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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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OCT 11, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Chemistry Nobel Laureate Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson. Credit: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sc ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 09, 2017Microbiology
The influenza viruses that cause flu in people have high rates of mutation that allows them to evolve quickly, and scien ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2017Immunology
Cells that are infected with a virus sacrifice themselves, dying before the virus has a chance to use the cell’s o ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new way to deliver CRISPR that doesn't require a virus, and that worked better than CRISPR-Cas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2017Immunology
The newest leap forward in Zika virus vaccine developing is probably the most exciting yet. The vaccine, a DNA-based app ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 04, 2017Immunology
The immune response needs to be just right: not too much, or an autoimmune disease will develop; not too little, or viru ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 26, 2017Immunology
With no FDA-approved vaccines or antiviral drugs to treat Ebola, those affected rely on the immune system to save them f ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 25, 2017Immunology
Killing two birds with one stone may be possible for Dengue virus and Zika virus, two pathogens spread by the same mosqu ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 22, 2017Cancer
With cancer putting up such strong fight, scientists are resorting to more unconventional therapies to give them the edg ...SEP 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Our immune system has to defend against many kinds of foreign invaders, like bacterial pathogens or viruses. But first, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2017Microbiology
Leishmaniasis isn’t pretty - Leishmania is a parasite that causes skin ulcers and can damage internal organs. Luck ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 10, 2017Videos
As of early September, a new cancer treatment has been approved to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The treatment is ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 06, 2017Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an ...AUG 28, 2017Cancer
The US safety agency announced a more stringent oversight on stem-cell clinics to prevent the use of unapproved treatmen ...AUG 23, 2017Videos
Warts are unsightly and sometimes even painful. We typically associate warts with disease and contagion, a belief perpet ...AUG 21, 2017Immunology
We often think of antibodies and vaccines when we talk about viral infection, but there’s another part of the immu ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 20, 2017Immunology
The body can go into “shock” for several different reasons, but it’s never a good sign. Whatever the s ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 18, 2017Immunology
Since the development of vaccines protecting people from the disease in 1950s, polio has been all but eradicated. Severa ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 16, 2017Microbiology
Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease knew that some viruses - herpes simplex virus, f ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 16, 2017Immunology
A vaccine for yellow fever was first developed in 1937, using a strain of the yellow fever virus that was just a few ami ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 12, 2017Microbiology
Study indicates the efficacy of the rotavirus vaccine - it likely resulted in 380,000 fewer hospitalizations of young ki ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
One way to help the many people that wait on transplant lists for an available organ would be to grow new ones. New work ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2017Microbiology
Until today, I had never, ever heard of a plant-based vaccine. There are lots of reasons why plant-based vaccines are a ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 10, 2017Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf ...Written By: Kara Marker
OCT 11, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Chemistry Nobel Laureate Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson. Credit: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sc
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 09, 2017
Microbiology
The influenza viruses that cause flu in people have high rates of mutation that allows them to evolve quickly, and scien
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2017
Immunology
Cells that are infected with a virus sacrifice themselves, dying before the virus has a chance to use the cell’s o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new way to deliver CRISPR that doesn't require a virus, and that worked better than CRISPR-Cas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2017
Immunology
The newest leap forward in Zika virus vaccine developing is probably the most exciting yet. The vaccine, a DNA-based app
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 04, 2017
Immunology
The immune response needs to be just right: not too much, or an autoimmune disease will develop; not too little, or viru
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 26, 2017
Immunology
With no FDA-approved vaccines or antiviral drugs to treat Ebola, those affected rely on the immune system to save them f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 25, 2017
Immunology
Killing two birds with one stone may be possible for Dengue virus and Zika virus, two pathogens spread by the same mosqu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 22, 2017
Cancer
With cancer putting up such strong fight, scientists are resorting to more unconventional therapies to give them the edg
...
SEP 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our immune system has to defend against many kinds of foreign invaders, like bacterial pathogens or viruses. But first,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2017
Microbiology
Leishmaniasis isn’t pretty - Leishmania is a parasite that causes skin ulcers and can damage internal organs. Luck
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 10, 2017
Videos
As of early September, a new cancer treatment has been approved to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The treatment is
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 06, 2017
Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an
...
AUG 28, 2017
Cancer
The US safety agency announced a more stringent oversight on stem-cell clinics to prevent the use of unapproved treatmen
...
AUG 23, 2017
Videos
Warts are unsightly and sometimes even painful. We typically associate warts with disease and contagion, a belief perpet
...
AUG 21, 2017
Immunology
We often think of antibodies and vaccines when we talk about viral infection, but there’s another part of the immu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 20, 2017
Immunology
The body can go into “shock” for several different reasons, but it’s never a good sign. Whatever the s
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 18, 2017
Immunology
Since the development of vaccines protecting people from the disease in 1950s, polio has been all but eradicated. Severa
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 16, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease knew that some viruses - herpes simplex virus, f
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 16, 2017
Immunology
A vaccine for yellow fever was first developed in 1937, using a strain of the yellow fever virus that was just a few ami
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 12, 2017
Microbiology
Study indicates the efficacy of the rotavirus vaccine - it likely resulted in 380,000 fewer hospitalizations of young ki
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
One way to help the many people that wait on transplant lists for an available organ would be to grow new ones. New work
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2017
Microbiology
Until today, I had never, ever heard of a plant-based vaccine. There are lots of reasons why plant-based vaccines are a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 10, 2017
Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf
...
Written By:
Kara Marker