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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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JUL 19, 2018Health & Medicine
Every summer the concern about tick-borne diseases runs high. Lyme disease, which is carried by ticks, is quickly becomi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 17, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Oil and water don't mix; cells can take advantage of that phenomenon, phase separation, to organize stuff without using ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Patients with a severe kind of heart disease can't always take a drug that keep their cholesterol in check.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2018Microbiology
A compound that is naturally made by a bacterium called Francisella tularensis can impair the immune response.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 06, 2018Genetics & Genomics
After early setbacks, genetic therapeutics are being developed again.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2018Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease has no cure and no well-understood cause. Experts know that tangles of tau protein that develop ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 03, 2018Microbiology
Zika virus might still be impacting pregnancies.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This is the first time a gene alteration has successfully changed behaviors associated with autism.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2018Immunology
A specific subset of immune cells could be targeted to better treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A new University o ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 28, 2018Immunology
The highly complex structure and function of human T cells made the creation of synthetic versions of the immune cells d ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 28, 2018Technology
Digitally altered video can show people saying and doing things they didn't say or do.Written By: Julia TraversJUN 27, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Xofluza, the recent 24-hour killing flu drug that was developed by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi and appr ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 27, 2018Cancer
Glioblastoma is a very difficult cancer to treat; researchers look to an engineered poliovirus for novel targeted approa ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 22, 2018Microbiology
The human body can make a compound with a special power to fight viruses - an enzyme called viperin.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A unique series of genes could tell doctors that a person will develop a tuberculosis (TB) infection months before sympt ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 12, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered something incredible about giant viruses.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2018Immunology
No case of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disease, is the same. Now, researchers want RA diagnostic approaches ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 07, 2018Videos
Nipah virus, an emerging infection, was detected recently for the first time in southern India.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2018Immunology
For a long time scientists have been trying to understand why females are more likely than males to develop autoimmune d ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 05, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Up to 40% of people die from a viral hemorrhagic disease and until now physicians cannot agree if the only treatment ava ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 24, 2018Microbiology
Scientists have recently learned more about HIV by studying the evolutionary race between a virus and an anti-viral prot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
We need good solutions to pest management in agriculture to feed a growing population as the environment changes.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 19, 2018Videos
Neuroscientist Tyler Perrachione, an Assistant Professor at Boston University, explains the science behind the soundbite ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 16, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have known for a long time that HIV can spread through sexual contact, but the details of the process were no ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2018
Health & Medicine
Every summer the concern about tick-borne diseases runs high. Lyme disease, which is carried by ticks, is quickly becomi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 17, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Oil and water don't mix; cells can take advantage of that phenomenon, phase separation, to organize stuff without using
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Patients with a severe kind of heart disease can't always take a drug that keep their cholesterol in check.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2018
Microbiology
A compound that is naturally made by a bacterium called Francisella tularensis can impair the immune response.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 06, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
After early setbacks, genetic therapeutics are being developed again.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2018
Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease has no cure and no well-understood cause. Experts know that tangles of tau protein that develop
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 03, 2018
Microbiology
Zika virus might still be impacting pregnancies.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This is the first time a gene alteration has successfully changed behaviors associated with autism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2018
Immunology
A specific subset of immune cells could be targeted to better treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A new University o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 28, 2018
Immunology
The highly complex structure and function of human T cells made the creation of synthetic versions of the immune cells d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 28, 2018
Technology
Digitally altered video can show people saying and doing things they didn't say or do.
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUN 27, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Xofluza, the recent 24-hour killing flu drug that was developed by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi and appr
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 27, 2018
Cancer
Glioblastoma is a very difficult cancer to treat; researchers look to an engineered poliovirus for novel targeted approa
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 22, 2018
Microbiology
The human body can make a compound with a special power to fight viruses - an enzyme called viperin.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A unique series of genes could tell doctors that a person will develop a tuberculosis (TB) infection months before sympt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 12, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered something incredible about giant viruses.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2018
Immunology
No case of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disease, is the same. Now, researchers want RA diagnostic approaches
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 07, 2018
Videos
Nipah virus, an emerging infection, was detected recently for the first time in southern India.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2018
Immunology
For a long time scientists have been trying to understand why females are more likely than males to develop autoimmune d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 05, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Up to 40% of people die from a viral hemorrhagic disease and until now physicians cannot agree if the only treatment ava
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 24, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists have recently learned more about HIV by studying the evolutionary race between a virus and an anti-viral prot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
We need good solutions to pest management in agriculture to feed a growing population as the environment changes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2018
Videos
Neuroscientist Tyler Perrachione, an Assistant Professor at Boston University, explains the science behind the soundbite
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 16, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have known for a long time that HIV can spread through sexual contact, but the details of the process were no
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch