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The power of the cranberry is resurfacing as new research shows the mechanism by which cranberry extract cuts bacteria communication, stops it from
Salmonella has a reputation for being a particularly aggressive illness-causing bacteria, but it turns out it may not be all bad.
Four years have passed since the world learned of Aimee Copeland, a young graduate student whose world turned upside down when she contracted a fle
Proanthocyanidin is the compound in cranberries once believed to prevent bacteria from adhering to the bladder wall.
Researchers at Université de Montréal, Polytechnique Montréal, and McGill University have developed a new way to carry anti-cancer drugs to a targe
NEW ORLEANS -- Nurses' clothing often becomes contaminated with bacteria when caring for patients in the intensive care unit, underlining the
In 2011, Darleen Franklin, a biology researcher at San Francisco State University, was commissioned by The Bay Citizen to take samples of whatever
ANTHEM, Ariz. - Mike Funk lived for the summers he spent out on the water.
Asthma affects 25 million people in the United States and exposure of Cockroach detritus allergen causes severe form of asthma.
Prebiotics are fibers that support good bacteria in the body.
While it is not surprising that bacteria gets incubated and spread in hospitals, a new research revealed that one of the most effective ways by whi
October 27, 2016: In a story that could come straight from a horror movie, an Arizona man has died four days after developing a flesh-eating bacter
MUMBAI: India's commerce ministry has hit back at reports by environmental lobby groups which have blamed the production methods of Indian dru
ANTHEM, Ariz. - Mike Funk lived for the summers he spent out on the water.
An obscure ocean-dwelling bacterium could be just the weapon doctors need to strike directly at the heart of a tumor, according to a new study by a
Salmonella bacteria is very good at causing infections; the Centers for Disease Control estimates that Salmonella is one of the leading causes of f
There’s no place to hide from predators in the vastness of the open ocean for vulnerable crustaceans.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing worldwide health problem. The U.S U.S.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Recently we told you that some researchers do not agree with the 5 second rule.
Princeton researchers have examined how individual cells act collectively to form structures called biofilms that often play a critical role in dis
The program is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust, along with the U.S.
Sheriff’s officer Dennis Godfrey was working his shift in Mayport during Hurricane Matthew’s violent brush with Jacksonville Oct.
Brooklyn: As a woman living with a disability who uses a motorized chair, I can say: Traveling can be a nightmare (“Accessibility is a necessity fo
Salmonella has a unique characteristic that allows the bacteria to penetrate through cell barriers and replicate inside its host.
Sheriff’s officer Dennis Godfrey was working his shift in Mayport during Hurricane Matthew’s violent brush with Jacksonville Oct.
The closer that they looked, the more those little spheres seemed to be bacteria. “Every indication is that they are bacteria but. . .
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak of Shigella infection that has sickened 177 people in Genesee a
A Jacksonville Sheriff's Office police officer lost his leg after an injury that he suffered while responding to a call during Hurricane Matth
New study data shows promise for blunting the spread of hard-to-fight bacterial infections.
Dogs rescued from shelters are being trained to recognize the smell of human fecal bacteria and help sniff out sources of water pollution across th
Wolbachia bacteria, which stops mosquitos transmitting virus, to be spread among insects in areas of Brazil and Colombia Mosquitoes in two large ar
Two South American metropolises are enlisting bacteria-infected mosquitoes to fight Zika, in the world’s biggest test yet of an unconventional yet
COLUMBIA – A new study shows that use of salmonella bacteria could help cure cancer.
Scientists from McGill University and INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier in Canada recently released a novel investigation showing that cranberry extrac
Researchers discovered that the salmonella bacteria sent in space in 2006 via the space shuttle Atlantis had infected hundreds of mice and led to t
Scientists theorized chronic sleep loss may affect levels of microbiota in the gut. Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock UPPSALA, Sweden, Oct.
A project led by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) researcher, Alejandro Toledo-Arana, at the Institute of Agro biotechnology (a centre
New research is spurring exciting developments in the microbiome, the trillions of bacteria that make up communities living in our bodies.
Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Mosquito larvae under a microscope at a Chinese lab where the insects are infected with a strain of Wolbachia bacteria.
A year ago, Cindy Martinez was struggling to walk even just a few feet and lift just five pounds.
Many know that sleep loss can cause weight gain, but do we know why?
Researchers from the New York Institute of Technology have developed computer simulations showing how lasers set at different wavelengths can attac
A man in Maryland died just days after he developed a rare infection from a type of flesh-eating bacteria that live in ocean water.
Results from a new clinical study conducted at Uppsala University suggest that curtailing sleep alters the abundance of bacterial gut species that
Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, is found in shallow, warm and coastal salt waters in temperate climates in most parts of the world.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County health officials are advising swimmers and surfers to stay out of the ocean for at least three days because o
STATES CHRONICLE – A terrible bacteria which is flesh-consuming caused the death of a man.
Bacteria warnings have been issued for local beaches by Los Angeles County health officials following Monday's storm.
If you have a sweet tooth (as I do), the monthlong leadup to Halloween can be full of temptation.