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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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AUG 25, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It seems that Zika cases are increasing daily. Amid this public health crisis, researchers are discovering new insight i ...AUG 23, 2016Videos
The common cold comes from rhinoviruses and four main subgroups of coronavirus. Researchers have now identified the sour ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 19, 2016Immunology
Sometimes the immune system can react too strongly to influenza infections and cause lethal complications of pneumonia. ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 17, 2016Immunology
Some cells in the immune system are for constantly pumping out antibodies during an infection, while others are saved fo ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 15, 2016Immunology
In a new study from Oxford University, scientists ask: How does the human immune system rate an attack and decide how st ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 12, 2016Health & Medicine
A lot of diseases and conditions are treated with biologics or biopharmaceuticals. Biopharmaceuticals are inherently mor ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAUG 10, 2016Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria can treat cancer? Well, in a roundabout way, at least. Since the 1970s, Mycobacterium bovis h ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 06, 2016Immunology
Thanks to the memory capabilities of our immune cells, our body knows how to fight pathogens better the second, third, a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Zika is inching its way into US territory. The past two weeks marked the first instance of local Zika transmission in th ...AUG 02, 2016Cancer
One of the most common viruses in the world – and one of the few that’s actually shown to cause cancer &ndas ...AUG 01, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 1, 2016 – A new international collaboration involving scientists at The Scripps Resear ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JUL 26, 2016Microbiology
Fungal infections, often thought of as minor issues that are easily treatable, can actually be deadly for vulnerable peo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
In a study recently published in Science, researchers have described a cage they compare to the capsule structure that s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos ...JUL 21, 2016Videos
There have been great strides in the fight against cervical cancer. The HPV vaccine has lowered the number of cases dram ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 19, 2016Cancer
A decade-old technology to arm the immune system to fight cancer is now being adapted to fight HIV, one of the most pern ...JUL 18, 2016Microbiology
Researchers led by Olve Peersen, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Colorado State U ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2016Microbiology
Can you imagine eating Escherichia coli for good health? It seems a little crazy, but scientists have created a way to a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2016Immunology
Many of the intricacies of the immune response during a pathogenic infection are yet to be fully understood. In a new st ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Making and deploying vaccines can be costly and time-consuming. But, using a new technique that involves RNA and nanopar ...JUL 01, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Smoking cigarettes alters dozens of genes in the epithelial cells that line the respiratory tract. Several of these chan ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 30, 2016Genetics & Genomics
In the world of malaria infection, Plasmodium falciparum parasites will always be queen to their less lethal cousin, Pla ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 28, 2016Immunology
Researchers recently proposed that open communication about a national vaccine safety reporting system could improve pub ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 22, 2016Immunology
Scientists say they have a clearer picture of how Zika virus infects a developing fetus, migrating from the mo ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 25, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It seems that Zika cases are increasing daily. Amid this public health crisis, researchers are discovering new insight i
...
AUG 23, 2016
Videos
The common cold comes from rhinoviruses and four main subgroups of coronavirus. Researchers have now identified the sour
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2016
Immunology
Sometimes the immune system can react too strongly to influenza infections and cause lethal complications of pneumonia.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 17, 2016
Immunology
Some cells in the immune system are for constantly pumping out antibodies during an infection, while others are saved fo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 15, 2016
Immunology
In a new study from Oxford University, scientists ask: How does the human immune system rate an attack and decide how st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
A lot of diseases and conditions are treated with biologics or biopharmaceuticals. Biopharmaceuticals are inherently mor
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
AUG 10, 2016
Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria can treat cancer? Well, in a roundabout way, at least. Since the 1970s, Mycobacterium bovis h
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 06, 2016
Immunology
Thanks to the memory capabilities of our immune cells, our body knows how to fight pathogens better the second, third, a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Zika is inching its way into US territory. The past two weeks marked the first instance of local Zika transmission in th
...
AUG 02, 2016
Cancer
One of the most common viruses in the world – and one of the few that’s actually shown to cause cancer &ndas
...
AUG 01, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 1, 2016 – A new international collaboration involving scientists at The Scripps Resear
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUL 26, 2016
Microbiology
Fungal infections, often thought of as minor issues that are easily treatable, can actually be deadly for vulnerable peo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a study recently published in Science, researchers have described a cage they compare to the capsule structure that s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos
...
JUL 21, 2016
Videos
There have been great strides in the fight against cervical cancer. The HPV vaccine has lowered the number of cases dram
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 19, 2016
Cancer
A decade-old technology to arm the immune system to fight cancer is now being adapted to fight HIV, one of the most pern
...
JUL 18, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers led by Olve Peersen, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Colorado State U
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2016
Microbiology
Can you imagine eating Escherichia coli for good health? It seems a little crazy, but scientists have created a way to a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2016
Immunology
Many of the intricacies of the immune response during a pathogenic infection are yet to be fully understood. In a new st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Making and deploying vaccines can be costly and time-consuming. But, using a new technique that involves RNA and nanopar
...
JUL 01, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Smoking cigarettes alters dozens of genes in the epithelial cells that line the respiratory tract. Several of these chan
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 30, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
In the world of malaria infection, Plasmodium falciparum parasites will always be queen to their less lethal cousin, Pla
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 28, 2016
Immunology
Researchers recently proposed that open communication about a national vaccine safety reporting system could improve pub
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 22, 2016
Immunology
Scientists say they have a clearer picture of how Zika virus infects a developing fetus, migrating from the mo
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)