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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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NOV 10, 2015Microbiology
When day-dreaming about your microbiome, don’t forget the viruses! The “virome” doesn’t ge ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 04, 2015Immunology
Previously thought to create immunotolerance, scientists from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapo ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 28, 2015Health & Medicine
Flu season looms overhead, and it's more important than ever to get vaccinated. Every year the flu virus mutates, an ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 26, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the Central Michigan University College of Medici ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 20, 2015Immunology
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading infectious cause of birth defects, and until now scientists had no effective way of ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 16, 2015Microbiology
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Ebola (and it probably won’t be the last). Recently ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 07, 2015Microbiology
This year’s El Nino could bring a surge in Dengue fever cases. Researchers at the University of Florida, led ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 06, 2015Immunology
The Nova Scotia Health Authority in Canada is leading a hepatitis C study at the Prince Edward Island's (PEI) provin ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 05, 2015Neuroscience
Most people don’t realize that the genetic remnants of viruses from millions of years ago still reside in human DN ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 30, 2015Immunology
Currently in the United States, 13 percent of the 1.2 million people infected with HIV are unaware of their condition (A ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 29, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz want to make it easier to diagnose Ebola in the field, where few ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 28, 2015Immunology
Smallpox killed 30% of its victims and brutally scarred those who survived the infection. In 1980, the terribly infectio ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A modular system of proteins can detect a particular DNA sequence in a cell and then trigger a specific response, such a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
There are several risk factors that have been identified for breast cancer including age, reproductive history, hormones ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 14, 2015Health & Medicine
Last week, a giant virus was recovered from the permafrost in northeastern Russia by a French team lead by Dr. Jean ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a case still baffling to physicians, last summer, a 74-year-old woman from San Francisco’s Chinatown was admitt ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 11, 2015Health & Medicine
One Michigan-based company thinks algae may hold a cure for blindness. RetroSense Therapeutics will soon conduct a ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 11, 2015Health & Medicine
Ebola is a highly infectious, hemorrhagic disease that caused a huge outbreak last year, primarily in West Africa. ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 06, 2015Neuroscience
Just when it appeared that polio had been completely eradicated, the British Polio Fellowship has warned the globe of th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
For the first time a synthetic DNA vaccine can induce protective immunity against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ( ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 01, 2015Health & Medicine
Dengue fever is spread by the bite of a mosquito similarly to the way malaria is spread, but the Dengue mosquito, A ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 29, 2015Cancer
Viruses can be involved in the development of serious diseases. A case in point is liver cancer, which often develops in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 28, 2015Microbiology
As of 2012, roughly 35 million people were living with HIV worldwide, and 1.5 million died from AIDS-related illnesses i ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
The Arctic permafrost has been frozen for thousands of years (permanent frost). The frozen soil of this ancient ground c ...Written By: Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2015
Microbiology
When day-dreaming about your microbiome, don’t forget the viruses! The “virome” doesn’t ge
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 04, 2015
Immunology
Previously thought to create immunotolerance, scientists from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
Flu season looms overhead, and it's more important than ever to get vaccinated. Every year the flu virus mutates, an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 26, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the Central Michigan University College of Medici
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 20, 2015
Immunology
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading infectious cause of birth defects, and until now scientists had no effective way of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 16, 2015
Microbiology
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Ebola (and it probably won’t be the last). Recently
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 07, 2015
Microbiology
This year’s El Nino could bring a surge in Dengue fever cases. Researchers at the University of Florida, led
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 06, 2015
Immunology
The Nova Scotia Health Authority in Canada is leading a hepatitis C study at the Prince Edward Island's (PEI) provin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Most people don’t realize that the genetic remnants of viruses from millions of years ago still reside in human DN
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 30, 2015
Immunology
Currently in the United States, 13 percent of the 1.2 million people infected with HIV are unaware of their condition (A
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 29, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz want to make it easier to diagnose Ebola in the field, where few
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 28, 2015
Immunology
Smallpox killed 30% of its victims and brutally scarred those who survived the infection. In 1980, the terribly infectio
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A modular system of proteins can detect a particular DNA sequence in a cell and then trigger a specific response, such a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 16, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are several risk factors that have been identified for breast cancer including age, reproductive history, hormones
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 14, 2015
Health & Medicine
Last week, a giant virus was recovered from the permafrost in northeastern Russia by a French team lead by Dr. Jean
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 11, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a case still baffling to physicians, last summer, a 74-year-old woman from San Francisco’s Chinatown was admitt
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
One Michigan-based company thinks algae may hold a cure for blindness. RetroSense Therapeutics will soon conduct a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
Ebola is a highly infectious, hemorrhagic disease that caused a huge outbreak last year, primarily in West Africa.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Just when it appeared that polio had been completely eradicated, the British Polio Fellowship has warned the globe of th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 03, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time a synthetic DNA vaccine can induce protective immunity against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 01, 2015
Health & Medicine
Dengue fever is spread by the bite of a mosquito similarly to the way malaria is spread, but the Dengue mosquito, A
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2015
Cancer
Viruses can be involved in the development of serious diseases. A case in point is liver cancer, which often develops in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 28, 2015
Microbiology
As of 2012, roughly 35 million people were living with HIV worldwide, and 1.5 million died from AIDS-related illnesses i
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 28, 2015
Earth & The Environment
The Arctic permafrost has been frozen for thousands of years (permanent frost). The frozen soil of this ancient ground c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker