All fields of study have their own language. For people interested in learning about microbes, the language can sometimes be downright difficult — but it doesn't need to be. From antibiotics to xerophiles, we have you covered in an easy-to-understand glossary.
Streptococcus and staphylococcus bacteria produce toxins that can cause toxic shock syndrome.
The body's usual response to a bacterial infection in the blood — called sepsis — takes time. It requires a carefully orchestrated sequence of events that gets the body's immune system ramped up to deal with the invading bacteria.
The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is dropping in the US, but the World Health Organization (WHO) considers it to be epidemic in the rest of the world — there were over 10 million new cases in 2016.
Malaria is a massive worldwide health problem. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 212 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide in 2015 and 429,000 of the infected people died.
The immune system is not as simple as you might think. Simply, it's formed of two main groups of cells:
The immune system is not as simple as you might think. Simply, it's formed of two main groups of cells:
Check out this educational science video tutorial to learn the steps to properly culture myeloid dendritic cells from bone marrow precursors.