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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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SEP 28, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Since the start of the pandemic, scientists have been trying to find out why some people get such severe illness from SA ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2020Microbiology
Scientists and clinicians want people to get their flu shots this year, especially because of the ongoing pandemic.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2020Immunology
The SARS-CoV-2 virus was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China and quickly escalated to a pandemic st ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 23, 2020Microbiology
Poxviruses are deadly viruses that are known to infect both animals and humans. Cowpox and monkeypox are both known to s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
In order to infect a cell, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has to find a way in. It can use receptors on the surface of cells that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A study appearing next week in the journal Nature Communications offers some good news in the search for antiviral drugs ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 22, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Friedreich's ataxia causes degeneration in the peripheral nervous system, and movement is progressively impaired over ti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2020Cardiology
Mosquitoes are major disease vectors; they are considered the world's deadliest animal because they kill so many people.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization has endorsed a protocol to put African herbal medicines through clinical trials as possibl ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 21, 2020Immunology
Over 85 massive wildfires have swept through the West Coast, devastating communities in Washington, Oregon, and Californ ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Almost a year into the beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic and we still do not have a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the search for drugs to combat the virus is ongoing. Now, scientists have found that ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 20, 2020Microbiology
People born in the late 1960s or 1970s might be perpetually susceptible to the H3N2 influenza virus, according to new re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2020Health & Medicine
Researchers are beginning to examine how the world's response to the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 went wrong, and right ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2020Health & Medicine
Researchers may have found a way to identify the COVID-19 patients that will need targeted therapies the most.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2020Microbiology
HIV attacks the human immune system's CD4 cells, a major player in the body's defense against pathogens.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Chicago have found a new way to reduce vaccine-related inflammation from adjuvants, a ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 13, 2020Microbiology
Researchers in the lab of Camille Ehre, Ph.D. at the UNC School of Medicine have created amazing images of the pandemic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2020Chemistry & Physics
The development of a novel colorimetric sensor may bring some mental relief to your COVID-19 anxieties. According to the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 10, 2020Genetics & Genomics
While institutional racism in the healthcare system plays a major part, there seem to also be biological reasons why the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2020Chemistry & Physics
There's no doubt that the word "virus" is currently on everyone's mind. However, there's a lot mor ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Diseases that are caused by errors in a gene might be cured if we could correct those errors, or genetic mutations.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
If you've ever been through a battery of tests while doctors try to find a diagnosis for an ailment, you know that many ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Hospital staff caring for COVID-19 patients face the greatest risk of exposure to the virus. A new dog-like robot design ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
SEP 28, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Since the start of the pandemic, scientists have been trying to find out why some people get such severe illness from SA
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists and clinicians want people to get their flu shots this year, especially because of the ongoing pandemic.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2020
Immunology
The SARS-CoV-2 virus was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China and quickly escalated to a pandemic st
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 23, 2020
Microbiology
Poxviruses are deadly viruses that are known to infect both animals and humans. Cowpox and monkeypox are both known to s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
In order to infect a cell, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has to find a way in. It can use receptors on the surface of cells that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A study appearing next week in the journal Nature Communications offers some good news in the search for antiviral drugs
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 22, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Friedreich's ataxia causes degeneration in the peripheral nervous system, and movement is progressively impaired over ti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2020
Cardiology
Mosquitoes are major disease vectors; they are considered the world's deadliest animal because they kill so many people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization has endorsed a protocol to put African herbal medicines through clinical trials as possibl
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 21, 2020
Immunology
Over 85 massive wildfires have swept through the West Coast, devastating communities in Washington, Oregon, and Californ
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Almost a year into the beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic and we still do not have a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the search for drugs to combat the virus is ongoing. Now, scientists have found that
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 20, 2020
Microbiology
People born in the late 1960s or 1970s might be perpetually susceptible to the H3N2 influenza virus, according to new re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2020
Health & Medicine
Researchers are beginning to examine how the world's response to the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 went wrong, and right
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2020
Health & Medicine
Researchers may have found a way to identify the COVID-19 patients that will need targeted therapies the most.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2020
Microbiology
HIV attacks the human immune system's CD4 cells, a major player in the body's defense against pathogens.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Chicago have found a new way to reduce vaccine-related inflammation from adjuvants, a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 13, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers in the lab of Camille Ehre, Ph.D. at the UNC School of Medicine have created amazing images of the pandemic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
The development of a novel colorimetric sensor may bring some mental relief to your COVID-19 anxieties. According to the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 10, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
While institutional racism in the healthcare system plays a major part, there seem to also be biological reasons why the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
There's no doubt that the word "virus" is currently on everyone's mind. However, there's a lot mor
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Diseases that are caused by errors in a gene might be cured if we could correct those errors, or genetic mutations.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
If you've ever been through a battery of tests while doctors try to find a diagnosis for an ailment, you know that many
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Hospital staff caring for COVID-19 patients face the greatest risk of exposure to the virus. A new dog-like robot design
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes