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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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AUG 13, 2022Health & Medicine
Researchers and clinicians have found that when people are hospitalized with COVID-19, they are more likely to develop l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2022Cancer
In 1938, Dr. Roy Plunkett made an accidental discovery! He observed tetrafluoroethylene spontaneously polymerize i ...Written By: Katie KokolusAUG 10, 2022Health & Medicine
Zoonotic diseases, which can jump from one species to another, are not unusual. As the world's population rises and the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2022Microbiology
This new approach could also be effective against many different types of RNA viruses.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2022Microbiology
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio can cause flu-like symptoms like nausea, headache, fever, and sore th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2022Health & Medicine
Students at Boston University were told to get vaccinated and wear masks on campus. That has allowed people to attend cl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used new long-read genetic sequencing technology to show that there are bacterial genomes within the genome ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2022Microbiology
The discovery of giant viruses, some of which infect bacterial cells, has changed what we knew about microbes. Image cre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2022Neuroscience
Recent allegations of research misconduct have called years of Alzheimer's research into question. The controversy surro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2022Genetics & Genomics
DNA was characterized in 1953, and shortly after, the nature of the genetic code was revealed.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2022Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and scientists have searched for the origins of the virus. After i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2022Immunology
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. Since we first encountered it in late 2019, the virus has continued to mut ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2022Microbiology
Between April 5 and May 26 of 2022, hundreds of cases of viral hepatitis in children were diagnosed in 33 countries, acc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2022Microbiology
Lassa virus infections are asymptomatic in about 80 percent of people. But the virus also causes Lassa fever (LF), which ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2022Microbiology
The paramyxovirus includes serious pathogens that can cause pandemics, including ones that lead primarily to mild. Illne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2022Immunology
After a virus gets inside of a cell, it typically takes over the cell to produce more viral particles. But pox viruses g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2022Health & Medicine
Now that we’ve made it to the summer of 2022, about 2 and a half years after the pandemic started in the U.S., it& ...Written By: Alexandria BassJUL 09, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
A new universal flu vaccine has been shown to protect against influenza B viruses in cell and mouse models. The correspo ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 04, 2022Neuroscience
European researchers analyzed the health records of about half the entire population of Denmark, which included 919,731 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Recent research has suggested that all eukaryotic life is descended from an Asgard archaeaWritten By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2022Plants & Animals
Rabies is a viral disease that can spread through the saliva. Several kinds of animals can get rabies, including humans ...Written By: Ryan VingumJUN 23, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
When viral pathogens like influenza infect cells, they can take over the machinery in the host cells that have been infe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Over 50 years ago, researchers began gathering data for the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study (TAHS). The TAHS, which ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJUN 15, 2022Plants & Animals
Mosquitoes, specifically, the Aedes mosquito, can carry and transmit deadly virsues like the Zika virus and the viruses ...Written By: Ryan Vingum
AUG 13, 2022
Health & Medicine
Researchers and clinicians have found that when people are hospitalized with COVID-19, they are more likely to develop l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2022
Cancer
In 1938, Dr. Roy Plunkett made an accidental discovery! He observed tetrafluoroethylene spontaneously polymerize i
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
AUG 10, 2022
Health & Medicine
Zoonotic diseases, which can jump from one species to another, are not unusual. As the world's population rises and the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2022
Microbiology
This new approach could also be effective against many different types of RNA viruses.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2022
Microbiology
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio can cause flu-like symptoms like nausea, headache, fever, and sore th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2022
Health & Medicine
Students at Boston University were told to get vaccinated and wear masks on campus. That has allowed people to attend cl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used new long-read genetic sequencing technology to show that there are bacterial genomes within the genome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2022
Microbiology
The discovery of giant viruses, some of which infect bacterial cells, has changed what we knew about microbes. Image cre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2022
Neuroscience
Recent allegations of research misconduct have called years of Alzheimer's research into question. The controversy surro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
DNA was characterized in 1953, and shortly after, the nature of the genetic code was revealed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2022
Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and scientists have searched for the origins of the virus. After i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2022
Immunology
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. Since we first encountered it in late 2019, the virus has continued to mut
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2022
Microbiology
Between April 5 and May 26 of 2022, hundreds of cases of viral hepatitis in children were diagnosed in 33 countries, acc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2022
Microbiology
Lassa virus infections are asymptomatic in about 80 percent of people. But the virus also causes Lassa fever (LF), which
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2022
Microbiology
The paramyxovirus includes serious pathogens that can cause pandemics, including ones that lead primarily to mild. Illne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2022
Immunology
After a virus gets inside of a cell, it typically takes over the cell to produce more viral particles. But pox viruses g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2022
Health & Medicine
Now that we’ve made it to the summer of 2022, about 2 and a half years after the pandemic started in the U.S., it&
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
JUL 09, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A new universal flu vaccine has been shown to protect against influenza B viruses in cell and mouse models. The correspo
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 04, 2022
Neuroscience
European researchers analyzed the health records of about half the entire population of Denmark, which included 919,731
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Recent research has suggested that all eukaryotic life is descended from an Asgard archaea
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2022
Plants & Animals
Rabies is a viral disease that can spread through the saliva. Several kinds of animals can get rabies, including humans
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JUN 23, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
When viral pathogens like influenza infect cells, they can take over the machinery in the host cells that have been infe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Over 50 years ago, researchers began gathering data for the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study (TAHS). The TAHS, which
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUN 15, 2022
Plants & Animals
Mosquitoes, specifically, the Aedes mosquito, can carry and transmit deadly virsues like the Zika virus and the viruses
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum