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Medical Microbiology
Medical Microbiology: the large subset of microbiology that is applied to medicine, is a branch of medical science concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. This field of science also studies various clinical applications of microbes for the improvement of health.
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JUN 24, 2025Microbiology
Many important antibiotics are becoming less effective against bacterial infections, as bacteria continue to evolve, gai ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2025Microbiology
For years, clinicians and scientists have known that many frontline antibiotics are becoming less reliable. Bacteria con ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2025Microbiology
Bacterial cells have colonized every part of our world. But even though some can evade disinfectants to live in NASA cle ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 18, 2025Microbiology
Pathogenic bacteria are getting deadlier because they are increasingly gaining resistance to crucial antibiotics. Whole ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2025Microbiology
There are many different kinds of Escherichia coli bacteria. Some of them ..Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2025Microbiology
Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 10, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
New research has determined that a common condition that affects about one-third of all women, known as bacterial vagino ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 05, 2025Microbiology
Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease, and the causes are unclear. Now resarch has shown it may be rel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2025Microbiology
Bacterial pathogens can cause serious infections. So many of them are becoming resistant to the effects of antibiotics t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 31, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
In late November 2024, the World Health Organization was alerted to a serious public health crisis in a region of the Co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 31, 2024Microbiology
Image courtesy of Ren Dodge/Carnegie Science shows Lactobacillus (red) in a certain part of the fruit fly gastrointestin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization is investigating a mysterious illness now known as Disease X, which has sickened hundreds ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a new test that can easily and quickly identify bacteria in any liquid, such as water, milk, o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The CDC and other officials in several US states are currently investigating a multistate outbreak of severe E coli infe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2024Microbiology
New research has shown that a lack of dietary zinc can boost the chances of a lung infection caused by Acinetobacter bau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists developed a genetic tool that can quickly identify nearly any type of pathogenic infection, including those c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 16, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat that is already thought to contribute to the deaths of millions of people ever ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2024Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, has mutated endlessly since it burst on the scene in late 2019. An ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Oropouche virus (OROV) causes Oropouche fever (OROF); the first case was identified in a forest worker in Trinidad and T ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2024Microbiology
Scientists are trying to learn more about why people develop allergies to certain foods. Some research has indicated tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Organoids are an improved model for the study human biology and disease, because they are miniaturized versions of human ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2024Microbiology
Aedes mosquitoes are serious disease vectors, and they carry dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, which all share clin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2024Microbiology
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking H5N1, an avian influenza that has wreaked havoc on b ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2025
Microbiology
Many important antibiotics are becoming less effective against bacterial infections, as bacteria continue to evolve, gai
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2025
Microbiology
For years, clinicians and scientists have known that many frontline antibiotics are becoming less reliable. Bacteria con
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2025
Microbiology
Bacterial cells have colonized every part of our world. But even though some can evade disinfectants to live in NASA cle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 18, 2025
Microbiology
Pathogenic bacteria are getting deadlier because they are increasingly gaining resistance to crucial antibiotics. Whole
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2025
Microbiology
There are many different kinds of Escherichia coli bacteria. Some of them ..
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2025
Microbiology
Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
New research has determined that a common condition that affects about one-third of all women, known as bacterial vagino
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2025
Microbiology
Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease, and the causes are unclear. Now resarch has shown it may be rel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2025
Microbiology
Bacterial pathogens can cause serious infections. So many of them are becoming resistant to the effects of antibiotics t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
In late November 2024, the World Health Organization was alerted to a serious public health crisis in a region of the Co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2024
Microbiology
Image courtesy of Ren Dodge/Carnegie Science shows Lactobacillus (red) in a certain part of the fruit fly gastrointestin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization is investigating a mysterious illness now known as Disease X, which has sickened hundreds
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a new test that can easily and quickly identify bacteria in any liquid, such as water, milk, o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The CDC and other officials in several US states are currently investigating a multistate outbreak of severe E coli infe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2024
Microbiology
New research has shown that a lack of dietary zinc can boost the chances of a lung infection caused by Acinetobacter bau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists developed a genetic tool that can quickly identify nearly any type of pathogenic infection, including those c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 16, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat that is already thought to contribute to the deaths of millions of people ever
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2024
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, has mutated endlessly since it burst on the scene in late 2019. An
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Oropouche virus (OROV) causes Oropouche fever (OROF); the first case was identified in a forest worker in Trinidad and T
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2024
Microbiology
Scientists are trying to learn more about why people develop allergies to certain foods. Some research has indicated tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Organoids are an improved model for the study human biology and disease, because they are miniaturized versions of human
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2024
Microbiology
Aedes mosquitoes are serious disease vectors, and they carry dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, which all share clin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2024
Microbiology
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking H5N1, an avian influenza that has wreaked havoc on b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch