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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, 2016Microbiology
The common cold virus grows best at cooler temperatures (like in your nose), just a few degrees below core body temperat ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 18, 2016Microbiology
Researchers led by Olve Peersen, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Colorado State U ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2016Microbiology
Publishing in Science Translational Medicine, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have announced that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2016Microbiology
Can you imagine eating Escherichia coli for good health? It seems a little crazy, but scientists have created a way to a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2016Microbiology
In 2010, researchers began to establish a link between diseases of the central nervous system and bacteria. It became mo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2016Videos
In May of 2016, doctors and scientists discovered a patient carrying bacteria resistant to antibiotics of the last resor ...JUL 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Is your sore throat caused by the Streptococcus bacteria, or a common cold virus? It can be difficult to tell, even for ...JUL 09, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) was initially characterized as one which mediates the effects of the pollutant dioxi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Making and deploying vaccines can be costly and time-consuming. But, using a new technique that involves RNA and nanopar ...JUL 05, 2016Immunology
A first-of-its-kind study yields clues to how some people are able to survive the deadly Ebola virus and suggests possib ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 29, 2016Health & Medicine
For not completely understood reasons, certain genetic and environmental factors influence the body’s immune syste ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 27, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Almost 80,000 people die each year worldwide due to brain inflammation diseases, and it’s hard to know how many of ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 27, 2016Plants & Animals
Sharks are painted as vicious creatures of the deep that like to chow on humans, but that simply isn’t the case. T ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 24, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), opioids, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants are all drugs used to help ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 22, 2016Microbiology
Summer means mosquitoes. Mosquitoes mean itchy mosquito bites. Those itchy bites aren’t just a nuisance, they actu ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
After a cold virus (rhinovirus) gets into our bodies it must get access to our cells in order to release its RNA and mul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2016Immunology
Scientists say they have a clearer picture of how Zika virus infects a developing fetus, migrating from the mo ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 21, 2016Immunology
What do alpacas have that we don’t? Single-domain antibody fragments. Other camelids have them as well, and there ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
With the current Zika outbreak, there’s been a definite shift in research to identify ways to stop this virus from ...JUN 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way to detect antibodies in blood opens the door to developing simple diagnostic tests for diseases for which ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 16, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Some mutations in the DNA are harmless, and a person could go their entire life with the mutation and never know. Other ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Unlike bacteria, viruses spread through and infect the human body by inserting viral DNA into our own cells, using them ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 08, 2016Genetics & Genomics
As news of the Zika virus flooded the media for the past few months, efforts to control the mosquito population have sur ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study report found that at least 2,234 people contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from blood transfu ...
JUL 19, 2016
Microbiology
The common cold virus grows best at cooler temperatures (like in your nose), just a few degrees below core body temperat
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 18, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers led by Olve Peersen, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Colorado State U
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2016
Microbiology
Publishing in Science Translational Medicine, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have announced that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2016
Microbiology
Can you imagine eating Escherichia coli for good health? It seems a little crazy, but scientists have created a way to a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2016
Microbiology
In 2010, researchers began to establish a link between diseases of the central nervous system and bacteria. It became mo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2016
Videos
In May of 2016, doctors and scientists discovered a patient carrying bacteria resistant to antibiotics of the last resor
...
JUL 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Is your sore throat caused by the Streptococcus bacteria, or a common cold virus? It can be difficult to tell, even for
...
JUL 09, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) was initially characterized as one which mediates the effects of the pollutant dioxi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Making and deploying vaccines can be costly and time-consuming. But, using a new technique that involves RNA and nanopar
...
JUL 05, 2016
Immunology
A first-of-its-kind study yields clues to how some people are able to survive the deadly Ebola virus and suggests possib
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
For not completely understood reasons, certain genetic and environmental factors influence the body’s immune syste
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Almost 80,000 people die each year worldwide due to brain inflammation diseases, and it’s hard to know how many of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
Sharks are painted as vicious creatures of the deep that like to chow on humans, but that simply isn’t the case. T
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), opioids, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants are all drugs used to help
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 22, 2016
Microbiology
Summer means mosquitoes. Mosquitoes mean itchy mosquito bites. Those itchy bites aren’t just a nuisance, they actu
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
After a cold virus (rhinovirus) gets into our bodies it must get access to our cells in order to release its RNA and mul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2016
Immunology
Scientists say they have a clearer picture of how Zika virus infects a developing fetus, migrating from the mo
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 21, 2016
Immunology
What do alpacas have that we don’t? Single-domain antibody fragments. Other camelids have them as well, and there
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
With the current Zika outbreak, there’s been a definite shift in research to identify ways to stop this virus from
...
JUN 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way to detect antibodies in blood opens the door to developing simple diagnostic tests for diseases for which
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 16, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Some mutations in the DNA are harmless, and a person could go their entire life with the mutation and never know. Other
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Unlike bacteria, viruses spread through and infect the human body by inserting viral DNA into our own cells, using them
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 08, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
As news of the Zika virus flooded the media for the past few months, efforts to control the mosquito population have sur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study report found that at least 2,234 people contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from blood transfu
...