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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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JUL 07, 2020Immunology
An international team of researchers has analysed how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, hijacks the proteins i ...Written By: Hilary ThompsonJUL 07, 2020Immunology
Acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, is a rare but devastatingly debilitating neurologic disease in children caused by a resp ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 07, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
False-negative results are particularly problematic in containing the spread of COVID-19 — infected individ ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 06, 2020Microbiology
The pandemic coronavirus has caused a wide range of different symptoms, and as time goes on, we may find that it can hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from the University of Toronto have identified a new drug candidate that may reduce all kinds of inflammation ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 05, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 enters the body through the respiratory system to cause the illness COVID-19. But we know ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2020Genetics & Genomics
There is great promise, as well as serious risks in gene therapy. Many diseases can be traced back to an error or mutati ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2020Microbiology
Millions of people around the world have been infected with the coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2020Microbiology
The world's attention is on a virus right now - the pandemic coronavirus that causes COVID-19. But researchers are still ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from the UK have identified having a stroke as the most common neurological side-effect of COVID-19. They al ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 29, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The microbial pathogens of the world have shown us how powerful they can be, most recently proven by the current pandemi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2020Microbiology
Vaccines that contain live attenuated viruses may be giving people some protection from serious cases of COVID-19 that i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2020Microbiology
The 1918 pandemic flu was caused by a variant of the HIN1 strain of the influenza virus, and its genome shows that it pr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 26, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers say that a type of virus known to infect bacteria could be used to treat and prevent COVID-19 bacterial infe ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 24, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Gilead has announced that it will soon start trials for an inhalable form of Remdesivir, the first drug to receive Emerg ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 23, 2020Genetics & Genomics
While mutations can arise in the genome and have little consequence, sometimes they are beneficial and selected to remai ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2020Immunology
Scientists have developed an experimental therapy for COVID-19 that uses coated nanoparticles to intercept SARS-C ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 22, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
When viruses infect cells, they hijack the machinery inside and start to use it for their own purposes. This enables vir ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Communities worldwide are emerging from lockdowns due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus, and cases are rising.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2020Neuroscience
Image: Pixabay In 2015 a massive outbreak of the Zika virus started in Brazil and spread across 33 countries. The ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaJUN 18, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to cancel emergency use authorization for Hydroxychloroquine and C ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 16, 2020Immunology
Individuals struggling to recover from chronic infections and cancer usually experience reduced immune strength and weig ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 16, 2020Microbiology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, has killed more than 438,000 people worldwide since it emerged lat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
For around a decade, research has suggested that Gardasil, an HPV vaccine, could prevent throat cancer, a condition that ...Written By: Annie Lennon
JUL 07, 2020
Immunology
An international team of researchers has analysed how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, hijacks the proteins i
...
Written By:
Hilary Thompson
JUL 07, 2020
Immunology
Acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, is a rare but devastatingly debilitating neurologic disease in children caused by a resp
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 07, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
False-negative results are particularly problematic in containing the spread of COVID-19 — infected individ
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 06, 2020
Microbiology
The pandemic coronavirus has caused a wide range of different symptoms, and as time goes on, we may find that it can hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from the University of Toronto have identified a new drug candidate that may reduce all kinds of inflammation
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 05, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 enters the body through the respiratory system to cause the illness COVID-19. But we know
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
There is great promise, as well as serious risks in gene therapy. Many diseases can be traced back to an error or mutati
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2020
Microbiology
Millions of people around the world have been infected with the coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2020
Microbiology
The world's attention is on a virus right now - the pandemic coronavirus that causes COVID-19. But researchers are still
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the UK have identified having a stroke as the most common neurological side-effect of COVID-19. They al
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 29, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The microbial pathogens of the world have shown us how powerful they can be, most recently proven by the current pandemi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2020
Microbiology
Vaccines that contain live attenuated viruses may be giving people some protection from serious cases of COVID-19 that i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2020
Microbiology
The 1918 pandemic flu was caused by a variant of the HIN1 strain of the influenza virus, and its genome shows that it pr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers say that a type of virus known to infect bacteria could be used to treat and prevent COVID-19 bacterial infe
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 24, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Gilead has announced that it will soon start trials for an inhalable form of Remdesivir, the first drug to receive Emerg
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 23, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
While mutations can arise in the genome and have little consequence, sometimes they are beneficial and selected to remai
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2020
Immunology
Scientists have developed an experimental therapy for COVID-19 that uses coated nanoparticles to intercept SARS-C
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 22, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
When viruses infect cells, they hijack the machinery inside and start to use it for their own purposes. This enables vir
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Communities worldwide are emerging from lockdowns due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus, and cases are rising.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2020
Neuroscience
Image: Pixabay In 2015 a massive outbreak of the Zika virus started in Brazil and spread across 33 countries. The
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JUN 18, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to cancel emergency use authorization for Hydroxychloroquine and C
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 16, 2020
Immunology
Individuals struggling to recover from chronic infections and cancer usually experience reduced immune strength and weig
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 16, 2020
Microbiology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, has killed more than 438,000 people worldwide since it emerged lat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
For around a decade, research has suggested that Gardasil, an HPV vaccine, could prevent throat cancer, a condition that
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon