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Virology: the branch of science that deals with the study of viruses -- submicroscopic, parasitic particles of genetic material contained in a protein coat – and virus-like agents.
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APR 26, 2023Microbiology
An outbreak of chikungunya virus in Paraguay has gotten serious enough that the US Centers for Disease Control and Preve ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 14, 2023Microbiology
Epstein-Barr virus can spread so easily, it is thought that over 90% of people in the world have been infected, which us ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2023Microbiology
When the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerged, it quickly supplanted all other variant ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2023Microbiology
Reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have found that a virus spread by ticks, P ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 10, 2023Immunology
New research can help explain why people can be easily reinfected with coronavirus after being infected one, two, or eve ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2023Microbiology
Scientists are still learning about SARS-CoV-2, and the illness it causes, COVID-19. While we know a lot about how the v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 04, 2023Immunology
A case of COVID-19 starts when SARS-CoV-2 infects cells in the nasal passages. Many experts and scientists have therefor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 30, 2023Immunology
The lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infects rodents as well as humans, and has long been used to study how the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 30, 2023Cancer
As we wrap up Woman’s History Month, a time dedicated to honoring women's contributions to history, we will hi ...Written By: Katie KokolusMAR 26, 2023Microbiology
An outbreak of Marburg virus began last month in Equatorial Guinea, and more cases have been reported since the outbreak ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2023Microbiology
Genetic data has been revealed that has shown that animals at a Wuhan, China Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market were mingli ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2023Microbiology
The planet is warming,especially in the Arctic. That is causing permafrost to melt, which is unleashing the microbes wit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2023Health & Medicine
Researchers assessed data from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which included about 14 million individuals, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 03, 2023Microbiology
This work can help explain why some people continue to test positive for COVID-19 months after their infection seems to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 02, 2023Microbiology
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a rare type of cancer that impacts T cells, a crucial immune cell that plays an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 28, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Though the COVID-19 pandemic has waned, SARS-CoV-2 is still with us, and we still need diagnostic tests. Scientists have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2023Microbiology
A variety of studies have shown that when the air is drier, viral particles can linger there longer. These findings have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 22, 2023Microbiology
In a first, scientists have used bat cells to create bat induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which can now be used t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2023Immunology
Long COVID still affects many people who had a case of COVID-19; even people who had mild cases and were not hospitalize ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 17, 2023Earth & The Environment
Plant pathogens are the unseen enemy. According to the Encyclopedia of Microbiology, plant disease is defined as a state ...Written By: Mandy WoodsFEB 16, 2023Health & Medicine
Hundreds of research studies have now investigated long COVID, in which symptoms of COVID-19 linger for months after the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2023Microbiology
An outbreak of Marburg virus has killed nine people and sickened at least sixteen others in Equatorial Guinea's firs ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 11, 2023Microbiology
Two natural products can prevent SARS-CoV-2 from binding to the ACE2 receptor and infecting human cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
When a gene is active, cellular machinery transcribes that gene into a molecule called messenger RNA. A variety of modif ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2023
Microbiology
An outbreak of chikungunya virus in Paraguay has gotten serious enough that the US Centers for Disease Control and Preve
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 14, 2023
Microbiology
Epstein-Barr virus can spread so easily, it is thought that over 90% of people in the world have been infected, which us
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2023
Microbiology
When the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerged, it quickly supplanted all other variant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2023
Microbiology
Reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have found that a virus spread by ticks, P
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 10, 2023
Immunology
New research can help explain why people can be easily reinfected with coronavirus after being infected one, two, or eve
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2023
Microbiology
Scientists are still learning about SARS-CoV-2, and the illness it causes, COVID-19. While we know a lot about how the v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2023
Immunology
A case of COVID-19 starts when SARS-CoV-2 infects cells in the nasal passages. Many experts and scientists have therefor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 30, 2023
Immunology
The lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infects rodents as well as humans, and has long been used to study how the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 30, 2023
Cancer
As we wrap up Woman’s History Month, a time dedicated to honoring women's contributions to history, we will hi
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
MAR 26, 2023
Microbiology
An outbreak of Marburg virus began last month in Equatorial Guinea, and more cases have been reported since the outbreak
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2023
Microbiology
Genetic data has been revealed that has shown that animals at a Wuhan, China Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market were mingli
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2023
Microbiology
The planet is warming,especially in the Arctic. That is causing permafrost to melt, which is unleashing the microbes wit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2023
Health & Medicine
Researchers assessed data from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which included about 14 million individuals, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 03, 2023
Microbiology
This work can help explain why some people continue to test positive for COVID-19 months after their infection seems to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 02, 2023
Microbiology
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a rare type of cancer that impacts T cells, a crucial immune cell that plays an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 28, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Though the COVID-19 pandemic has waned, SARS-CoV-2 is still with us, and we still need diagnostic tests. Scientists have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2023
Microbiology
A variety of studies have shown that when the air is drier, viral particles can linger there longer. These findings have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 22, 2023
Microbiology
In a first, scientists have used bat cells to create bat induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which can now be used t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2023
Immunology
Long COVID still affects many people who had a case of COVID-19; even people who had mild cases and were not hospitalize
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Plant pathogens are the unseen enemy. According to the Encyclopedia of Microbiology, plant disease is defined as a state
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
FEB 16, 2023
Health & Medicine
Hundreds of research studies have now investigated long COVID, in which symptoms of COVID-19 linger for months after the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2023
Microbiology
An outbreak of Marburg virus has killed nine people and sickened at least sixteen others in Equatorial Guinea's firs
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2023
Microbiology
Two natural products can prevent SARS-CoV-2 from binding to the ACE2 receptor and infecting human cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
When a gene is active, cellular machinery transcribes that gene into a molecule called messenger RNA. A variety of modif
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch