--- title: Boca Biolistics Blog (4) description: (4) --- [![boca_biolisitcs_logo_New-1](https://blog.bocabio.com/hs-fs/hubfs/boca_biolisitcs_logo_New-1.png?width=500&name=boca_biolisitcs_logo_New-1.png "boca_biolisitcs_logo_New-1")](https://www.bocabio.com/) ![Fiber_3](https://blog.bocabio.com/hubfs/2022/Fiber_3.png) # BOCA BIOLISTICS BLOG [![](https://blog.bocabio.com/hubfs/iStock-1206311080.jpg)](https://blog.bocabio.com/tick-borne-diseases) [Infectious Disease Research](https://blog.bocabio.com/topic/infectious-disease-research) [Lyme Disease](https://blog.bocabio.com/topic/lyme-disease) [Tick-Borne Diseases](https://blog.bocabio.com/topic/tick-borne-diseases) ## [Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases: Infectious Disease Research](https://blog.bocabio.com/tick-borne-diseases) by [Boca Biolistics](https://blog.bocabio.com/author/boca-biolistics) / May 6, 2020 Summer comes with a lot of joy: warm days, hiking and swimming, backyard family barbecues, and so much more. However, the season also brings a few inconveniences and dangers, including ticks.  [![Doctor holding up needle with the word Malaria written on it](https://blog.bocabio.com/hubfs/malaria.jpg)](https://blog.bocabio.com/malaria-prevalence-epidemiology) [Infectious Disease Research](https://blog.bocabio.com/topic/infectious-disease-research) [Malaria](https://blog.bocabio.com/topic/malaria) ## [Malaria: Prevalence, Epidemiology and Emerging Treatments](https://blog.bocabio.com/malaria-prevalence-epidemiology) by [Boca Biolistics](https://blog.bocabio.com/author/boca-biolistics) / April 15, 2020 Malaria is an infectious disease that can be life-threatening if left untreated. Because it is an infectious disease, once agents enter the body, they grow and multiply. The disease is often transmitted when an infected*Anopheles*mosquito bites a host. Infected mosquitoes can carry*Plasmodium...* [![colorectal cancer image, tumor in colon 3D image](https://blog.bocabio.com/hubfs/colerectal%20cancer-1.jpg)](https://blog.bocabio.com/colorectal-cancer-and-msi) [Colorectal Cancer](https://blog.bocabio.com/topic/colorectal-cancer) [MSI](https://blog.bocabio.com/topic/msi) ## [Colorectal Cancer and MSI](https://blog.bocabio.com/colorectal-cancer-and-msi) by [Boca Biolistics](https://blog.bocabio.com/author/boca-biolistics) / March 10, 2020 March is colorectal cancer awareness month. Colorectal cancer is the [third most common cancer](https://www.webmd.com/colorectal-cancer/features/advances-in-colorectal-cancer#1) in the U.S. and is often lethal. There is as yet no magic cure for colorectal cancer, but there are a number of advances being made in both treatments and screening. [![Abstract luminous DNA molecule. Doctor using tablet and check with analysis chromosome DNA genetic of human on virtual interface. Medicine. Medical science and biotechnology and data analytics concept](https://blog.bocabio.com/hubfs/data%20medicine.jpg)](https://blog.bocabio.com/data-analytics-and-how-life-sciences-research-uses-it) [Data](https://blog.bocabio.com/topic/data) [Analytics](https://blog.bocabio.com/topic/analytics) ## [Data Analytics and Its Importance to Life Sciences Research](https://blog.bocabio.com/data-analytics-and-how-life-sciences-research-uses-it) by [Boca Biolistics](https://blog.bocabio.com/author/boca-biolistics) / February 6, 2020 Our modern world runs on data. Sometimes, it might seem like it runs on it too much. In the life sciences, the gathering of large quantities of data, combined with [major advances in data analytics,](https://www.bocabio.com/data-analytics) has much promise for improving care and outcomes, but also potential flaws. 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