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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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NOV 20, 2020Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant microbes are considered to be a major public health threat. The overuse of antibiotics is thought t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2020Cancer
Research from Tokyo University of Science investigators highlights new accomplishments in the fight against cancer. The ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 19, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Sour beer isn't for everyone: its unique taste of acidity and tartness could excite some but turn off others. ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 18, 2020Health & Medicine
New research presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene warns that climate ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 18, 2020Genetics & Genomics
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the number of workflows that are available for NGS. How do you choose? While ...Sponsored By: Roche DiagnosticsNOV 16, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Metformin is a frequently prescribed type 2 diabetes treatment but its effects can vary significantly. In some patients ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from the University of Geneva in Switzerland have confirmed the link between an imbalance of gut bacteria an ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 14, 2020Microbiology
Some viruses only infect bacteria; they care called bacteriophages or phages for short. As antibiotic-resistant bacteria ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have shown that bacteria can increase space mining efficiency b ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 10, 2020Microbiology
Ticks transmit the bacterial pathogen that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF).Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that drug-resistant bacteria can hang around even after deep cleaning. They used genome sequencin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Medical Univesity of Vienna in Austria have found that a peptide (a small protein molecule) found i ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 02, 2020Microbiology
The Salmonella bacterium is to blame fora lot of foodborne infections, many of which cause only mild illness, though oth ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Neutrophils are an abundant type of white blood cell that circulate in the blood that can provide a general defense aga ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from George Mason University in Washington DC have created a synthetic molecule from Komodo Dragon blood tha ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 29, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The human body plays host to trillions of microbes, and many of them live in our gastrointestinal tract; these microorga ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 28, 2020Microbiology
Scientists and clinicians know that oral health and inflammation, which is a part of many diseases, are connected.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 26, 2020Immunology
The mother’s placenta serves as a shield for the developing fetus inside the womb, protecting it from the constant ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 25, 2020Microbiology
From the time of the Black Death, around 1348 and the Great Plague of 1665, epidemics of plague occurred in Europe. Rese ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Now that sequencing the whole human genome is easier, faster, and cheaper than it used to be, scientists have been able ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In this photo by OceanX, researchers off the coast of Brazil collected Pyrosoma atlanticum specimens with a special robo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2020Microbiology
Cheese is made with microbes, and some of it has a very distinct smell. Scientists have now found that those smells actu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2020Microbiology
Oral hygiene is not only important for keeping teeth and gums healthy; it can also affect a person's health in general.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
It's thought that as much as half of the global population carries a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori in their stoma ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2020
Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant microbes are considered to be a major public health threat. The overuse of antibiotics is thought t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2020
Cancer
Research from Tokyo University of Science investigators highlights new accomplishments in the fight against cancer. The
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 19, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Sour beer isn't for everyone: its unique taste of acidity and tartness could excite some but turn off others.
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 18, 2020
Health & Medicine
New research presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene warns that climate
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 18, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the number of workflows that are available for NGS. How do you choose? While
...
Sponsored By:
Roche Diagnostics
NOV 16, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Metformin is a frequently prescribed type 2 diabetes treatment but its effects can vary significantly. In some patients
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the University of Geneva in Switzerland have confirmed the link between an imbalance of gut bacteria an
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 14, 2020
Microbiology
Some viruses only infect bacteria; they care called bacteriophages or phages for short. As antibiotic-resistant bacteria
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have shown that bacteria can increase space mining efficiency b
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 10, 2020
Microbiology
Ticks transmit the bacterial pathogen that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF).
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that drug-resistant bacteria can hang around even after deep cleaning. They used genome sequencin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Medical Univesity of Vienna in Austria have found that a peptide (a small protein molecule) found i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 02, 2020
Microbiology
The Salmonella bacterium is to blame fora lot of foodborne infections, many of which cause only mild illness, though oth
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neutrophils are an abundant type of white blood cell that circulate in the blood that can provide a general defense aga
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from George Mason University in Washington DC have created a synthetic molecule from Komodo Dragon blood tha
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 29, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human body plays host to trillions of microbes, and many of them live in our gastrointestinal tract; these microorga
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists and clinicians know that oral health and inflammation, which is a part of many diseases, are connected.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2020
Immunology
The mother’s placenta serves as a shield for the developing fetus inside the womb, protecting it from the constant
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 25, 2020
Microbiology
From the time of the Black Death, around 1348 and the Great Plague of 1665, epidemics of plague occurred in Europe. Rese
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Now that sequencing the whole human genome is easier, faster, and cheaper than it used to be, scientists have been able
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In this photo by OceanX, researchers off the coast of Brazil collected Pyrosoma atlanticum specimens with a special robo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2020
Microbiology
Cheese is made with microbes, and some of it has a very distinct smell. Scientists have now found that those smells actu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2020
Microbiology
Oral hygiene is not only important for keeping teeth and gums healthy; it can also affect a person's health in general.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
It's thought that as much as half of the global population carries a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori in their stoma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch