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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 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 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 Marker
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
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