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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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OCT 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new way to deliver CRISPR that doesn't require a virus, and that worked better than CRISPR-Cas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2017Microbiology
Although a flu shot might not inspire joy, it seems that being in a good mood on the day of getting it can improve the p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2017Immunology
With no FDA-approved vaccines or antiviral drugs to treat Ebola, those affected rely on the immune system to save them f ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 25, 2017Immunology
Killing two birds with one stone may be possible for Dengue virus and Zika virus, two pathogens spread by the same mosqu ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 25, 2017Neuroscience
At present, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate that 1 in 68 children will be diagnosed with an autism spectr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Our immune system has to defend against many kinds of foreign invaders, like bacterial pathogens or viruses. But first, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 50 perce ...SEP 05, 2017Immunology
There are key differences between the two parts of the immune system - innate and adaptive - and a new study adds one mo ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 26, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Too much of anything can be a bad thing. In the case of protein and protein supplements, too much can be fatal. The New ...AUG 23, 2017Videos
Warts are unsightly and sometimes even painful. We typically associate warts with disease and contagion, a belief perpet ...AUG 21, 2017Immunology
We often think of antibodies and vaccines when we talk about viral infection, but there’s another part of the immu ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 20, 2017Immunology
The body can go into “shock” for several different reasons, but it’s never a good sign. Whatever the s ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 18, 2017Immunology
Since the development of vaccines protecting people from the disease in 1950s, polio has been all but eradicated. Severa ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 16, 2017Microbiology
Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease knew that some viruses - herpes simplex virus, f ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 16, 2017Immunology
A vaccine for yellow fever was first developed in 1937, using a strain of the yellow fever virus that was just a few ami ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 05, 2017Microbiology
There are several kinds of hepatitis, and while types A, B, and C get attention, hepatitis E (HEV) is becoming more prev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2017Microbiology
As more is learned about the microbes of the gastrointestinal tract, the more it's confirmed that they have a powerful i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2017Immunology
Scientists have known for a while that HIV hides in the body, undetected by the immune system and unaffected by antiretr ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 26, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Without any medical intervention for the past 8½ years, a 9-year-old South African child remains free of th ...JUL 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Parents of newborns should perhaps be more discriminate in who they allow to touch and kiss their babies. At least that& ...JUL 19, 2017Microbiology
As if getting Ebola isn’t bad enough, some survivors continue to harbor the virus in their eyes. Researchers at Fl ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 17, 2017Cancer
For a long time, scientists noticed that tumors secrete factors that suggest there were viruses present inside the tumor ...JUL 12, 2017Immunology
The good news? Scientists discovered a regulatory immune process that wards off “accidental” responses that ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 11, 2017Health & Medicine
Fighting fire with fire, scientists are harnessing the adaptability of helpful microbes to challenge the adapt ...Written By: Invisiverse Puccio
OCT 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new way to deliver CRISPR that doesn't require a virus, and that worked better than CRISPR-Cas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2017
Microbiology
Although a flu shot might not inspire joy, it seems that being in a good mood on the day of getting it can improve the p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2017
Immunology
With no FDA-approved vaccines or antiviral drugs to treat Ebola, those affected rely on the immune system to save them f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 25, 2017
Immunology
Killing two birds with one stone may be possible for Dengue virus and Zika virus, two pathogens spread by the same mosqu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 25, 2017
Neuroscience
At present, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate that 1 in 68 children will be diagnosed with an autism spectr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our immune system has to defend against many kinds of foreign invaders, like bacterial pathogens or viruses. But first,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 50 perce
...
SEP 05, 2017
Immunology
There are key differences between the two parts of the immune system - innate and adaptive - and a new study adds one mo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 26, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Too much of anything can be a bad thing. In the case of protein and protein supplements, too much can be fatal. The New
...
AUG 23, 2017
Videos
Warts are unsightly and sometimes even painful. We typically associate warts with disease and contagion, a belief perpet
...
AUG 21, 2017
Immunology
We often think of antibodies and vaccines when we talk about viral infection, but there’s another part of the immu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 20, 2017
Immunology
The body can go into “shock” for several different reasons, but it’s never a good sign. Whatever the s
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 18, 2017
Immunology
Since the development of vaccines protecting people from the disease in 1950s, polio has been all but eradicated. Severa
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 16, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease knew that some viruses - herpes simplex virus, f
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 16, 2017
Immunology
A vaccine for yellow fever was first developed in 1937, using a strain of the yellow fever virus that was just a few ami
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 05, 2017
Microbiology
There are several kinds of hepatitis, and while types A, B, and C get attention, hepatitis E (HEV) is becoming more prev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2017
Microbiology
As more is learned about the microbes of the gastrointestinal tract, the more it's confirmed that they have a powerful i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2017
Immunology
Scientists have known for a while that HIV hides in the body, undetected by the immune system and unaffected by antiretr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 26, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Without any medical intervention for the past 8½ years, a 9-year-old South African child remains free of th
...
JUL 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Parents of newborns should perhaps be more discriminate in who they allow to touch and kiss their babies. At least that&
...
JUL 19, 2017
Microbiology
As if getting Ebola isn’t bad enough, some survivors continue to harbor the virus in their eyes. Researchers at Fl
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 17, 2017
Cancer
For a long time, scientists noticed that tumors secrete factors that suggest there were viruses present inside the tumor
...
JUL 12, 2017
Immunology
The good news? Scientists discovered a regulatory immune process that wards off “accidental” responses that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
Fighting fire with fire, scientists are harnessing the adaptability of helpful microbes to challenge the adapt
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio