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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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JUN 14, 2017Microbiology
An international team of researchers engineered a fungus to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes spread serious human dise ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 12, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are taking a new approach in the fight against the flu. They have engineered a protein that acts to stop the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2017Microbiology
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2017Immunology
When is someone “cured” of HIV? If there is such a state reachable with drug therapies, how can a doctor tel ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 31, 2017Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioMAY 31, 2017Health & Medicine
Activating the body's own immune system to fight cancer is the goal of immunotherapy. It's less toxic ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioMAY 28, 2017Microbiology
Polyomaviruses can lead to serious health complications like cancer. New work has provided insight into a question resea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2017Immunology
How does the Ebola virus prevent immune cells from doing their job - protecting the body from infection - if it d ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 24, 2017Health & Medicine
Vaccines to prevent influenza infection have to change and adapt every year to the ever-evolving virus, and even ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 22, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New lung organoids open up new research possibilities for the study of human disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2017Cancer
Zika was a relatively an unknown name in the Americas until around 2015 when the outbreak in Brazil caught the world&rsq ...MAY 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
In January 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the end to the largest Ebola outbreak in histor ...MAY 19, 2017Immunology
The same gene in the brain that codes for a biochemical “self-destruct trigger” in some tissues prote ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 17, 2017Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute identified a host-cell molecule that helps the human ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Nature Communications by an international team of researchers is a big step forward in the fight ag ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2017Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2017Immunology
The ability of HIV to hide in the body’s own immune cells is what makes an HIV infection and infection for life. B ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 06, 2017Earth & The Environment
Climate change is frightening on a lot of levels. Extreme weather, rising seas, displacement, extinction of species &nda ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 05, 2017Cancer
It’s estimated that nine out of ten people are infected with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). The virus stays dormant ...MAY 04, 2017Videos
While any cancer diagnosis can be devastating, for some women who lead healthy lifestyles that don't include excessive d ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 01, 2017Plants & Animals
Poultry in England were forced into indoor containment by the country’s government last December to help prevent t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2017Immunology
It seems humans share a common enemy with some viruses: bacteria. Viruses invade bacterial cells with generally the same ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Even though this year’s peak flu season can be considered to have passed, people can contract the virus well into ...APR 18, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have animated an important transporter that moves natural molecules and drug compounds into the cell.Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2017
Microbiology
An international team of researchers engineered a fungus to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes spread serious human dise
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 12, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are taking a new approach in the fight against the flu. They have engineered a protein that acts to stop the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2017
Microbiology
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2017
Immunology
When is someone “cured” of HIV? If there is such a state reachable with drug therapies, how can a doctor tel
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 31, 2017
Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
MAY 31, 2017
Health & Medicine
Activating the body's own immune system to fight cancer is the goal of immunotherapy. It's less toxic
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
MAY 28, 2017
Microbiology
Polyomaviruses can lead to serious health complications like cancer. New work has provided insight into a question resea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2017
Immunology
How does the Ebola virus prevent immune cells from doing their job - protecting the body from infection - if it d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
Vaccines to prevent influenza infection have to change and adapt every year to the ever-evolving virus, and even
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 22, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New lung organoids open up new research possibilities for the study of human disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2017
Cancer
Zika was a relatively an unknown name in the Americas until around 2015 when the outbreak in Brazil caught the world&rsq
...
MAY 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
In January 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the end to the largest Ebola outbreak in histor
...
MAY 19, 2017
Immunology
The same gene in the brain that codes for a biochemical “self-destruct trigger” in some tissues prote
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 17, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute identified a host-cell molecule that helps the human
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Nature Communications by an international team of researchers is a big step forward in the fight ag
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2017
Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2017
Immunology
The ability of HIV to hide in the body’s own immune cells is what makes an HIV infection and infection for life. B
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is frightening on a lot of levels. Extreme weather, rising seas, displacement, extinction of species &nda
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 05, 2017
Cancer
It’s estimated that nine out of ten people are infected with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). The virus stays dormant
...
MAY 04, 2017
Videos
While any cancer diagnosis can be devastating, for some women who lead healthy lifestyles that don't include excessive d
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
Poultry in England were forced into indoor containment by the country’s government last December to help prevent t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2017
Immunology
It seems humans share a common enemy with some viruses: bacteria. Viruses invade bacterial cells with generally the same
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Even though this year’s peak flu season can be considered to have passed, people can contract the virus well into
...
APR 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have animated an important transporter that moves natural molecules and drug compounds into the cell.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch