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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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DEC 20, 2017Technology
A single wound can contain multiple types of dangerous bacteria that must be identified, treated and monitored.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 19, 2017Immunology
There’s more to blood platelets than blood clotting, according to scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat M ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Microfilaments that are capable of conducting electricity, termed nanowires, were discovered in the bacterium Geobacter ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2017Immunology
A new study from Cornell University explains why the current vaccine for typhoid fever is only partially effective. Salm ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 12, 2017Immunology
A certain type of T cells from the immune system is responsible for infiltrating cells infected by bacteria and viruses ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 08, 2017Microbiology
Over the next century, the human population is expected to increase by 2 to 4 billion in urban areas. There has been an ...Written By: Sarah HertrichDEC 07, 2017Chemistry & Physics
This past Sunday marked the seventy-five anniversary of the day when the world’s first man-made self-sustainable c ...Written By: Daniel DuanDEC 07, 2017Videos
Antibiotic resistance is a problem that could affect the health of thousands. From overuse of antibiotic drugs, some bac ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 04, 2017Microbiology
Fermentation can be described as a process that uses bacteria to make energy from carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen ...Written By: Sarah HertrichDEC 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Clostridium difficile infections are very serious. One effective, but strange treatment for the illness has been confirm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2017Microbiology
As many of us are aware, the antimicrobial resistance crisis is now regarded as a global public health threat. Bacterial ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 30, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists succeeded in creating bacteria that carry two additional nucleotide bases in their genetic code.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2017Videos
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have converted a bacterial immune system, known as CRISPR-Cas, into a ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 30, 2017Microbiology
Brachyspira pilosicoli is a slow growing spirochete that was first isolated from a pig in the United Kingdom in 1980. Sp ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 29, 2017Videos
If you're out to eat and don't want to run to the bathroom to wash your hands before your meal, you might turn to the po ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 29, 2017Earth & The Environment
BMAA is a toxin that has been linked to several neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 28, 2017Genetics & Genomics
New research has found that garlic contains a compound that can fight chronic bacterial infections.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2017Infographics
Did you know that you can change what lives in your gut? The gut microbiome consists of the community of trillions of ba ...Written By: Jennifer EllisNOV 28, 2017Immunology
Macular degeneration is considered to be an incurable eye disease, but a new discovery from University of Virginia scien ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2017Microbiology
Extreme microbes are organisms that can survive and even thrive in extreme environments. Extreme thermophiles are bacter ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 25, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing health problem, one that already kills an estimated 23,000 people every year in the U ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 24, 2017Immunology
The majority of drugs available for people with autoimmune diseases are only designed to alleviate symptoms, as opposed ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 22, 2017Microbiology
A prion is an infectious agent responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (C ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 22, 2017Microbiology
Salmonella enterica is the leading cause of bacterial illness in the United States as well as other parts of the world. ...Written By: Sarah Hertrich
DEC 20, 2017
Technology
A single wound can contain multiple types of dangerous bacteria that must be identified, treated and monitored.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 19, 2017
Immunology
There’s more to blood platelets than blood clotting, according to scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat M
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microfilaments that are capable of conducting electricity, termed nanowires, were discovered in the bacterium Geobacter
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2017
Immunology
A new study from Cornell University explains why the current vaccine for typhoid fever is only partially effective. Salm
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 12, 2017
Immunology
A certain type of T cells from the immune system is responsible for infiltrating cells infected by bacteria and viruses
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 08, 2017
Microbiology
Over the next century, the human population is expected to increase by 2 to 4 billion in urban areas. There has been an
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
DEC 07, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
This past Sunday marked the seventy-five anniversary of the day when the world’s first man-made self-sustainable c
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
DEC 07, 2017
Videos
Antibiotic resistance is a problem that could affect the health of thousands. From overuse of antibiotic drugs, some bac
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 04, 2017
Microbiology
Fermentation can be described as a process that uses bacteria to make energy from carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
DEC 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Clostridium difficile infections are very serious. One effective, but strange treatment for the illness has been confirm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2017
Microbiology
As many of us are aware, the antimicrobial resistance crisis is now regarded as a global public health threat. Bacterial
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 30, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists succeeded in creating bacteria that carry two additional nucleotide bases in their genetic code.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2017
Videos
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have converted a bacterial immune system, known as CRISPR-Cas, into a
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 30, 2017
Microbiology
Brachyspira pilosicoli is a slow growing spirochete that was first isolated from a pig in the United Kingdom in 1980. Sp
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 29, 2017
Videos
If you're out to eat and don't want to run to the bathroom to wash your hands before your meal, you might turn to the po
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 29, 2017
Earth & The Environment
BMAA is a toxin that has been linked to several neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 28, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
New research has found that garlic contains a compound that can fight chronic bacterial infections.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2017
Infographics
Did you know that you can change what lives in your gut? The gut microbiome consists of the community of trillions of ba
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 28, 2017
Immunology
Macular degeneration is considered to be an incurable eye disease, but a new discovery from University of Virginia scien
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2017
Microbiology
Extreme microbes are organisms that can survive and even thrive in extreme environments. Extreme thermophiles are bacter
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing health problem, one that already kills an estimated 23,000 people every year in the U
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2017
Immunology
The majority of drugs available for people with autoimmune diseases are only designed to alleviate symptoms, as opposed
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 22, 2017
Microbiology
A prion is an infectious agent responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (C
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 22, 2017
Microbiology
Salmonella enterica is the leading cause of bacterial illness in the United States as well as other parts of the world.
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich