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Bacteria: is a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.
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AUG 04, 2016Microbiology
It’s long been thought that in bacterial evolution, mutations are transmitted to future generations in a predictab ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2016Microbiology
Hospital acquired infections are a serious public health concern. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CD ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2016Microbiology
The Olympic Games are underway in Rio, and Guanabara Bay is host to the sailing events. What’s lurking in those wa ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 02, 2016Immunology
The immune system is usually equipped to handle most bacterial infections, but certain cases of severe infection can lea ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 02, 2016Microbiology
Commensal bacteria, the normal flora in the digestive tract, have a multitude of functions and are critical to health. O ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 1, 2016 – A new international collaboration involving scientists at The Scripps Resear ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Much like the bacteria that build plaque in your teeth, bacteria can colonize medical implants as slimy films that cause ...JUL 31, 2016Microbiology
A breast microbiome? Wait, really? Evidently, it’s a real thing. Evidently, I’m also late to the party - ini ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 31, 2016Microbiology
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have elucidated the process that acti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2016Health & Medicine
A new study of over ten thousand heart surgery patients led to the collection of 17 patient characteristics that scienti ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 28, 2016Immunology
A molecule involved in boosting the immune response in cases of cancer has now been associated with bacterial pneumonia ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 28, 2016Microbiology
Researchers studying the bacterium Staphylococcus lugdunensis in its natural environment have stumbled onto an amazing d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2016Neuroscience
What’s the old expression, the way to a person’s heart is through the stomach? That might work when it&rsquo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 27, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Duke Health and Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School have reported in the journal Imm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2016Microbiology
Researchers have unveiled details about the last universal common ancestor to all life on Earth, with the acronym LUCA. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2016Videos
Despite the most adamant testament to the contrary, we all smell (though some more pungent than others). Body odor is si ...JUL 27, 2016Videos
With the Summer Olympic games not quite two weeks away, concerns about pollution in Rio are taking center stage. Many of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 26, 2016Infographics
Industrial and small scale pollution has had a negative impact on the biodiversity in ecosystems and public health for c ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJUL 25, 2016Microbiology
A new study published in Science has shown that the bacteria in our guts has been with us a long time, and coevolved alo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos ...JUL 21, 2016Microbiology
Algae blooms occur because of run-off. When nutrients and fertilizers flood waterways, it creates ripe conditions for al ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Wouldn’t it be nice if brain surgeons had a window to your brain? Well, scientists at the University of California ...JUL 20, 2016Microbiology
As you can see in the video below, doctors and scientists have been intrigued by the effect gastric bypass surgery has o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2016Immunology
Whether it’s via juice, sauce, or raw fruit, consuming cranberries is one of the best ways to achieve the trifecta ...Written By: Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2016
Microbiology
It’s long been thought that in bacterial evolution, mutations are transmitted to future generations in a predictab
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2016
Microbiology
Hospital acquired infections are a serious public health concern. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CD
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2016
Microbiology
The Olympic Games are underway in Rio, and Guanabara Bay is host to the sailing events. What’s lurking in those wa
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 02, 2016
Immunology
The immune system is usually equipped to handle most bacterial infections, but certain cases of severe infection can lea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 02, 2016
Microbiology
Commensal bacteria, the normal flora in the digestive tract, have a multitude of functions and are critical to health. O
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 1, 2016 – A new international collaboration involving scientists at The Scripps Resear
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Much like the bacteria that build plaque in your teeth, bacteria can colonize medical implants as slimy films that cause
...
JUL 31, 2016
Microbiology
A breast microbiome? Wait, really? Evidently, it’s a real thing. Evidently, I’m also late to the party - ini
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 31, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have elucidated the process that acti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
A new study of over ten thousand heart surgery patients led to the collection of 17 patient characteristics that scienti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 28, 2016
Immunology
A molecule involved in boosting the immune response in cases of cancer has now been associated with bacterial pneumonia
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 28, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers studying the bacterium Staphylococcus lugdunensis in its natural environment have stumbled onto an amazing d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2016
Neuroscience
What’s the old expression, the way to a person’s heart is through the stomach? That might work when it&rsquo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 27, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Duke Health and Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School have reported in the journal Imm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers have unveiled details about the last universal common ancestor to all life on Earth, with the acronym LUCA.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2016
Videos
Despite the most adamant testament to the contrary, we all smell (though some more pungent than others). Body odor is si
...
JUL 27, 2016
Videos
With the Summer Olympic games not quite two weeks away, concerns about pollution in Rio are taking center stage. Many of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 26, 2016
Infographics
Industrial and small scale pollution has had a negative impact on the biodiversity in ecosystems and public health for c
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JUL 25, 2016
Microbiology
A new study published in Science has shown that the bacteria in our guts has been with us a long time, and coevolved alo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos
...
JUL 21, 2016
Microbiology
Algae blooms occur because of run-off. When nutrients and fertilizers flood waterways, it creates ripe conditions for al
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Wouldn’t it be nice if brain surgeons had a window to your brain? Well, scientists at the University of California
...
JUL 20, 2016
Microbiology
As you can see in the video below, doctors and scientists have been intrigued by the effect gastric bypass surgery has o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2016
Immunology
Whether it’s via juice, sauce, or raw fruit, consuming cranberries is one of the best ways to achieve the trifecta
...
Written By:
Kara Marker