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August 7, 2020

By: List Labs

  What is Coronavirus (COVID-19)? Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a disease caused by a virus (SARS-CoV-2) that can trigger what doctors call a respiratory tract infection, and is transmitted from person-to-person. What are the Symptoms of Coronavirus (COVID-19)? Coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms can range from mild to severe. Though, elderly people and people with underlying health conditions […]

April 9, 2018

By: douano@listlabs.com

By: Stacy Burns-Guydish, Ph.D., Senior Director, Production The terms “Microbiome” and “live biotherapeutics” have been repeated frequently in the last few years in scientific circles. Researchers are understanding more and more about the various microbiomes in the human body and how they affect our overall health. From this research, microorganisms have been identified that may […]

December 15, 2014

By: douano@listlabs.com

By: Karen Crawford, Ph.D. President, List Biological Laboratories, Inc.   Many bacterial products are potent immune system activators, helping our bodies identify and defend against microbial invasions.  The innate immune system or non-specific immune system is found in animals as well as in plants, fungi and insects and is employed when pathogens break through the […]

December 8, 2014

By: List Labs

By: Suzanne Canada, Ph.D. Tanager Medical Writing   An ongoing barrage of information and mis-information has been dispersed through various media about the dangers of toxins in our environment.  Although everyone agrees that you certainly should avoid ingesting, inhaling, or absorbing toxins into your body; your body has natural ways of removing toxins. Some new […]

September 30, 2014

By: douano@listlabs.com

Adenylate cyclase toxin-hemolysin (ACT, AC-Hly, or CyaA) is an important virulence factor for Bordetella pertussis.  Adenylate cyclase toxin is a large (178 kDa), 1,706-residue-long, toxin consisting of an amino-terminal adenylate cyclase (AC) domain of 400 residues and a repeat toxin (RTX) moiety of 1,306 residues.  Sequences within the RTX domain are responsible for target binding, pore-formation […]