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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 19, 2015Immunology
Chile and other Latin American countries struggle with an overpopulation of dogs, mostly because surgical castration is ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 16, 2015Microbiology
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Ebola (and it probably won’t be the last). Recently ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 09, 2015Microbiology
In developed countries, Salmonella is a relatively benign pathogen. It is typically a cause of food-borne illness, ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 06, 2015Immunology
The Nova Scotia Health Authority in Canada is leading a hepatitis C study at the Prince Edward Island's (PEI) provin ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 28, 2015Immunology
Smallpox killed 30% of its victims and brutally scarred those who survived the infection. In 1980, the terribly infectio ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 11, 2015Health & Medicine
One Michigan-based company thinks algae may hold a cure for blindness. RetroSense Therapeutics will soon conduct a ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 06, 2015Neuroscience
Just when it appeared that polio had been completely eradicated, the British Polio Fellowship has warned the globe of th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
For the first time a synthetic DNA vaccine can induce protective immunity against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ( ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 01, 2015Health & Medicine
Dengue fever is spread by the bite of a mosquito similarly to the way malaria is spread, but the Dengue mosquito, A ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, say that they have “made a significa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 14, 2015Microbiology
Nearly 6 million people die every year from tobacco-related illness, but breaking the addiction is easier said than done ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 01, 2015Health & Medicine
Ebola outbreaks across the globe have swept the media so hard that people are panicking about the possibility of future ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 25, 2015Neuroscience
More than 5,000 scientists specializing in dementia met at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) J ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 13, 2015Health & Medicine
Cholera is the most prominent diarrheal disease in Bangladesh. Its widespread infection is due to unsanitary conditions ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 11, 2015Microbiology
Can you spare a few minutes to reflect on three game-changing biology experiments?
Up first, Louis Pasteur de ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 26, 2015Microbiology
White-nose syndrome (WNS), caused by the cold-loving fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, has devastated bat populations ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 19, 2015Health & Medicine
There are some nasty diseases out there that can't be cured with today's medical technology. Such diseases include AIDS, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 01, 2015Neuroscience
A study published in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine and funded by the Meningitis Research Foundation indicates that c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 26, 2015Immunology
The first malaria vaccine candidate (RTS,S/AS01) to reach phase 3 clinical testing is partially effective against clinic ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 21, 2015Immunology
In a study that included approximately 95,000 children with older siblings, receipt of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) v ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
New laboratory tests show that a strain of canine influenza virus (CIV) associated with more than 1,000 sick dogs throug ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 20, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Fastening protein-based medical treatments to nanoparticles isn't easy.
With arduous chemistry, scientists ca ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 15, 2015Immunology
Researchers from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio revealed the mol ...Written By: Will Hector
OCT 19, 2015
Immunology
Chile and other Latin American countries struggle with an overpopulation of dogs, mostly because surgical castration is
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 16, 2015
Microbiology
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Ebola (and it probably won’t be the last). Recently
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 09, 2015
Microbiology
In developed countries, Salmonella is a relatively benign pathogen. It is typically a cause of food-borne illness,
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 06, 2015
Immunology
The Nova Scotia Health Authority in Canada is leading a hepatitis C study at the Prince Edward Island's (PEI) provin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 28, 2015
Immunology
Smallpox killed 30% of its victims and brutally scarred those who survived the infection. In 1980, the terribly infectio
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
One Michigan-based company thinks algae may hold a cure for blindness. RetroSense Therapeutics will soon conduct a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Just when it appeared that polio had been completely eradicated, the British Polio Fellowship has warned the globe of th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 03, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time a synthetic DNA vaccine can induce protective immunity against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 01, 2015
Health & Medicine
Dengue fever is spread by the bite of a mosquito similarly to the way malaria is spread, but the Dengue mosquito, A
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, say that they have “made a significa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 14, 2015
Microbiology
Nearly 6 million people die every year from tobacco-related illness, but breaking the addiction is easier said than done
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 01, 2015
Health & Medicine
Ebola outbreaks across the globe have swept the media so hard that people are panicking about the possibility of future
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 25, 2015
Neuroscience
More than 5,000 scientists specializing in dementia met at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) J
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 13, 2015
Health & Medicine
Cholera is the most prominent diarrheal disease in Bangladesh. Its widespread infection is due to unsanitary conditions
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 11, 2015
Microbiology
Can you spare a few minutes to reflect on three game-changing biology experiments?
Up first, Louis Pasteur de ...
Up first, Louis Pasteur de ...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 26, 2015
Microbiology
White-nose syndrome (WNS), caused by the cold-loving fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, has devastated bat populations
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 19, 2015
Health & Medicine
There are some nasty diseases out there that can't be cured with today's medical technology. Such diseases include AIDS,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 01, 2015
Neuroscience
A study published in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine and funded by the Meningitis Research Foundation indicates that c
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 26, 2015
Immunology
The first malaria vaccine candidate (RTS,S/AS01) to reach phase 3 clinical testing is partially effective against clinic
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 21, 2015
Immunology
In a study that included approximately 95,000 children with older siblings, receipt of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) v
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 20, 2015
Plants & Animals
New laboratory tests show that a strain of canine influenza virus (CIV) associated with more than 1,000 sick dogs throug
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 20, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Fastening protein-based medical treatments to nanoparticles isn't easy.
With arduous chemistry, scientists ca ...
With arduous chemistry, scientists ca ...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 15, 2015
Immunology
Researchers from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio revealed the mol
...
Written By:
Will Hector