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Antimicrobial: an agent that kills microorganisms or stops their growth.
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JUL 12, 2017Microbiology
The gut microbiome seems to always make the news, but what about the eye microbiome? Did you even know there was such a ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization recently reported on the alarming rise of “super gonorrhea” that can outmaneuv ...JUL 11, 2017Microbiology
Yogurt is more than an excellent source of protein, calcium, and gut-healthy probiotic bacteria. A protein isolated from ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioJUL 11, 2017Health & Medicine
Fighting fire with fire, scientists are harnessing the adaptability of helpful microbes to challenge the adapt ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioJUL 08, 2017Microbiology
Doctors and researchers have been sounding the alarm about drug-resistant gonorrhea, and it is spreading around the worl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2017Microbiology
Tooth decay doesn’t just affect adults, it also affects toddlers - a condition called early-childhood caries. Rese ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 02, 2017Microbiology
Metformin is a drug that helps people with type 2 diabetes control their blood glucose level, but nobody really knows ho ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 31, 2017Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioMAY 20, 2017Microbiology
Enterococci, so-called superbugs that plague hospitals, have been around since terrestrial life began.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2017Microbiology
Inflammatory bowel diseases - Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis - are caused by an inappropriate intestinal i ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 05, 2017Microbiology
In the constant struggle between humans and pathogens, researchers have developed paper-based plasma sanitizers. Plasma- ...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 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 06, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing an infection as bacterial or viral can be difficult, even for trained specialists. And while it may seem sens ...MAR 17, 2017Health & Medicine
The first human case of babesiosis was reported in 1957; until then it was thought of as a disease plaguing domes ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 14, 2017Microbiology
Phage therapy has hit newsstands once again! People who have cystic fibrosis and other chronic lung conditions su ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Even with the power of medicines like antimicrobials and preventative measures like vaccines, infectious diseases remain ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 05, 2017Microbiology
Alarm bells have been ringing all over the world about drug-resistant superbugs, which are expected to pose a huge threa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2017Microbiology
Researchers from Harvard Medical School have reported on the results of a large-scale search for immunomodulatory organi ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 22, 2017Microbiology
As if Komodo dragons weren’t cool enough, a new study reports that these guys have antimicrobial proteins in their ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 10, 2017Microbiology
MRSA, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is a dangerous type of staph bacteria that can be a serious threat to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A new antibiotic, teixobactin, was identified a few years ago. It can kill bacteria and has not been shown resistance by ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2017Microbiology
Can insects get infected with bacteria? Sure they can, but it doesn’t happen all that often. That fact spar ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 07, 2017Microbiology
The antibacterial properties of heavy metals have been appreciated for some time, but how the heck do they work? This so ...Written By: Kerry Evans
JUL 12, 2017
Microbiology
The gut microbiome seems to always make the news, but what about the eye microbiome? Did you even know there was such a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization recently reported on the alarming rise of “super gonorrhea” that can outmaneuv
...
JUL 11, 2017
Microbiology
Yogurt is more than an excellent source of protein, calcium, and gut-healthy probiotic bacteria. A protein isolated from
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
JUL 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
Fighting fire with fire, scientists are harnessing the adaptability of helpful microbes to challenge the adapt
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
JUL 08, 2017
Microbiology
Doctors and researchers have been sounding the alarm about drug-resistant gonorrhea, and it is spreading around the worl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2017
Microbiology
Tooth decay doesn’t just affect adults, it also affects toddlers - a condition called early-childhood caries. Rese
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 02, 2017
Microbiology
Metformin is a drug that helps people with type 2 diabetes control their blood glucose level, but nobody really knows ho
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 31, 2017
Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
MAY 20, 2017
Microbiology
Enterococci, so-called superbugs that plague hospitals, have been around since terrestrial life began.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2017
Microbiology
Inflammatory bowel diseases - Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis - are caused by an inappropriate intestinal i
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 05, 2017
Microbiology
In the constant struggle between humans and pathogens, researchers have developed paper-based plasma sanitizers. Plasma-
...
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 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 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
...
MAR 17, 2017
Health & Medicine
The first human case of babesiosis was reported in 1957; until then it was thought of as a disease plaguing domes
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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
MAR 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Even with the power of medicines like antimicrobials and preventative measures like vaccines, infectious diseases remain
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2017
Microbiology
Alarm bells have been ringing all over the world about drug-resistant superbugs, which are expected to pose a huge threa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers from Harvard Medical School have reported on the results of a large-scale search for immunomodulatory organi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 22, 2017
Microbiology
As if Komodo dragons weren’t cool enough, a new study reports that these guys have antimicrobial proteins in their
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 10, 2017
Microbiology
MRSA, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is a dangerous type of staph bacteria that can be a serious threat to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new antibiotic, teixobactin, was identified a few years ago. It can kill bacteria and has not been shown resistance by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2017
Microbiology
Can insects get infected with bacteria? Sure they can, but it doesn’t happen all that often. That fact spar
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 07, 2017
Microbiology
The antibacterial properties of heavy metals have been appreciated for some time, but how the heck do they work? This so
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans