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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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JAN 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 MarkerDEC 15, 2015Immunology
A specific group of antibodies are nurtured by the immune system to fight HIV. This process naturally occurs in the pres ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 08, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have deployed a powerful new drug discovery technique to identify ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 06, 2015Microbiology
New research from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that herpesviruses might play a role in neurological disorders ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 03, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Human papilloma virus (HPV) is a group of 150 different types of related viruses which are known to cause warts, also ca ...Written By: Sarah HertrichDEC 01, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Truvuda, also known as PrEP, is a little blue pill that is the only FDA approved drug for prophylactic prevention agains ...NOV 29, 2015Microbiology
A study conducted by NPR and Truven Health Analytics found that most Americans don’t think they need the flu vacci ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 28, 2015Videos
Charlie Sheen, 50, recently divulged on national television that he is HIV positive. Along with personal recounts of his ...NOV 28, 2015Health & Medicine
A group of German and Israeli scientists have successfully grown human liver cells in the laboratory that did not lose t ...Written By: Julianne Chiaet
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
DEC 15, 2015
Immunology
A specific group of antibodies are nurtured by the immune system to fight HIV. This process naturally occurs in the pres
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 08, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have deployed a powerful new drug discovery technique to identify
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 06, 2015
Microbiology
New research from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that herpesviruses might play a role in neurological disorders
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 03, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Human papilloma virus (HPV) is a group of 150 different types of related viruses which are known to cause warts, also ca
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
DEC 01, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Truvuda, also known as PrEP, is a little blue pill that is the only FDA approved drug for prophylactic prevention agains
...
NOV 29, 2015
Microbiology
A study conducted by NPR and Truven Health Analytics found that most Americans don’t think they need the flu vacci
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 28, 2015
Videos
Charlie Sheen, 50, recently divulged on national television that he is HIV positive. Along with personal recounts of his
...
NOV 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
A group of German and Israeli scientists have successfully grown human liver cells in the laboratory that did not lose t
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet