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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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SEP 28, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Since the start of the pandemic, scientists have been trying to find out why some people get such severe illness from SA ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2020Immunology
The SARS-CoV-2 virus was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China and quickly escalated to a pandemic st ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 23, 2020Microbiology
Poxviruses are deadly viruses that are known to infect both animals and humans. Cowpox and monkeypox are both known to s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2020Cardiology
Mosquitoes are major disease vectors; they are considered the world's deadliest animal because they kill so many people.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2020Microbiology
People born in the late 1960s or 1970s might be perpetually susceptible to the H3N2 influenza virus, according to new re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2020Health & Medicine
Researchers are beginning to examine how the world's response to the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 went wrong, and right ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2020Health & Medicine
As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic continues to rage across the United States and around the globe, the demand for COVID-19 test ...SEP 14, 2020Microbiology
HIV attacks the human immune system's CD4 cells, a major player in the body's defense against pathogens.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A new device has been developed by researchers at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in Korea that can diag ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 13, 2020Microbiology
Researchers in the lab of Camille Ehre, Ph.D. at the UNC School of Medicine have created amazing images of the pandemic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2020Microbiology
While only about 25 of 900 species of tick spread disease, ticks are responsible for an estimated 95 percent of vector-b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2020Genetics & Genomics
While institutional racism in the healthcare system plays a major part, there seem to also be biological reasons why the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2020Chemistry & Physics
There's no doubt that the word "virus" is currently on everyone's mind. However, there's a lot mor ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Diseases that are caused by errors in a gene might be cured if we could correct those errors, or genetic mutations.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at the University of Alberta are planning to launch clinical trials of a drug used to cure coronavirus in cat ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 03, 2020Cannabis Sciences
It’s known that patients with hepatitis C have an increased risk of developing insulin resistance and diabetes. &n ...Written By: Angela DowdenSEP 03, 2020Immunology
Researchers in Costa Rica are turning to horses as an unlikely source of potential therapeutic antibodies against COVID- ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 01, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
All over the body, cells line organs and vessels, forming protective barriers. But pathogens like the flu have gained th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Krabbe disease or globoid cell leukodystrophy is a rare and deadly disorder that affects about one in every 100,000 infa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2020Microbiology
Trillions of microorganisms live in the human gut, and they have a significant impact nonhuman health. Researchers are l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2020Immunology
Once in the body, HIV tracks down T cells that bear the CD4 receptor. It attaches to these immune cells, fusing itself w ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes what's popularly known as cold sores, and is transmitted mostly through oral-t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2020Genetics & Genomics
After years of development, testing, and regulatory approvals, a genetically engineered mosquito will be released in Flo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2020Immunology
Researchers have discovered a protein that can amplify immune reactions against tumors. The stimulator of interferon gen ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
SEP 28, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Since the start of the pandemic, scientists have been trying to find out why some people get such severe illness from SA
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2020
Immunology
The SARS-CoV-2 virus was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China and quickly escalated to a pandemic st
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 23, 2020
Microbiology
Poxviruses are deadly viruses that are known to infect both animals and humans. Cowpox and monkeypox are both known to s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2020
Cardiology
Mosquitoes are major disease vectors; they are considered the world's deadliest animal because they kill so many people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2020
Microbiology
People born in the late 1960s or 1970s might be perpetually susceptible to the H3N2 influenza virus, according to new re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2020
Health & Medicine
Researchers are beginning to examine how the world's response to the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 went wrong, and right
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2020
Health & Medicine
As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic continues to rage across the United States and around the globe, the demand for COVID-19 test
...
SEP 14, 2020
Microbiology
HIV attacks the human immune system's CD4 cells, a major player in the body's defense against pathogens.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A new device has been developed by researchers at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in Korea that can diag
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 13, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers in the lab of Camille Ehre, Ph.D. at the UNC School of Medicine have created amazing images of the pandemic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2020
Microbiology
While only about 25 of 900 species of tick spread disease, ticks are responsible for an estimated 95 percent of vector-b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
While institutional racism in the healthcare system plays a major part, there seem to also be biological reasons why the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
There's no doubt that the word "virus" is currently on everyone's mind. However, there's a lot mor
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Diseases that are caused by errors in a gene might be cured if we could correct those errors, or genetic mutations.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at the University of Alberta are planning to launch clinical trials of a drug used to cure coronavirus in cat
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 03, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
It’s known that patients with hepatitis C have an increased risk of developing insulin resistance and diabetes. &n
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
SEP 03, 2020
Immunology
Researchers in Costa Rica are turning to horses as an unlikely source of potential therapeutic antibodies against COVID-
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 01, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
All over the body, cells line organs and vessels, forming protective barriers. But pathogens like the flu have gained th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Krabbe disease or globoid cell leukodystrophy is a rare and deadly disorder that affects about one in every 100,000 infa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2020
Microbiology
Trillions of microorganisms live in the human gut, and they have a significant impact nonhuman health. Researchers are l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2020
Immunology
Once in the body, HIV tracks down T cells that bear the CD4 receptor. It attaches to these immune cells, fusing itself w
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes what's popularly known as cold sores, and is transmitted mostly through oral-t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
After years of development, testing, and regulatory approvals, a genetically engineered mosquito will be released in Flo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2020
Immunology
Researchers have discovered a protein that can amplify immune reactions against tumors. The stimulator of interferon gen
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes