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Virus: is a biological agent that reproduces inside the cells of living hosts. When infected, a host cell produces thousands of identical copies of the original virus at an extraordinary rate.
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MAR 30, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Bacteria can share genetic material in a process called horizontal gene transfer, and recent work has shown that in anim ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 30, 2021Microbiology
Marburg virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever; its fatality ratio can be as high as 88 percent. Researchers may have now ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 30, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
A wearable COVID screening device that uses light sensors to check for signs of infection has gotten FDA regulatory clea ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 24, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have found that that three common antiviral and antimalarial therapeutics may be effective in vitro at targe ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 23, 2021Microbiology
Recent work has shown that SARS-CoV-2 antibodies that are carried by a pregnant woman can cross the placenta and reach t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 23, 2021Health & Medicine
A pregnant woman infected with the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 passed the virus on to her unborn child through the placent ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 23, 2021Immunology
It is estimated that around one in five people infected with SARS-CoV-2 will not show any infection symptoms. Some of th ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 22, 2021Plants & Animals
While there was a brutal winter storm in the Texas region only a few weeks ago, climate change is causing winters to war ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2021Cancer
A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications from the University of Colorado Cancer Center explores new ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 18, 2021Microbiology
Hepatitis B can cause a long-term and sometimes fatal disease. Princeton University researchers have learned more about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2021Immunology
Immunologists have revealed one of the underlying mechanisms behind COVID’s life-threatening cytokine storms. By s ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 18, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Genetic diseases arise from inborn errors in gene sequences, and researchers have long sought ways to correct those erro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2021Immunology
Researchers have developed a CRISPR treatment that could potentially treat both viruses that cause COVID-19 and influenz ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 09, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
New research published in Nature study shows that a drug for treating leprosy was repurposed to treat COVID19. The study ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 04, 2021Immunology
Unlike social distancing, mask-wearing, and hand hygiene, vaccines are our best bet as a long-term solution to protectin ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 03, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
When (HIV) human immunodeficiency virus infects cells, it can go to sleep as opposed to make viral copies of itself&mdas ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 02, 2021Cardiology
Often when it is dark, we go for a flashlight or our phone to see where we are going. What if I told you that is much th ...Written By: Jasper CantrellMAR 02, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Retroviruses can infect cells and insert themselves into the genetic code of their host. Sometime in the past 50,000 yea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 02, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the CDC’s latest travel regulations, all air passengers must have a negative COVID test before boardi ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 02, 2021Health & Medicine
Scientists are trying to learn more about whether any nutrients, like vitamins C, D, and now B6, can provide some protec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2021Health & Medicine
For months, many people that have recovered from cases of COVID-19 have reported experiencing a range of lingering healt ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
A recent mechanism as detailed in the novel SARS-CoV2 that causes COVID-19 could help scientists find new therapeutics. ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 25, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Australian researchers have developed a COVID-19 triaging tool that serves as a crystal ball for healthcare workers. Onc ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 24, 2021Microbiology
Using metagenomics tools, which sequence all of the viral material in a sample, researchers have investigated the viruse ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 30, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Bacteria can share genetic material in a process called horizontal gene transfer, and recent work has shown that in anim
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 30, 2021
Microbiology
Marburg virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever; its fatality ratio can be as high as 88 percent. Researchers may have now
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 30, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
A wearable COVID screening device that uses light sensors to check for signs of infection has gotten FDA regulatory clea
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 24, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have found that that three common antiviral and antimalarial therapeutics may be effective in vitro at targe
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 23, 2021
Microbiology
Recent work has shown that SARS-CoV-2 antibodies that are carried by a pregnant woman can cross the placenta and reach t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 23, 2021
Health & Medicine
A pregnant woman infected with the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 passed the virus on to her unborn child through the placent
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 23, 2021
Immunology
It is estimated that around one in five people infected with SARS-CoV-2 will not show any infection symptoms. Some of th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 22, 2021
Plants & Animals
While there was a brutal winter storm in the Texas region only a few weeks ago, climate change is causing winters to war
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2021
Cancer
A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications from the University of Colorado Cancer Center explores new
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 18, 2021
Microbiology
Hepatitis B can cause a long-term and sometimes fatal disease. Princeton University researchers have learned more about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2021
Immunology
Immunologists have revealed one of the underlying mechanisms behind COVID’s life-threatening cytokine storms. By s
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic diseases arise from inborn errors in gene sequences, and researchers have long sought ways to correct those erro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2021
Immunology
Researchers have developed a CRISPR treatment that could potentially treat both viruses that cause COVID-19 and influenz
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 09, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
New research published in Nature study shows that a drug for treating leprosy was repurposed to treat COVID19. The study
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 04, 2021
Immunology
Unlike social distancing, mask-wearing, and hand hygiene, vaccines are our best bet as a long-term solution to protectin
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 03, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
When (HIV) human immunodeficiency virus infects cells, it can go to sleep as opposed to make viral copies of itself&mdas
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 02, 2021
Cardiology
Often when it is dark, we go for a flashlight or our phone to see where we are going. What if I told you that is much th
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
MAR 02, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Retroviruses can infect cells and insert themselves into the genetic code of their host. Sometime in the past 50,000 yea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 02, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the CDC’s latest travel regulations, all air passengers must have a negative COVID test before boardi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 02, 2021
Health & Medicine
Scientists are trying to learn more about whether any nutrients, like vitamins C, D, and now B6, can provide some protec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2021
Health & Medicine
For months, many people that have recovered from cases of COVID-19 have reported experiencing a range of lingering healt
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
A recent mechanism as detailed in the novel SARS-CoV2 that causes COVID-19 could help scientists find new therapeutics.
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 25, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Australian researchers have developed a COVID-19 triaging tool that serves as a crystal ball for healthcare workers. Onc
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 24, 2021
Microbiology
Using metagenomics tools, which sequence all of the viral material in a sample, researchers have investigated the viruse
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch