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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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MAY 28, 2024Microbiology
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking H5N1, an avian influenza that has wreaked havoc on b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The human genome is massive, and it contains many highly repetitive sequences that confounded researchers for years. Man ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2024Microbiology
When human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) emerged and was identified as the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (A ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 19, 2024Microbiology
It's estimated that 90% of the biomass in the oceans are marine microorganisms, a group that includes protists, bacteria ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
It's estimated that about 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 are infected with (HSV-1), which can cause oral herpes.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2024Microbiology
Antibiotics are used to fight bacterial infections, and unless there is a risk that a viral infection will lead to other ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 23, 2024Microbiology
Last fall, COVID vaccine booster shots were rolled out, and about 40 percent of US adults said they did not plan on gett ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2024Genetics & Genomics
During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, there was a marked increase in neurological complications such as febrile seizu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
Ultraviolet (UV) light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that has wavelengths from ten to 400 nanometers, which is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2024Earth & The Environment
Frogs and toads around the world have been devastated by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The incidence of tick borne diseases like Lyme disease and Powassan virus have been on the rise in recent yearsWritten By: Carmen LeitchMAR 26, 2024Technology
What non-invasive methods can be developed to kill viruses on site? This is what a recent study published in ACS Nano ho ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 12, 2024Microbiology
In late February, a research team determined that birds on Antarctica's mainland have been infected with highly pathogen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Many of us wanted to get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it was available, but someone took that to a wild extreme.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 29, 2024Microbiology
Long COVID is a pressing public health issue. Millions of people experienced an acute infection with the pandemic virus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 22, 2024Microbiology
Dr. Nicole Foley of Texas A&M and colleagues studied myotis bats to learn more about how their 'nightclubs' promote immu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
In DNA, retrotransposons can move around and insert themselves into other parts of genomes with a kind of copy and paste ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2024Neuroscience
People who have had the herpes simplex virus are more than twice as likely to develop dementia than those who have never ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 08, 2024Microbiology
Climate change is raising temperatures around the world, and mosquitoes are on the move. As their territories expand, th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 05, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses need host cells, and pathogens have many different ways to infect them. Scientists have revealed a rapid movemen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2024Microbiology
Measles is probably humanity's most infectious disease; an estimated 9 of 10 unvaccinated, exposed people are infected w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists and clinicians are learning more about the potential causes of long COVID and how to diagnose it in patients. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2024Microbiology
We are still learning about the long term impacts of COVID-19, and how the virus that causes the illness, SARS-CoV-2, ca ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2024
Microbiology
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking H5N1, an avian influenza that has wreaked havoc on b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human genome is massive, and it contains many highly repetitive sequences that confounded researchers for years. Man
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2024
Microbiology
When human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) emerged and was identified as the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (A
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2024
Microbiology
It's estimated that 90% of the biomass in the oceans are marine microorganisms, a group that includes protists, bacteria
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
It's estimated that about 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 are infected with (HSV-1), which can cause oral herpes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2024
Microbiology
Antibiotics are used to fight bacterial infections, and unless there is a risk that a viral infection will lead to other
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 23, 2024
Microbiology
Last fall, COVID vaccine booster shots were rolled out, and about 40 percent of US adults said they did not plan on gett
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, there was a marked increase in neurological complications such as febrile seizu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Ultraviolet (UV) light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that has wavelengths from ten to 400 nanometers, which is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Frogs and toads around the world have been devastated by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The incidence of tick borne diseases like Lyme disease and Powassan virus have been on the rise in recent years
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 26, 2024
Technology
What non-invasive methods can be developed to kill viruses on site? This is what a recent study published in ACS Nano ho
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 12, 2024
Microbiology
In late February, a research team determined that birds on Antarctica's mainland have been infected with highly pathogen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Many of us wanted to get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it was available, but someone took that to a wild extreme.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 29, 2024
Microbiology
Long COVID is a pressing public health issue. Millions of people experienced an acute infection with the pandemic virus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 22, 2024
Microbiology
Dr. Nicole Foley of Texas A&M and colleagues studied myotis bats to learn more about how their 'nightclubs' promote immu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In DNA, retrotransposons can move around and insert themselves into other parts of genomes with a kind of copy and paste
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2024
Neuroscience
People who have had the herpes simplex virus are more than twice as likely to develop dementia than those who have never
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 08, 2024
Microbiology
Climate change is raising temperatures around the world, and mosquitoes are on the move. As their territories expand, th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses need host cells, and pathogens have many different ways to infect them. Scientists have revealed a rapid movemen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2024
Microbiology
Measles is probably humanity's most infectious disease; an estimated 9 of 10 unvaccinated, exposed people are infected w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists and clinicians are learning more about the potential causes of long COVID and how to diagnose it in patients.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2024
Microbiology
We are still learning about the long term impacts of COVID-19, and how the virus that causes the illness, SARS-CoV-2, ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch