Tag: Bacteria
One easy way to fight antibiotic resistance? Good hand hygiene
Kristofer Wollein Waldetoft, Georgia Institute of Technology
Can washing your hands help stop the evolution of antibiotic resistance? Mathematically,...
Bile acids and gut microbes could potentially treat multiple sclerosis, according...
Andrea Merchak, University of Virginia
Multiple sclerosis is characterized by an immune system gone haywire. A patient’s immune system...
How to keep your jack-o’-lantern from turning into moldy, maggoty mush...
Matt Kasson, West Virginia University
For many Americans, pumpkins mean that fall is here. In anticipation, coffee shops, restaurants...
Viruses may be ‘watching’ you – some microbes lie in wait...
Ivan Erill, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
After more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, you might picture...
What is listeria? A microbiologist explains the bacterium behind recent deadly...
Yvonne Sun, University of Dayton
Bacteria do, and will, end up in food. Everyone eats – intentionally or unintentionally...
58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change...
Tristan McKenzie, University of Gothenburg; Camilo Mora, University of Hawaii, and Hannah von Hammerstein, University of Hawaii
Climate change...
Food expiration dates don’t have much science behind them – a...
Jill Roberts, University of South Florida
Florida’s outbreak of listeria has so far led to at least one death,...
Sepsis still kills 1 in 5 people worldwide – two ICU...
Emily Brant, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences and Kristina E. Rudd, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
Can an otherwise...
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Paul X. McCarthy, UNSW
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