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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 23, 2015Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Videos
Scientists have created a new molecule they believe can prevent HIV from infecting cells by strengthening DNA through ge ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Immunology
Scientists have described a previously unknown insect-borne virus, following the death of a man in the Kansas county of ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 18, 2015Microbiology
Researchers have found a remarkable-and heretofore unseen-way in which viruses disperse between cells. Multiple poliovir ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJAN 21, 2015Cancer
This is the second article in a series. The first article, titled "New Year Brings Overhaul of CPT Test Codes for ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJAN 19, 2015Videos
A vaccine that's proven only mildly effective and an early start for the virus is making this flu season especially hars ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJAN 05, 2015Videos
What does the Ebola virus actually do in your body? Why is it so dangerous and why does it kill so many people? We take ...Written By: Robert WoodardDEC 29, 2014Videos
You can donate your computer or Android device's spare computing power to help scientists find the most promising drug l ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 01, 2014Microbiology
Timely surveillance warranted to help prevent "the Next Epidemic"
A family of viruses that can be deadly may ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 24, 2014Cancer
A protein linked to neurological disorders is also associated with head and neck cancer in people who are infected with ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 20, 2014Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 17, 2014Technology
PathSensors Inc. (www.PathSensors.com), a Baltimore-based biotechnology and environmental testing company, is developing ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 12, 2014Health & Medicine
To turn the tide, nearly two million children took part in a double-blind study for the polio vaccine
On the ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeOCT 22, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
How and how much living things are affected by nature vs. nurture has been an ongoing debate for many years. But, the wh ...Written By: Peter MicheliOCT 07, 2014Immunology
The case of the man who left Liberia and was diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas is confounding in every way, a cascade of Mu ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 22, 2014Immunology
Sixty percent of those infected in Africa die within eight days to three weeks after contracting the Ebola virus. But so ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 16, 2014Immunology
activity, it was able to target the mechanisms leading to the prevention of replication and modulation of the immune sys ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 15, 2014Videos
Eight states have confirmed cases of Enterovirus 68, says William Schaffner, MD, professor of preventative medicine at V ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 11, 2014Videos
Excellent animation clearly explains how this virus replicates.Written By: Robert WoodardSEP 08, 2014Videos
The NIH says animal trials using monkeys have shown an experimental vaccine can make recipients much less vulnerable to ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 08, 2014Microbiology
A massive global collaborative effort is under way to understand how the Ebola virus affects cells, why the virus is let ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAUG 21, 2014Microbiology
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters released a comprehensive disease profile on Ebola Viru ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
FEB 23, 2015
Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Videos
Scientists have created a new molecule they believe can prevent HIV from infecting cells by strengthening DNA through ge
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Immunology
Scientists have described a previously unknown insect-borne virus, following the death of a man in the Kansas county of
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 18, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers have found a remarkable-and heretofore unseen-way in which viruses disperse between cells. Multiple poliovir
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
JAN 21, 2015
Cancer
This is the second article in a series. The first article, titled "New Year Brings Overhaul of CPT Test Codes for ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
JAN 19, 2015
Videos
A vaccine that's proven only mildly effective and an early start for the virus is making this flu season especially hars
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
JAN 05, 2015
Videos
What does the Ebola virus actually do in your body? Why is it so dangerous and why does it kill so many people? We take
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
DEC 29, 2014
Videos
You can donate your computer or Android device's spare computing power to help scientists find the most promising drug l
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
DEC 01, 2014
Microbiology
Timely surveillance warranted to help prevent "the Next Epidemic"
A family of viruses that can be deadly may ...
A family of viruses that can be deadly may ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 24, 2014
Cancer
A protein linked to neurological disorders is also associated with head and neck cancer in people who are infected with
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 20, 2014
Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 17, 2014
Technology
PathSensors Inc. (www.PathSensors.com), a Baltimore-based biotechnology and environmental testing company, is developing
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 12, 2014
Health & Medicine
To turn the tide, nearly two million children took part in a double-blind study for the polio vaccine
On the ...
On the ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
OCT 22, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
How and how much living things are affected by nature vs. nurture has been an ongoing debate for many years. But, the wh
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
OCT 07, 2014
Immunology
The case of the man who left Liberia and was diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas is confounding in every way, a cascade of Mu
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 22, 2014
Immunology
Sixty percent of those infected in Africa die within eight days to three weeks after contracting the Ebola virus. But so
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 16, 2014
Immunology
activity, it was able to target the mechanisms leading to the prevention of replication and modulation of the immune sys
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 15, 2014
Videos
Eight states have confirmed cases of Enterovirus 68, says William Schaffner, MD, professor of preventative medicine at V
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 11, 2014
Videos
Excellent animation clearly explains how this virus replicates.
Written By:
Robert Woodard
SEP 08, 2014
Videos
The NIH says animal trials using monkeys have shown an experimental vaccine can make recipients much less vulnerable to
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 08, 2014
Microbiology
A massive global collaborative effort is under way to understand how the Ebola virus affects cells, why the virus is let
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
AUG 21, 2014
Microbiology
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters released a comprehensive disease profile on Ebola Viru
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider