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Viral
The term viral refers to an infection driven by a virus and examples include COVID-19, AIDS, measles, hepatitis, and smallpox. Viruses contain DNA or RNA and must infect host cells in order to replicate and they can damage the host during this process. Antiviral medications or vaccines can treat viral infections.
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NOV 16, 2020Immunology
Pharmaceutical companies worldwide are racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine that will hopefully end this pandemic and he ...Written By: Heba El-wassefNOV 16, 2020Immunology
Measles is a highly contagious and airborne viral disease. There is no treatment besides supportive care once a person b ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 16, 2020Genetics & Genomics
It's essential for organisms to use their genomes to make proteins, and the processes of transcription and translation a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2020Microbiology
Hubrecht Institute researchers observe a virus as it invades a cell and competes with the host for control of the host c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2020Technology
Researchers have recently developed a unique virtual reality (VR) tool that can help in drug development? Particularly, ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 12, 2020Immunology
Some viral infections just don’t go away. The hepatitis C virus, for instance, can result in life-long chronic inf ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 12, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A study published in The BMJ has brought to light that the rapid finger-prick COVID-19 test may not be quite as r ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 10, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of researchers has improved upon the current diagnostic methodology for COVID-19, making it significantly more ac ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 10, 2020Immunology
In the middle of 2020, yet another deadly Ebola outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - the 11th ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 08, 2020Microbiology
There is a cold and flu season, and many researchers have tried to explain why the viruses that cause these illnesses te ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2020Immunology
The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, uses its spike protein to gain access to cells, by binding to the ACE2 recep ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization estimates that over 500 million people have Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2), a sexuall ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 05, 2020Immunology
Our knowledge of COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 is increasing every day, with new research papers published continuously. Resear ...Written By: Heba El-wassefNOV 01, 2020Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2020Microbiology
Since the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 emerged on the scene late last year, it's left a trail of devastation around the glo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Now that sequencing the whole human genome is easier, faster, and cheaper than it used to be, scientists have been able ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2020Microbiology
Ebola virus can pass from animals to humans, and between people. Rarely, it causes outbreaks but when it does, they can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2020Cancer
Research published recently in the journal Science Translational Medicine from scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Compr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 18, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 is thought to have originated in bats, like many viruses. To make the leap and infect anot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2020Chemistry & Physics
CRISPR-Cas9 was THE buzz word in the world of science after the Nobel Chemistry Prize announcement last week. But depend ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 12, 2020Microbiology
Rotaviruses are very contagious. They are the most common cause of diarrhea in children and are estimated to cause about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2020Microbiology
Flaviviruses like dengue, West Nile, Zika, Japanese Encephalitis, and yellow fever infect over 400 million people a year ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The NMDA receptor is known to play a crucial role in memory, and synaptic plasticity - where neurons change, altering ne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 09, 2020Microbiology
Rubella is a contagious, airborne viral infection that can lead to rash, fever, and sore throat. It's especially dangero ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2020
Immunology
Pharmaceutical companies worldwide are racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine that will hopefully end this pandemic and he
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
NOV 16, 2020
Immunology
Measles is a highly contagious and airborne viral disease. There is no treatment besides supportive care once a person b
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 16, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
It's essential for organisms to use their genomes to make proteins, and the processes of transcription and translation a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2020
Microbiology
Hubrecht Institute researchers observe a virus as it invades a cell and competes with the host for control of the host c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2020
Technology
Researchers have recently developed a unique virtual reality (VR) tool that can help in drug development? Particularly,
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 12, 2020
Immunology
Some viral infections just don’t go away. The hepatitis C virus, for instance, can result in life-long chronic inf
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 12, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A study published in The BMJ has brought to light that the rapid finger-prick COVID-19 test may not be quite as r
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 10, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of researchers has improved upon the current diagnostic methodology for COVID-19, making it significantly more ac
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 10, 2020
Immunology
In the middle of 2020, yet another deadly Ebola outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - the 11th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 08, 2020
Microbiology
There is a cold and flu season, and many researchers have tried to explain why the viruses that cause these illnesses te
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2020
Immunology
The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, uses its spike protein to gain access to cells, by binding to the ACE2 recep
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization estimates that over 500 million people have Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2), a sexuall
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 05, 2020
Immunology
Our knowledge of COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 is increasing every day, with new research papers published continuously. Resear
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
NOV 01, 2020
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2020
Microbiology
Since the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 emerged on the scene late last year, it's left a trail of devastation around the glo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Now that sequencing the whole human genome is easier, faster, and cheaper than it used to be, scientists have been able
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2020
Microbiology
Ebola virus can pass from animals to humans, and between people. Rarely, it causes outbreaks but when it does, they can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2020
Cancer
Research published recently in the journal Science Translational Medicine from scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Compr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 18, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 is thought to have originated in bats, like many viruses. To make the leap and infect anot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
CRISPR-Cas9 was THE buzz word in the world of science after the Nobel Chemistry Prize announcement last week. But depend
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 12, 2020
Microbiology
Rotaviruses are very contagious. They are the most common cause of diarrhea in children and are estimated to cause about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2020
Microbiology
Flaviviruses like dengue, West Nile, Zika, Japanese Encephalitis, and yellow fever infect over 400 million people a year
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The NMDA receptor is known to play a crucial role in memory, and synaptic plasticity - where neurons change, altering ne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2020
Microbiology
Rubella is a contagious, airborne viral infection that can lead to rash, fever, and sore throat. It's especially dangero
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch