On February 14, nursing students at MSU-B tried out a new virtual reality game, MedMicroMaps, created to help students understand microbiology in a fun and educational way.

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A new study says the flu A viral strain can adapt shape to stay infectious. Infectious disease doctors break down what this ...

New research at MSU uses light to reveal viruses’ unique vibrations, opening new doors for biological imaging and antiviral ...

A new strain of avian flu, H5N1, has spread to dairy cows and domestic cats in the U.S., with a dairy worker in Nevada ...

Very early exposure to even a very small dose of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in infant mice can lead to cognitive decline later in life, according to findings from a new Dartmouth-led study, in ...

Mosquitoes cause around a million deaths per year. So, scientists are coming up with genetic engineering techniques that ...

Building a gene editor took months. With CRISPR even high-schoolers can get hold of editing systems in the time it takes to order RNA sequences online and have them shipped by FedEx. In a short while ...

Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, archaea, fungi and protozoa. This discipline includes fundamental research on the biochemistry, physiology ...

Very early exposure to even a very small dose of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in infant mice can lead to cognitive decline later in life, according to findings from a new Dartmouth-led study, in ...

Since October, at least 29 million Americans have come down with the flu, which has led to around 370,000 hospitalizations ...