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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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FEB 10, 2020Immunology
The immune system detects the presence of invading microbes that it recognizes from previous infections, and initiates a ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 09, 2020Microbiology
The Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) has brought over 1,300 scientists together to gain new insights into th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 09, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can be dangerous disease vectors, and they infect and kill hundreds of thousands of people with illnesses lik ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 08, 2020Microbiology
In China, authorities are still struggling to contain the new coronavirus that emerged in the city of Wuhan and has sinc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
So far, coronavirus has infected over 31,493 people globally, and has killed 638. Although 1,563 people have reportedly ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Doctors in Thailand have successfully treated people affected by the coronavirus via a new drug cocktail made out of ant ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 05, 2020Technology
Foodborne illnesses kill 3,000 people on an annual basis. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 04, 2020Microbiology
The human metapneumovirus (HMPV) might now be well-known, but it is the second biggest cause of respiratory infections.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have recently discovered how a powerful class of HIV drugs bind to a key piece of HIV machinery. Their findi ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 02, 2020Microbiology
A coronavirus causes MERS, which currently has no treatment. This work may help change that.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2020Microbiology
Since the first cases of a novel Coronavirus were detected in Wuhan, China a few weeks ago, the virus has spread around ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2020Genetics & Genomics
As pollinators, honey bees play a critical role in food production, and they have been suffering heavy losses for years.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 21, 2020Microbiology
In late December, health officials in China notified WHO that pneumonia with an unknown cause was sickening people.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The dengue virus is transmitted by mosquitoes. It is found in over one hundred countries and threatens three billion peo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 13, 2020Microbiology
Scientists are learning more about how the antimicrobial effect of some foods and how it alters the microbial community ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists were studying viruses that infect and kill bacteria as a medicine for bacterial infections over a hundred yea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2020Microbiology
Zoonotic diseases are caused by infectious microorganisms like bacteria or viruses, and are passed between animals, incl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
“OPC is one of the fastest rising cancers in Western countries due to increasing HPV-related incidence, especially ...Written By: Nupur SrivastavaDEC 31, 2019Genetics & Genomics
He Jiankui, the scientist behind the world’s first gene-edited babies in 2018, has been sentenced to three years i ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 30, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from China and the US have implanted a human gene linked to intelligence in the genomes of macaque monkeys. T ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 28, 2019Microbiology
Like origami paper, DNA molecules can be folded and arranged into complex three-dimensional structures.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2019Microbiology
Our world is filled with microbes, and in every kind of environment, they compete for supremacy, a competition that date ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2019Neuroscience
Around 44 million people around the world have Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive form of dementia that leads to m ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 19, 2019Microbiology
This is the first time that investigators have gotten a complete, ancient human genome from anything but bones.Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 10, 2020
Immunology
The immune system detects the presence of invading microbes that it recognizes from previous infections, and initiates a
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 09, 2020
Microbiology
The Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) has brought over 1,300 scientists together to gain new insights into th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can be dangerous disease vectors, and they infect and kill hundreds of thousands of people with illnesses lik
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2020
Microbiology
In China, authorities are still struggling to contain the new coronavirus that emerged in the city of Wuhan and has sinc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
So far, coronavirus has infected over 31,493 people globally, and has killed 638. Although 1,563 people have reportedly
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Doctors in Thailand have successfully treated people affected by the coronavirus via a new drug cocktail made out of ant
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 05, 2020
Technology
Foodborne illnesses kill 3,000 people on an annual basis. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 04, 2020
Microbiology
The human metapneumovirus (HMPV) might now be well-known, but it is the second biggest cause of respiratory infections.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have recently discovered how a powerful class of HIV drugs bind to a key piece of HIV machinery. Their findi
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 02, 2020
Microbiology
A coronavirus causes MERS, which currently has no treatment. This work may help change that.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2020
Microbiology
Since the first cases of a novel Coronavirus were detected in Wuhan, China a few weeks ago, the virus has spread around
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
As pollinators, honey bees play a critical role in food production, and they have been suffering heavy losses for years.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2020
Microbiology
In late December, health officials in China notified WHO that pneumonia with an unknown cause was sickening people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The dengue virus is transmitted by mosquitoes. It is found in over one hundred countries and threatens three billion peo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists are learning more about how the antimicrobial effect of some foods and how it alters the microbial community
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists were studying viruses that infect and kill bacteria as a medicine for bacterial infections over a hundred yea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2020
Microbiology
Zoonotic diseases are caused by infectious microorganisms like bacteria or viruses, and are passed between animals, incl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
“OPC is one of the fastest rising cancers in Western countries due to increasing HPV-related incidence, especially
...
Written By:
Nupur Srivastava
DEC 31, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
He Jiankui, the scientist behind the world’s first gene-edited babies in 2018, has been sentenced to three years i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 30, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from China and the US have implanted a human gene linked to intelligence in the genomes of macaque monkeys. T
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 28, 2019
Microbiology
Like origami paper, DNA molecules can be folded and arranged into complex three-dimensional structures.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2019
Microbiology
Our world is filled with microbes, and in every kind of environment, they compete for supremacy, a competition that date
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2019
Neuroscience
Around 44 million people around the world have Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive form of dementia that leads to m
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 19, 2019
Microbiology
This is the first time that investigators have gotten a complete, ancient human genome from anything but bones.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch