Plum pox is a devastating viral disease that threatens Niagara’s stone fruit industry. The disease is caused by the plum pox virus (PPV) of the genus Potyvirus. Plants that are susceptible to PPV…
One of the most lethal cancers globally is colorectal cancer (CRC). Worldwide, it is ranked as the third most common cause of cancer-related death in men and women.
CRC is defined as a…
Don't look now, but you're outnumbered by a factor of more than 10 to 1. You might not know it, but your body is basically an apartment building for a wide variety of microbes. Your skin,…
In recent times, microbiome studies have rapidly increased in popularity, ranging in application from cancer to weight loss.
While many human gut microbiome studies focus on genetic…
Did you know that Infections caused by bacteria remain one of the leading causes of death in lower-middle-income countries?1
In fact, one of the deadliest diseases is caused by a pathogen called…
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer of the blood that develops in the plasma cells in bone marrow. Plasma cells assist the immune system by producing antibody proteins as a response to bacterial…
Exosomes are a relatively recent discovery in medical history, having only been discovered independently in 1983. Six years before their discovery, extracellular vesicles (EVs), the overarching group…
Often, forensic investigators arrive at a crime scene after things have been sitting for a while.
This usually means not only an increase in the "ew, gross" factor but also an…
When the average person says the words "heavy metal", they're probably referring to the genre of music with massive pyrotechnics, loud drums, and vocals that sound like a bag of…
