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Antimicrobial: an agent that kills microorganisms or stops their growth.
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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 EvansDEC 07, 2016Microbiology
Nobody likes going to the dentist, but most of us do it anyway. Why? Because regular dental care helps prevent thi ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 06, 2016Microbiology
An antibiotic resistance gene that was known to be present in animals on farms in Europe and Asia has now been found in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are becoming more common, and researchers have now discovered minute levels of resistant m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2016Microbiology
Rising antibiotic resistance is considered a major public health threat; one that the United Nations has taken notice of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
New antibiotics against superbugs could be coming from a very unlikely source, say scientists. As it turns out, the ques ...OCT 25, 2016Microbiology
A cranberry a day keeps the doctor away. McGill University researchers found that cranberry extract helped slow the spre ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 12, 2016Health & Medicine
The adaptive bacterial immune system known as CRISPR has taken biomedicine by storm in the years following its discovery ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Honey is one of the most ancient medicinal agents, dating back at least to the Egyptians who used honey to dress wounds. ...SEP 23, 2016Microbiology
Albufera Lake in Valencia, Spain is a lagoon that set the stage for a recent study analyzing the ability of moths to tol ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at MIT have created a new device that allows for the measurement of the growth rate of many individual cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced earlier this month that they would be banning 19 antimicrobial chemical ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 17, 2016Microbiology
It is estimated that, in Germany, 15,000 people die from hospital-acquired “superbug” infections each year. ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 16, 2016Immunology
Your stomach growls and you think, “it’s telling me that it’s time for lunch.” However, it&rsquo ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 17, 2016Microbiology
Researchers can stimulate fungi to produce antimicrobial compounds, and in doing so they have detected a novel one. The ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
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
DEC 07, 2016
Microbiology
Nobody likes going to the dentist, but most of us do it anyway. Why? Because regular dental care helps prevent thi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 06, 2016
Microbiology
An antibiotic resistance gene that was known to be present in animals on farms in Europe and Asia has now been found in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are becoming more common, and researchers have now discovered minute levels of resistant m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2016
Microbiology
Rising antibiotic resistance is considered a major public health threat; one that the United Nations has taken notice of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
New antibiotics against superbugs could be coming from a very unlikely source, say scientists. As it turns out, the ques
...
OCT 25, 2016
Microbiology
A cranberry a day keeps the doctor away. McGill University researchers found that cranberry extract helped slow the spre
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
The adaptive bacterial immune system known as CRISPR has taken biomedicine by storm in the years following its discovery
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Honey is one of the most ancient medicinal agents, dating back at least to the Egyptians who used honey to dress wounds.
...
SEP 23, 2016
Microbiology
Albufera Lake in Valencia, Spain is a lagoon that set the stage for a recent study analyzing the ability of moths to tol
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at MIT have created a new device that allows for the measurement of the growth rate of many individual cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced earlier this month that they would be banning 19 antimicrobial chemical
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 17, 2016
Microbiology
It is estimated that, in Germany, 15,000 people die from hospital-acquired “superbug” infections each year.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 16, 2016
Immunology
Your stomach growls and you think, “it’s telling me that it’s time for lunch.” However, it&rsquo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 17, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers can stimulate fungi to produce antimicrobial compounds, and in doing so they have detected a novel one. The
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch