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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 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 MarkerAUG 10, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The goal of nanotechnology in the field of biomedical science is to build homogenous miniature carriers that can target ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 05, 2017Microbiology
There are several kinds of hepatitis, and while types A, B, and C get attention, hepatitis E (HEV) is becoming more prev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2017Microbiology
As more is learned about the microbes of the gastrointestinal tract, the more it's confirmed that they have a powerful i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2017Immunology
Scientists have known for a while that HIV hides in the body, undetected by the immune system and unaffected by antiretr ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 01, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks don’t have to bite you to be dangerous. A Japanese woman recently passed away from a tick-born ...JUL 26, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Without any medical intervention for the past 8½ years, a 9-year-old South African child remains free of th ...JUL 25, 2017Immunology
Scientists use chicken eggs to grow flu viruses for use in vaccines. However, the flu vaccine is infamous for having que ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 21, 2017Videos
Rabies is a virus contracted through the saliva of other infected animals. Rabid raccoons have perhaps the greatest asso ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Parents of newborns should perhaps be more discriminate in who they allow to touch and kiss their babies. At least that& ...JUL 19, 2017Microbiology
As if getting Ebola isn’t bad enough, some survivors continue to harbor the virus in their eyes. Researchers at Fl ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 17, 2017Cancer
For a long time, scientists noticed that tumors secrete factors that suggest there were viruses present inside the tumor ...JUL 16, 2017Videos
Mountain gorillas are genetically one of our closest relatives. It has been found that they can harbor a virus that is s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2017Microbiology
Researchers are trying a new approach to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria - nanoparticles.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2017Immunology
A malaria drug, called hydroxycholorquine, prevents Zika virus - even when a mother is already infected - from crossing ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 07, 2017Videos
Scientists estimate that tens to hundreds of millions of sea stars have died off within the last several years, ranging ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 04, 2017Health & Medicine
On Independence Day in 1776, one year after Paul Revere made his famous journey on horseback to warn the colonial minute ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 30, 2017Immunology
Scientists are working on what could be the first ever licensed DNA vaccine to prevent dengue virus. Dengue causes a sev ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 29, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
In an effort to increase flu vaccination rates in the population, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have ...JUN 27, 2017Microbiology
There is still a lot about viruses that we don't know, and researchers have now taken a major step forward.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For people who are lucky enough to survive an Ebola infection, the virus doesn't go away without leaving some traces ...JUN 20, 2017Microbiology
Antibodies are supposed to protect us from infection, right? Right, and this is true under most circumstances. Sometimes ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Are you someone who always has the unfortunate luck to catch whatever cold virus that’s going around? Well, scient ...JUN 16, 2017Videos
Some scientists are especially dedicated to their work. Take those trying to survey bats living deep in Africa near the ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
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
AUG 10, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The goal of nanotechnology in the field of biomedical science is to build homogenous miniature carriers that can target
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 05, 2017
Microbiology
There are several kinds of hepatitis, and while types A, B, and C get attention, hepatitis E (HEV) is becoming more prev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2017
Microbiology
As more is learned about the microbes of the gastrointestinal tract, the more it's confirmed that they have a powerful i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2017
Immunology
Scientists have known for a while that HIV hides in the body, undetected by the immune system and unaffected by antiretr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 01, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks don’t have to bite you to be dangerous. A Japanese woman recently passed away from a tick-born
...
JUL 26, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Without any medical intervention for the past 8½ years, a 9-year-old South African child remains free of th
...
JUL 25, 2017
Immunology
Scientists use chicken eggs to grow flu viruses for use in vaccines. However, the flu vaccine is infamous for having que
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 21, 2017
Videos
Rabies is a virus contracted through the saliva of other infected animals. Rabid raccoons have perhaps the greatest asso
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Parents of newborns should perhaps be more discriminate in who they allow to touch and kiss their babies. At least that&
...
JUL 19, 2017
Microbiology
As if getting Ebola isn’t bad enough, some survivors continue to harbor the virus in their eyes. Researchers at Fl
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 17, 2017
Cancer
For a long time, scientists noticed that tumors secrete factors that suggest there were viruses present inside the tumor
...
JUL 16, 2017
Videos
Mountain gorillas are genetically one of our closest relatives. It has been found that they can harbor a virus that is s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers are trying a new approach to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria - nanoparticles.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2017
Immunology
A malaria drug, called hydroxycholorquine, prevents Zika virus - even when a mother is already infected - from crossing
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 07, 2017
Videos
Scientists estimate that tens to hundreds of millions of sea stars have died off within the last several years, ranging
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 04, 2017
Health & Medicine
On Independence Day in 1776, one year after Paul Revere made his famous journey on horseback to warn the colonial minute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 30, 2017
Immunology
Scientists are working on what could be the first ever licensed DNA vaccine to prevent dengue virus. Dengue causes a sev
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 29, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
In an effort to increase flu vaccination rates in the population, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have
...
JUN 27, 2017
Microbiology
There is still a lot about viruses that we don't know, and researchers have now taken a major step forward.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For people who are lucky enough to survive an Ebola infection, the virus doesn't go away without leaving some traces
...
JUN 20, 2017
Microbiology
Antibodies are supposed to protect us from infection, right? Right, and this is true under most circumstances. Sometimes
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Are you someone who always has the unfortunate luck to catch whatever cold virus that’s going around? Well, scient
...
JUN 16, 2017
Videos
Some scientists are especially dedicated to their work. Take those trying to survey bats living deep in Africa near the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch