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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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AUG 13, 2018Immunology
Subclinical infections may alter the immune system and gut microbiota in the human host impacting how we respond to envi ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsAUG 07, 2018Immunology
Your age, sex, and genetics all play a role in the intensity of your humoral immune response.Written By: Caitlin WilliamsAUG 06, 2018Immunology
Maternal Dengue immunity produces CD8+ T cells that protect against fetal Zika infection preventing zika-related malform ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsAUG 06, 2018Microbiology
It seems that when people are infected with CMV but don't have any obvious symptoms, there may still be effects.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2018Microbiology
We now know of the importance of the microbiome, but most of the research focus has been on bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2018Immunology
The antibody IgM is shown to be provide protection against HIV infection in rhesus monkeys up to 82 days past exposure t ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 25, 2018Immunology
Killer T cells of Ebola survivors respond better to nucleoproteins, not glycoproteins, potentially influencing Ebola vac ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 24, 2018Cancer
CRISPR gene editing came about based on transfection and transduction type models of genetic transfer. There is potenti ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUL 19, 2018Cardiology
Recent study of 150 countries and over 800,000 people shows HIV patients are more than twice as likely to develop Heart ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 17, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
TPOXX (tecovirimat), the first drug with an indication for treatment of smallpox, was just approved by the U.S. Food and ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 10, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Patients with a severe kind of heart disease can't always take a drug that keep their cholesterol in check.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2018Microbiology
A compound that is naturally made by a bacterium called Francisella tularensis can impair the immune response.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 06, 2018Genetics & Genomics
After early setbacks, genetic therapeutics are being developed again.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2018Health & Medicine
Cases of Hepatitis C, known as Hep C or HCV, are on the rise. In the United States, the CDC reports that there were appr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 04, 2018Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease has no cure and no well-understood cause. Experts know that tangles of tau protein that develop ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 03, 2018Microbiology
Zika virus might still be impacting pregnancies.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Koalas are fascinating animals, and their populations have proven difficult to manage. New work will change that.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2018Immunology
There’s a new therapeutic approach to boosting the weakened immune system that develops naturally with age, but it ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 30, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This is the first time a gene alteration has successfully changed behaviors associated with autism.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2018Microbiology
Researchers want to stop the contamination of extraterrestrial environments by earthly bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Xofluza, the recent 24-hour killing flu drug that was developed by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi and appr ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 27, 2018Cancer
Glioblastoma is a very difficult cancer to treat; researchers look to an engineered poliovirus for novel targeted approa ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 23, 2018Microbiology
A teenage boy in North Central Florida presented with symptoms that defied diagnosis.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2018Microbiology
The human body can make a compound with a special power to fight viruses - an enzyme called viperin.Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2018
Immunology
Subclinical infections may alter the immune system and gut microbiota in the human host impacting how we respond to envi
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
AUG 07, 2018
Immunology
Your age, sex, and genetics all play a role in the intensity of your humoral immune response.
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
AUG 06, 2018
Immunology
Maternal Dengue immunity produces CD8+ T cells that protect against fetal Zika infection preventing zika-related malform
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
AUG 06, 2018
Microbiology
It seems that when people are infected with CMV but don't have any obvious symptoms, there may still be effects.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2018
Microbiology
We now know of the importance of the microbiome, but most of the research focus has been on bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2018
Immunology
The antibody IgM is shown to be provide protection against HIV infection in rhesus monkeys up to 82 days past exposure t
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 25, 2018
Immunology
Killer T cells of Ebola survivors respond better to nucleoproteins, not glycoproteins, potentially influencing Ebola vac
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 24, 2018
Cancer
CRISPR gene editing came about based on transfection and transduction type models of genetic transfer. There is potenti
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUL 19, 2018
Cardiology
Recent study of 150 countries and over 800,000 people shows HIV patients are more than twice as likely to develop Heart
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 17, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
TPOXX (tecovirimat), the first drug with an indication for treatment of smallpox, was just approved by the U.S. Food and
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 10, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Patients with a severe kind of heart disease can't always take a drug that keep their cholesterol in check.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2018
Microbiology
A compound that is naturally made by a bacterium called Francisella tularensis can impair the immune response.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 06, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
After early setbacks, genetic therapeutics are being developed again.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2018
Health & Medicine
Cases of Hepatitis C, known as Hep C or HCV, are on the rise. In the United States, the CDC reports that there were appr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 04, 2018
Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease has no cure and no well-understood cause. Experts know that tangles of tau protein that develop
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 03, 2018
Microbiology
Zika virus might still be impacting pregnancies.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Koalas are fascinating animals, and their populations have proven difficult to manage. New work will change that.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2018
Immunology
There’s a new therapeutic approach to boosting the weakened immune system that develops naturally with age, but it
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 30, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This is the first time a gene alteration has successfully changed behaviors associated with autism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2018
Microbiology
Researchers want to stop the contamination of extraterrestrial environments by earthly bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Xofluza, the recent 24-hour killing flu drug that was developed by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi and appr
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 27, 2018
Cancer
Glioblastoma is a very difficult cancer to treat; researchers look to an engineered poliovirus for novel targeted approa
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 23, 2018
Microbiology
A teenage boy in North Central Florida presented with symptoms that defied diagnosis.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2018
Microbiology
The human body can make a compound with a special power to fight viruses - an enzyme called viperin.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch