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'800 seconds for a sick visit': Some factors driving antibiotic resistance have nothing to do with biology, says medical sociologist Julia Szymczak
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DVIDS - Images - Research of integrating Phage Therapy at NAMRU San Antonio
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (38+ words) Images - Research of integrating Phage Therapy at NAMRU San Antonio DVIDS Research of integrating Phage Therapy at NAMRU San Antonio SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, UNITED STATES Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio /search/unit/NAMRU-San Antonio /rss/unit/5365...
bio M'rieux Launches PCR Testing Solution to Verify Probiotic Species in Dietary Supplements Manufacturing - Quality Assurance & Food Safety
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (18+ words) bio M'rieux Launches PCR Testing Solution to Verify Probiotic Species in Dietary Supplements Manufacturing Quality Assurance & Food Safety...
Meta-Linked AI Data Center Reportedly Found Discharging Rare Drug-Resistant Bacteria Into Wyoming Wastewater
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (524+ words) A Meta-affiliated data center under construction in Cheyenne, Wyoming, is at the center of growing controversy after local officials traced industrial wastewater containing a rare multidrug-resistant bacterium to the facility. According to local reporting, the discovery prompted Cheyenne's Board of…...
Probiota Americas 2026 in pictures
6+ hour, 26+ min ago (336+ words) Image 0 of 10 More than 300 delegates gathered in Vancouver earlier this month for Probiota Americas 2026, where discussions reflected both the rapid pace of microbiome research and the challenges of translating that science into successful products. Commercial discussions were just as prominent....
PALACE Enables High-Quality Phage Assembly from Metagenomic Data
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (165+ words) The success of PALACE exemplifies the power of combining computational innovation with multi-modal data integration to tackle long-standing challenges in viral metagenomics. By enabling robust recovery of near-complete phage genomes, PALACE opens new avenues for understanding phage roles in health…...
South African fynbos soil delivers a new species of soil bacterium
8+ hour, 45+ min ago (540+ words) Microbiologists from Stellenbosch University have discovered a previously unknown bacterial genus within the phylum Acidobacteriota. Dedyshia acidiphilia was isolated from soil collected in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve in the Western Cape. Microbiologists from Stellenbosch University have discovered a previously unknown…...
Bacteriophages Tackle Inflammatory Bowel Disease
8+ hour, 34+ min ago (735+ words) A research team at Mc Master University has developed a targeted approach to treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) using bacteriophages, viruses that infect specific bacteria, to disarm harmful microbes without disrupting the broader gut ecosystem. The study, published in Science…...
Science ministry meeting reviews mosquito-control research, technologies
13+ hour, 36+ min ago (183+ words) Bangladesh must adopt integrated and multi-pronged strategies to effectively curb mosquito-borne diseases, Secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology Md Anwar Hossain said on Wednesday. He made these remarks as the chief guest at an inter-ministerial meeting held at…...
Phylo-Plex Enables Low-Cost, High-Resolution Genomic Epidemiology
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (96+ words) In a groundbreaking development for infectious disease surveillance, researchers have unveiled Phylo-Plex, an innovative amplicon sequencing platform that promises to revolutionize genomic epidemiology. This new technology harnesses phylogenetic insights to deliver high-resolution genomic data at a fraction of the traditional…...