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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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OCT 25, 2023Microbiology
The human gut microbiome has a crucial connection to our health and well-being, but it is a complex entity made up of ma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2023Neuroscience
Eating a Mediterranean diet may increase levels of certain gut bacteria that are linked to fewer PTSD symptoms. The corr ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 20, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
The human gut microbiome affects our health and well-being, and the microbiomes of expectant mothers has been shown to a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
The trillions of microbes in the human gut microbiome have very close connections to our health. While gastrointestinal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2023Technology
A team of researchers at the University of Washington have designed a novel (and unique!) way to collect saliva samples ...Written By: Ryan VingumOCT 18, 2023Microbiology
People have been eating bread for at least 14,000 years, and for most of human history, that bread was made with a sourd ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 16, 2023Genetics & Genomics
There are many health problems that can be traced back to errors in the genetic code. There are also many potential bene ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 13, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Sometimes, a cell just has to die; this might be because it becomes dysfunctional, worn out, or malignant. Other times, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 13, 2023Microbiology
There is so much we don't know about microbes, even while these organisms are the most numerous on the planet. A rec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 09, 2023Cancer
Radiotherapy (also called radiation therapy), a commonly used cancer treatment that uses high-energy radiation, can effe ...Written By: Katie KokolusOCT 06, 2023Genetics & Genomics
While testing a new way to sequence genes, researchers stumbled upon a very rare divergence in the genetic code, which t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 02, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
The human gut microbiome is known to have a significant influence on many aspect of our health. Usually, when people thi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 02, 2023Microbiology
Kids are told to scrub behind their ears and between their toes, and for good reason. New research has investigated the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2023Health & Medicine
Surge in allergic disorders unexplained by the hygiene hypothesis, challenging assumptions about early-life microbial ex ...Written By: Amielle MorenoSEP 29, 2023Microbiology
As the COVID-19 pandemic illustrated, pathogens that move in airborne particles can be a serious threat to human health. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Communications examines how biological particles like bacteria, spores, and pollen pl ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 26, 2023Microbiology
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) include Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, in which the gastrointestinal tra ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Hospitals are supposed to help sick people get healthy, but unfortunately, many hospitalized patients become sick with i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 19, 2023Microbiology
We share our world, and our bodies, with microbes. Researchers have been learning a lot more about how specific species ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have engineered a beneficial microbe that can detect inflammatory boel disease. Inflammatory bowel dis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Ecography examines how climate change could impact how birds and bats could become more prev ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 11, 2023Microbiology
There are some bacteria that researchers are very familiar with. Some of them are common environmental microbes with str ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2023Microbiology
Introduction Mycoplasma contamination is prevalent in cell culture labs: in one study, researchers identified mycoplasma ...SEP 08, 2023Microbiology
The Amazon rainforest has been through periods of serious drought in recent years, some of which have been accompanied b ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2023
Microbiology
The human gut microbiome has a crucial connection to our health and well-being, but it is a complex entity made up of ma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2023
Neuroscience
Eating a Mediterranean diet may increase levels of certain gut bacteria that are linked to fewer PTSD symptoms. The corr
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 20, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human gut microbiome affects our health and well-being, and the microbiomes of expectant mothers has been shown to a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
The trillions of microbes in the human gut microbiome have very close connections to our health. While gastrointestinal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2023
Technology
A team of researchers at the University of Washington have designed a novel (and unique!) way to collect saliva samples
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
OCT 18, 2023
Microbiology
People have been eating bread for at least 14,000 years, and for most of human history, that bread was made with a sourd
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 16, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
There are many health problems that can be traced back to errors in the genetic code. There are also many potential bene
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sometimes, a cell just has to die; this might be because it becomes dysfunctional, worn out, or malignant. Other times,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2023
Microbiology
There is so much we don't know about microbes, even while these organisms are the most numerous on the planet. A rec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2023
Cancer
Radiotherapy (also called radiation therapy), a commonly used cancer treatment that uses high-energy radiation, can effe
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
OCT 06, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
While testing a new way to sequence genes, researchers stumbled upon a very rare divergence in the genetic code, which t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 02, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human gut microbiome is known to have a significant influence on many aspect of our health. Usually, when people thi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 02, 2023
Microbiology
Kids are told to scrub behind their ears and between their toes, and for good reason. New research has investigated the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2023
Health & Medicine
Surge in allergic disorders unexplained by the hygiene hypothesis, challenging assumptions about early-life microbial ex
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
SEP 29, 2023
Microbiology
As the COVID-19 pandemic illustrated, pathogens that move in airborne particles can be a serious threat to human health.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Communications examines how biological particles like bacteria, spores, and pollen pl
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 26, 2023
Microbiology
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) include Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, in which the gastrointestinal tra
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Hospitals are supposed to help sick people get healthy, but unfortunately, many hospitalized patients become sick with i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2023
Microbiology
We share our world, and our bodies, with microbes. Researchers have been learning a lot more about how specific species
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have engineered a beneficial microbe that can detect inflammatory boel disease. Inflammatory bowel dis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Ecography examines how climate change could impact how birds and bats could become more prev
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 11, 2023
Microbiology
There are some bacteria that researchers are very familiar with. Some of them are common environmental microbes with str
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2023
Microbiology
Introduction Mycoplasma contamination is prevalent in cell culture labs: in one study, researchers identified mycoplasma
...
SEP 08, 2023
Microbiology
The Amazon rainforest has been through periods of serious drought in recent years, some of which have been accompanied b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch