Tag: virus

Adenoviruses are nonenveloped (without an outer lipid bilayer) icosahedral viruses, characterized by a particular large size compared to other types ...

The world bee population is at its greatest trial in years, as thousands of bee populations die off each year. ...

The Ebola virus has been the subject of numerous panic inducing books and movies, portraying it as a devastating killer, ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a nasty fellow; it can be responsible for a variety of diseases, and it's pretty resistant to ...

Five years ago, an outbreak of a mysterious and deadly disease in central China first started alarming local authorities when ...

With each passing year, science is becoming more and more visual,  and the pictures we get to see are more ...

That's right people, all the life on this beautiful planet (yep, that includes you) could descend from alien zombies. Well, ...

Scientists working for the UN reported today that they have erradicated the Rinderpest virus, a virus that is deadly for ...

For years and years (good) doctors have warned about the dangers of taking antibiotics too lightly, which generally causes 'bugs' ...

The koala population has been going down for quite some while now, mostly due to habitat loss and the lack ...

Despite the fact that some researchers claim the swine flu is already declining, we are still on the verge of ...

Photo by out of rhythm A recent study has shown one of the world's most dangerous viruses, the human immunodeficiency ...

    Viruses are sub-microscopic infectious agents that need other cells in order to reproduce. In fact, some scientists claim ...