrorism agent on many occasions throughout the world, and in one incident i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Recently, there’s been loud grumblings about a potential malaria vaccine, but a truly effective vaccine remained e ...FEB 14, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The Washington state’s Department of Health has reported a total of 404 confirmed cases of mumps since October 201 ...FEB 08, 2017Microbiology
Salmonella is typically associated with food poisoning in the United States, but Salmonella infections in sub-Saharan Af ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2017Immunology
Mice models are more often than not the models of disease used to study the interaction between immune cells and cancer. ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 06, 2017Immunology
A new microneedle patch administered with the press of a thumb could make it easier to vaccinate people against measles ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 05, 2017Microbiology
'Virus-like particles' (VLPs) have been used to create effective vaccines for a number of viral diseases includi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2017Immunology
The number of people getting a flu shot at a pharmacy skyrocketed from 3.2 million to 20.9 million between 2007 and 2013 ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 30, 2017Immunology
You’re not the only one who needs to head to the clinic this flu season; your dog might need to pay a visit ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 28, 2017Videos
Flu season is, once again, upon us. While the influenza vaccine significantly reduces the incidence of flu cases, some p ...JAN 25, 2017Videos
Dr. James McSharry, Professor Emeritus at Albany Medical College, gives an overview of influenza viruses in this short l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2017Videos
When the US instituted measles vaccination back in the 1960s, they expected it to prevent and contain measles outbreaks. ...JAN 20, 2017Microbiology
Researchers got encouraging results from a tuberculosis vaccine they created with a clever idea. They used natural spher ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2017Microbiology
A worldwide consortium of scientists have prioritized the development of vaccines for three specific pathogens that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 18, 2017Microbiology
Malaria has been a global health problem for ages; it comes from a parasite that is over 130 million years old and is re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2017Immunology
Both natural and artificial bestowal of long-term immunity comes with risks. The same pathogen or vaccine that is confer ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 15, 2017Videos
In this video from the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Pritish Tosh talks a little about bacterial meningitis, a condition that can res ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 10, 2017Microbiology
Surgical masks were originally designed to be used during, well, surgery. They physically protect the wearer from all th ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 03, 2017Immunology
A vaccine for cancer is on the horizon, although it works in a way different to what most people might consider a conven ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 02, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The promise of stem cells has come with many challenges. New research from investigators working in collaboration at Nor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2017Microbiology
Vaccines are meant to preemptively protect the body from infection, and while it is possible to produce such protective ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2017Microbiology
We’ve all heard of vaccination, but what do you know about variolation? Variolation was a primitive method of immu ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 29, 2016Immunology
Nanodiscs just 10 nanometers wide successfully delivered customized cancer treatments to mice with colon and melanoma tu ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 26, 2016Immunology
An international group of researchers associated with the World Health Organization published its final report on the Eb ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 18, 2017
Microbiology
People have attempted to use ricin as a bioterrorism agent on many occasions throughout the world, and in one incident i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Recently, there’s been loud grumblings about a potential malaria vaccine, but a truly effective vaccine remained e
...
FEB 14, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The Washington state’s Department of Health has reported a total of 404 confirmed cases of mumps since October 201
...
FEB 08, 2017
Microbiology
Salmonella is typically associated with food poisoning in the United States, but Salmonella infections in sub-Saharan Af
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2017
Immunology
Mice models are more often than not the models of disease used to study the interaction between immune cells and cancer.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 06, 2017
Immunology
A new microneedle patch administered with the press of a thumb could make it easier to vaccinate people against measles
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 05, 2017
Microbiology
'Virus-like particles' (VLPs) have been used to create effective vaccines for a number of viral diseases includi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2017
Immunology
The number of people getting a flu shot at a pharmacy skyrocketed from 3.2 million to 20.9 million between 2007 and 2013
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 30, 2017
Immunology
You’re not the only one who needs to head to the clinic this flu season; your dog might need to pay a visit
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 28, 2017
Videos
Flu season is, once again, upon us. While the influenza vaccine significantly reduces the incidence of flu cases, some p
...
JAN 25, 2017
Videos
Dr. James McSharry, Professor Emeritus at Albany Medical College, gives an overview of influenza viruses in this short l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2017
Videos
When the US instituted measles vaccination back in the 1960s, they expected it to prevent and contain measles outbreaks.
...
JAN 20, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers got encouraging results from a tuberculosis vaccine they created with a clever idea. They used natural spher
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2017
Microbiology
A worldwide consortium of scientists have prioritized the development of vaccines for three specific pathogens that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2017
Microbiology
Malaria has been a global health problem for ages; it comes from a parasite that is over 130 million years old and is re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2017
Immunology
Both natural and artificial bestowal of long-term immunity comes with risks. The same pathogen or vaccine that is confer
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 15, 2017
Videos
In this video from the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Pritish Tosh talks a little about bacterial meningitis, a condition that can res
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 10, 2017
Microbiology
Surgical masks were originally designed to be used during, well, surgery. They physically protect the wearer from all th
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 03, 2017
Immunology
A vaccine for cancer is on the horizon, although it works in a way different to what most people might consider a conven
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 02, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The promise of stem cells has come with many challenges. New research from investigators working in collaboration at Nor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2017
Microbiology
Vaccines are meant to preemptively protect the body from infection, and while it is possible to produce such protective
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2017
Microbiology
We’ve all heard of vaccination, but what do you know about variolation? Variolation was a primitive method of immu
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 29, 2016
Immunology
Nanodiscs just 10 nanometers wide successfully delivered customized cancer treatments to mice with colon and melanoma tu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 26, 2016
Immunology
An international group of researchers associated with the World Health Organization published its final report on the Eb
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)