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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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NOV 15, 2018Videos
In a few different places around the world, people are facing disease outbreaks due to pathogenic microbes.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2018Health & Medicine
When you get stuck with a cold or the flu, sneezes are inevitable. But have you ever wondered how far your sneezes trave ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 07, 2018Immunology
A 26-year-old leukemia patient dies from exposure to measles. Herd immunity can offer a level of protection for those wi ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlNOV 06, 2018Videos
Researchers have to design a new flu vaccine every year. But there are efforts to create a vaccine that works against al ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
According to a recent study at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), a newly engineered antiviral ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 14, 2018Videos
Researchers have been trying a variety of ways to boost the immune system we all have so it's able to fight off cancer.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2018Microbiology
In Africa, Lassa fever is a significant threat to public health. It is a member of the same family of viruses as Ebola.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers want to enhance our natural defenses to fight a variety of health problems more effectively.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Last Wednesday, Oct 3rd, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners of 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: F ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 08, 2018Microbiology
Sometime in 2014, the CDC began to get reports of a mysterious illness that was affecting children. More cases have appe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2018Immunology
A team of researchers from Duke Human Vaccine Institute has recently published their work regarding the interplay of nat ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlOCT 01, 2018Microbiology
It's estimated that 780 million people worldwide don't have access to clean drinking water.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 27, 2018Neuroscience
Neuroscientists all over the globe are actively looking for more effective treatments for Alzheimer's disease, but i ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 20, 2018Microbiology
You may have never heard of melioidosis, also known as Whitmore's disease, but it is a scary infection in many parts of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have developed a better way to create astrocytes, a cell type hat has been implicated in neurodegenerative di ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2018Microbiology
Evidence mounts that viruses play a role in disease development.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 16, 2018Videos
Despite being invisible, microbes surround us all the time. They cover our phones, our hands, and infiltrate our backyar ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 14, 2018Immunology
Zika Virus manipulates the genetic makeup of immune cells called macrophages.Written By: Nicholas BreehlSEP 04, 2018Videos
West Nile virus can cause severe neurological symptoms and can even result in death. It’s common in horses and bir ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 03, 2018Immunology
Insulin boosts T cells to better fight infection and bolster the immune response.Written By: Caitlin WilliamsSEP 01, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers are developing a test for Zika that uses saliva to identify diagnostic markers of the virus much more quickl ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 31, 2018Technology
Wouldn’t it be convenient to have technology that can easily, quickly and cheaply categorize whether or not a mosq ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 31, 2018Microbiology
In August, the World Health Organization declared that an Ebola outbreak was happening in the DRC.Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2018
Videos
In a few different places around the world, people are facing disease outbreaks due to pathogenic microbes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2018
Health & Medicine
When you get stuck with a cold or the flu, sneezes are inevitable. But have you ever wondered how far your sneezes trave
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 07, 2018
Immunology
A 26-year-old leukemia patient dies from exposure to measles. Herd immunity can offer a level of protection for those wi
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
NOV 06, 2018
Videos
Researchers have to design a new flu vaccine every year. But there are efforts to create a vaccine that works against al
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a recent study at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), a newly engineered antiviral
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 14, 2018
Videos
Researchers have been trying a variety of ways to boost the immune system we all have so it's able to fight off cancer.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2018
Microbiology
In Africa, Lassa fever is a significant threat to public health. It is a member of the same family of viruses as Ebola.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers want to enhance our natural defenses to fight a variety of health problems more effectively.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Last Wednesday, Oct 3rd, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners of 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: F
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 08, 2018
Microbiology
Sometime in 2014, the CDC began to get reports of a mysterious illness that was affecting children. More cases have appe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2018
Immunology
A team of researchers from Duke Human Vaccine Institute has recently published their work regarding the interplay of nat
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
OCT 01, 2018
Microbiology
It's estimated that 780 million people worldwide don't have access to clean drinking water.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2018
Neuroscience
Neuroscientists all over the globe are actively looking for more effective treatments for Alzheimer's disease, but i
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 20, 2018
Microbiology
You may have never heard of melioidosis, also known as Whitmore's disease, but it is a scary infection in many parts of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have developed a better way to create astrocytes, a cell type hat has been implicated in neurodegenerative di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2018
Microbiology
Evidence mounts that viruses play a role in disease development.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 16, 2018
Videos
Despite being invisible, microbes surround us all the time. They cover our phones, our hands, and infiltrate our backyar
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 14, 2018
Immunology
Zika Virus manipulates the genetic makeup of immune cells called macrophages.
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
SEP 04, 2018
Videos
West Nile virus can cause severe neurological symptoms and can even result in death. It’s common in horses and bir
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 03, 2018
Immunology
Insulin boosts T cells to better fight infection and bolster the immune response.
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
SEP 01, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers are developing a test for Zika that uses saliva to identify diagnostic markers of the virus much more quickl
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 31, 2018
Technology
Wouldn’t it be convenient to have technology that can easily, quickly and cheaply categorize whether or not a mosq
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 31, 2018
Microbiology
In August, the World Health Organization declared that an Ebola outbreak was happening in the DRC.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch