Cancer | Understanding and definition of Cancer

CANCER Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth, invasion that intrudes upon and destroys a...

Leukemia | Understanding and definition of Leukemia | Causes and prevention Leukemia

Leukemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of white blood cells. Leukemia is a broad ter...

Salmonella | Understanding and definition of Salmonella | The first person found Salmonella

Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, predominantly motile enterobacteria with diameters around 0.7 to 1.5 ...

Ovarian cancer | Understanding and definition of Ovarian cancer | Causes and prevention Ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer is a cancerous growth arising from different parts of the ovary. Most (>90%) ovarian cancers are classified as "epit...

Melanoma | Understanding and Definition of Melanoma | Early signs of melanoma

Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes. Melanocytes are cells that produce the dark pigment, melanin, which is responsible for the col...

E. coli | Escherichia coli | Understanding and definition of E.coli

Escherichia coli is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms (endotherm...

Understanding and Definitions EHV-1

The Texas Animal Health Commission has been inundated with calls on the neurological equine herpes virus, ranging from people wanting to kno...

Malaria | Understanding and the definition Malaria | Prevention and treatment of Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. It is widespread in tropical...

AIDS | Understanding and definition of AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human...

Cholera | Understanding and definition of Cholera | The symptoms of cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are profuse watery diarrhe...