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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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FEB 06, 2016Immunology
Herpes simplex 1 virus, the microscopic pathogen notoriously remembered for its production of painful and unappealing co ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 05, 2016Videos
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS? Symptoms include conjunctivitis, fever, joint pain, and rash. The illness is usually mild and las ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 02, 2016Microbiology
University of Minnesota researchers found a new, more affordable way to treat HIV. The RNA-based drug 5-azacytidin ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 29, 2016Immunology
Scientists are constantly trying to pinpoint the causation behind children who develop autism, often looking to genetics ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 29, 2016Videos
Cancer is a devastating disease, even when it's caught early. Treatment can involve surgery, radiation or chemotherapy. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 27, 2016Microbiology
People are talking about Zika virus, but they don’t have nice things to say. Zika virus was discovered in 1947 in ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Females are not the weaker sex when it comes to battling the flu virus, says a new study. Published in the American Jour ...JAN 22, 2016Cardiology
Dogs and humans alike can suffer from a rare bleeding disorder called factor VII deficiency, where lacking a vital coagu ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 22, 2016Videos
The hot new buzz word in cancer treatment is "immunotherapy." Researchers are looking at tumors as virus-based and are t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 21, 2016Immunology
Influenza causes serious illness among millions of people each year, resulting in 250,000 to 500,000 deaths. Those most ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 20, 2016Videos
Thinking of a winter escape to the South American tropics? If you're pregnant, the Center for Disease Control and Preven ...JAN 19, 2016Immunology
A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) shows how dangerous autoimmune responses, seen in ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 15, 2016Health & Medicine
The next time you’re home sick with a massive cold or the flu, cuddle up with your dog or cat. It will cheer you u ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJAN 14, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A disease that causes blindness in both rats and humans could be prevented or reversed with a new genetic editing techno ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 05, 2016Genetics & Genomics
There’s no rest for the weary, and that includes researchers looking for a definitive cure and treatment plan for ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 03, 2016Health & Medicine
.body_content a{color: #175CA9;} .body_content a:hover{color: #1A4E75;text-decoration: underline;} .body_content{text-al ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJAN 02, 2016Immunology
Polio is close to being eradicated, and once it is, scientists want to keep it that way. The live attenuated polio vacci ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 31, 2015Microbiology
Researchers are preparing for a post-polio world. Once polio is eradicated, the World Health Organization plans to ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 31, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease that’s prevalent in tropical locations like Latin America, Southeast Asia ...DEC 31, 2015Videos
Can you catch cancer? With the recent developments of immunotherapy for certain kinds of cancer, it would seem that perh ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 29, 2015Immunology
The inflammatory response is vital for fighting off infections, but too much inflammation can damage the body tissues an ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 26, 2015Immunology
Plants get infected with viruses just like what we do. Scientists recently discovered that a virus that infects the cowp ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 21, 2015Immunology
From Peter Parker’s fateful spider bite to Arthur pulling the sword from the stone at the beginning of his reign&m ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 18, 2015Immunology
The art of diagnosis will soon be fine-tuned; Stanford scientists identified a specific pattern of gene expression that ...Written By: Kara Marker
FEB 06, 2016
Immunology
Herpes simplex 1 virus, the microscopic pathogen notoriously remembered for its production of painful and unappealing co
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 05, 2016
Videos
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS? Symptoms include conjunctivitis, fever, joint pain, and rash. The illness is usually mild and las
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 02, 2016
Microbiology
University of Minnesota researchers found a new, more affordable way to treat HIV. The RNA-based drug 5-azacytidin
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 29, 2016
Immunology
Scientists are constantly trying to pinpoint the causation behind children who develop autism, often looking to genetics
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 29, 2016
Videos
Cancer is a devastating disease, even when it's caught early. Treatment can involve surgery, radiation or chemotherapy.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 27, 2016
Microbiology
People are talking about Zika virus, but they don’t have nice things to say. Zika virus was discovered in 1947 in
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Females are not the weaker sex when it comes to battling the flu virus, says a new study. Published in the American Jour
...
JAN 22, 2016
Cardiology
Dogs and humans alike can suffer from a rare bleeding disorder called factor VII deficiency, where lacking a vital coagu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 22, 2016
Videos
The hot new buzz word in cancer treatment is "immunotherapy." Researchers are looking at tumors as virus-based and are t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 21, 2016
Immunology
Influenza causes serious illness among millions of people each year, resulting in 250,000 to 500,000 deaths. Those most
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 20, 2016
Videos
Thinking of a winter escape to the South American tropics? If you're pregnant, the Center for Disease Control and Preven
...
JAN 19, 2016
Immunology
A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) shows how dangerous autoimmune responses, seen in
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
The next time you’re home sick with a massive cold or the flu, cuddle up with your dog or cat. It will cheer you u
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JAN 14, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A disease that causes blindness in both rats and humans could be prevented or reversed with a new genetic editing techno
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 05, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
There’s no rest for the weary, and that includes researchers looking for a definitive cure and treatment plan for
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 03, 2016
Health & Medicine
.body_content a{color: #175CA9;} .body_content a:hover{color: #1A4E75;text-decoration: underline;} .body_content{text-al
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JAN 02, 2016
Immunology
Polio is close to being eradicated, and once it is, scientists want to keep it that way. The live attenuated polio vacci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 31, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers are preparing for a post-polio world. Once polio is eradicated, the World Health Organization plans to
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 31, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease that’s prevalent in tropical locations like Latin America, Southeast Asia
...
DEC 31, 2015
Videos
Can you catch cancer? With the recent developments of immunotherapy for certain kinds of cancer, it would seem that perh
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 29, 2015
Immunology
The inflammatory response is vital for fighting off infections, but too much inflammation can damage the body tissues an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 26, 2015
Immunology
Plants get infected with viruses just like what we do. Scientists recently discovered that a virus that infects the cowp
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 21, 2015
Immunology
From Peter Parker’s fateful spider bite to Arthur pulling the sword from the stone at the beginning of his reign&m
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 18, 2015
Immunology
The art of diagnosis will soon be fine-tuned; Stanford scientists identified a specific pattern of gene expression that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker