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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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MAR 11, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new treatment for patients living with multi-drug resistant HIV. The treatm ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 10, 2018Videos
A new drug that can kill the flu in one day has been fast-tracked for approval in Japan. The drug, Xofluza, may not be r ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 07, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnostic tests for the Zika virus are only reliable in the three weeks following initial infection. That is, until now ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 06, 2018Health & Medicine
There's no question that if smallpox were to reappear, it would be a global health emergency. While it was eradicate ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 01, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
A pharmaceutical company, Shinogi, in Japan has developed an experimental drug that may kill the flu virus in as little ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 01, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists found evidence of the yellow fever virus in urine and semen samples for almost one month after one São ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 28, 2018Microbiology
Bats have many characteristics that make them good viral hosts.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 26, 2018Videos
A virus causes hepatitis C. The Centers for Disease Prevention estimates that 2.7 to 3.9 million Americans have chronic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2018Immunology
Don’t dismiss the seasonal flu vaccine just yet. There may be more to its ineffectiveness than meets the scientifi ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 15, 2018Technology
Intel has raised it's Bug-Hunting Bounty to $250,000.Written By: Julia TraversFEB 15, 2018Immunology
An unlikely collaboration, a virus and the human immune system, is working to address a common enemy: cancer. From the U ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 15, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
CRISPR technology continues to revolutionize biology; two new diagnostic tools based on the technique have now been deve ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 15, 2018Videos
Most people must have heard revolutionary cancer therapy called CAR-T cell therapy, a kind of cancer immunotherapy. It h ...Written By:FEB 14, 2018Genetics & Genomics
As various food crops were domesticated and now, are mass produced, there has been a significant reduction in the number ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2018Health & Medicine
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a painful skin rash that is related to chickenpox. Once a person has had chick ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 12, 2018Immunology
There is more to the measles vaccine than just protection from a measles infection, a new Frontiers study shows. A monum ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 06, 2018Microbiology
New research has determined that a shocking number - around 800 million - viruses fall into our atmosphere every single ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2018Immunology
Scientists continue to build upon a vaccine candidate to prevent HIV infection, the virus that causes AIDS. AIDSVAX was ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 03, 2018Microbiology
Zika virus only impacts six to twelve percent of children born to infected mothers. Researchers are learning exactly why ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2018Health & Medicine
Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico, and that small island is still reeling from the storm. The official death ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 02, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Have you checked your tonsils for human papillomavirus (HPV) lately? A new study raises concerns that the virus could be ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 26, 2018Microbiology
Researchers have discovered a family of viruses that seem to have an essential role in maintaining ocean health.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2018Immunology
Sometimes it’s hard to convince people to get the annual flu vaccine, especially when the current vaccine struggle ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 18, 2018Videos
It's flu season. Every year, influenza strains wreak havoc on public health. The flu can be deadly for those with immune ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 11, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new treatment for patients living with multi-drug resistant HIV. The treatm
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 10, 2018
Videos
A new drug that can kill the flu in one day has been fast-tracked for approval in Japan. The drug, Xofluza, may not be r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnostic tests for the Zika virus are only reliable in the three weeks following initial infection. That is, until now
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 06, 2018
Health & Medicine
There's no question that if smallpox were to reappear, it would be a global health emergency. While it was eradicate
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 01, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
A pharmaceutical company, Shinogi, in Japan has developed an experimental drug that may kill the flu virus in as little
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 01, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists found evidence of the yellow fever virus in urine and semen samples for almost one month after one São
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 28, 2018
Microbiology
Bats have many characteristics that make them good viral hosts.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2018
Videos
A virus causes hepatitis C. The Centers for Disease Prevention estimates that 2.7 to 3.9 million Americans have chronic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2018
Immunology
Don’t dismiss the seasonal flu vaccine just yet. There may be more to its ineffectiveness than meets the scientifi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 15, 2018
Technology
Intel has raised it's Bug-Hunting Bounty to $250,000.
Written By:
Julia Travers
FEB 15, 2018
Immunology
An unlikely collaboration, a virus and the human immune system, is working to address a common enemy: cancer. From the U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 15, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
CRISPR technology continues to revolutionize biology; two new diagnostic tools based on the technique have now been deve
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2018
Videos
Most people must have heard revolutionary cancer therapy called CAR-T cell therapy, a kind of cancer immunotherapy. It h
...
Written By:
FEB 14, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
As various food crops were domesticated and now, are mass produced, there has been a significant reduction in the number
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2018
Health & Medicine
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a painful skin rash that is related to chickenpox. Once a person has had chick
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 12, 2018
Immunology
There is more to the measles vaccine than just protection from a measles infection, a new Frontiers study shows. A monum
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 06, 2018
Microbiology
New research has determined that a shocking number - around 800 million - viruses fall into our atmosphere every single
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2018
Immunology
Scientists continue to build upon a vaccine candidate to prevent HIV infection, the virus that causes AIDS. AIDSVAX was
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 03, 2018
Microbiology
Zika virus only impacts six to twelve percent of children born to infected mothers. Researchers are learning exactly why
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2018
Health & Medicine
Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico, and that small island is still reeling from the storm. The official death
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 02, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Have you checked your tonsils for human papillomavirus (HPV) lately? A new study raises concerns that the virus could be
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 26, 2018
Microbiology
Researchers have discovered a family of viruses that seem to have an essential role in maintaining ocean health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2018
Immunology
Sometimes it’s hard to convince people to get the annual flu vaccine, especially when the current vaccine struggle
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 18, 2018
Videos
It's flu season. Every year, influenza strains wreak havoc on public health. The flu can be deadly for those with immune
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim