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Antibiotics
Antibiotics: is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria and is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections. Antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and prevention of such infections. They may either kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria.
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APR 26, 2017Health & Medicine
The ability of one microbe to adapt is giving it a whole new career as a sexually transmitted disease. Usually content w ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioAPR 24, 2017Health & Medicine
Scientists have created a 3D image of a molecular structure that many different bacteria use to pump toxins into humans ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 24, 2017Health & Medicine
Gut bacteria could influence whether or not babies survive infections of the digestive system, new research with mice su ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 22, 2017Immunology
It seems humans share a common enemy with some viruses: bacteria. Viruses invade bacterial cells with generally the same ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 22, 2017Microbiology
In the developing world, mold often contaminates foods. Researchers have found it to be the source of a potent carcinoge ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have collected enough evidence to know that the community of microbes that resides in out gastrointestinal t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2017Videos
Honey isn't only the sweetest snack ever, it also has quite the reputation as a anti-bacterial agent. In fact, people us ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 19, 2017Microbiology
Secretory IgA molecules are the antibodies that help protect our intestines from pathogens. Researchers from ETH Zurich ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 16, 2017Videos
Antimicrobial resistance is not only a growing health threat, it's already a huge problem; it just doesn't get much atte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 14, 2017Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Maryland figured out why some Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections become invasive, while o ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 13, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
As the world’s largest living, lizard, Komodo dragons are by nature already wicked cool creatures. And yet, if pos ...APR 13, 2017Cancer
The onset of colon cancer may be tied to antibiotic use, reported scientists. The importance of the microbiome has only ...APR 09, 2017Microbiology
Acne is a common skin problem and the causes are not understood, but researchers are gaining insight into how bacteria i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing an infection as bacterial or viral can be difficult, even for trained specialists. And while it may seem sens ...APR 02, 2017Microbiology
In order to map one of the world’s largest viruses, scientists took a DIY approach to build a retrofitted cryo-ele ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 02, 2017Immunology
Humans have iron in their blood just like hundreds of other organisms; iron is an essential component in many proteins, ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 31, 2017Microbiology
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are painful and unfortunately quite common; half of all women get a UTI eventually, a qu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people have an irrational fear of having bugs crawling under their skin. However, for one woman, her worst fears we ...MAR 28, 2017Microbiology
For many years, scientists have known about Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus (BV), a special bacterium that can kill other mic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2017Microbiology
Heliobacter pylori is known to be a human pathogen; it can thrive in the acidic environment of the stomach and cause ulc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2017Microbiology
Last week, I shared a story about how antibiotics are affecting honeybees. Honeybees are susceptible to a bacterial infe ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 19, 2017Microbiology
It can be incredibly challenging to give a patient the proper treatment when they are infected by an antibiotic-resistan ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2017Microbiology
Antibiotics are bad for bees! Most of us think of antibiotics as good things - drugs that help treat infections a ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 14, 2017Microbiology
Phage therapy has hit newsstands once again! People who have cystic fibrosis and other chronic lung conditions su ...Written By: Kerry Evans
APR 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
The ability of one microbe to adapt is giving it a whole new career as a sexually transmitted disease. Usually content w
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
APR 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
Scientists have created a 3D image of a molecular structure that many different bacteria use to pump toxins into humans
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
Gut bacteria could influence whether or not babies survive infections of the digestive system, new research with mice su
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 22, 2017
Immunology
It seems humans share a common enemy with some viruses: bacteria. Viruses invade bacterial cells with generally the same
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 22, 2017
Microbiology
In the developing world, mold often contaminates foods. Researchers have found it to be the source of a potent carcinoge
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have collected enough evidence to know that the community of microbes that resides in out gastrointestinal t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2017
Videos
Honey isn't only the sweetest snack ever, it also has quite the reputation as a anti-bacterial agent. In fact, people us
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 19, 2017
Microbiology
Secretory IgA molecules are the antibodies that help protect our intestines from pathogens. Researchers from ETH Zurich
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 16, 2017
Videos
Antimicrobial resistance is not only a growing health threat, it's already a huge problem; it just doesn't get much atte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 14, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Maryland figured out why some Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections become invasive, while o
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 13, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
As the world’s largest living, lizard, Komodo dragons are by nature already wicked cool creatures. And yet, if pos
...
APR 13, 2017
Cancer
The onset of colon cancer may be tied to antibiotic use, reported scientists. The importance of the microbiome has only
...
APR 09, 2017
Microbiology
Acne is a common skin problem and the causes are not understood, but researchers are gaining insight into how bacteria i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing an infection as bacterial or viral can be difficult, even for trained specialists. And while it may seem sens
...
APR 02, 2017
Microbiology
In order to map one of the world’s largest viruses, scientists took a DIY approach to build a retrofitted cryo-ele
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 02, 2017
Immunology
Humans have iron in their blood just like hundreds of other organisms; iron is an essential component in many proteins,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 31, 2017
Microbiology
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are painful and unfortunately quite common; half of all women get a UTI eventually, a qu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people have an irrational fear of having bugs crawling under their skin. However, for one woman, her worst fears we
...
MAR 28, 2017
Microbiology
For many years, scientists have known about Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus (BV), a special bacterium that can kill other mic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2017
Microbiology
Heliobacter pylori is known to be a human pathogen; it can thrive in the acidic environment of the stomach and cause ulc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2017
Microbiology
Last week, I shared a story about how antibiotics are affecting honeybees. Honeybees are susceptible to a bacterial infe
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 19, 2017
Microbiology
It can be incredibly challenging to give a patient the proper treatment when they are infected by an antibiotic-resistan
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2017
Microbiology
Antibiotics are bad for bees! Most of us think of antibiotics as good things - drugs that help treat infections a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 14, 2017
Microbiology
Phage therapy has hit newsstands once again! People who have cystic fibrosis and other chronic lung conditions su
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans