A seventh grader from Palatine, Illinois, has turned eggshells into calcium carbonate crystals and used them to investigate ...

A team of researchers in Nigeria has developed a strikingly simple way to catch dangerous foodborne bacteria: tiny particles grown by a common soil microbe that flip from colorless to intense red when ...

Author: Chinelo N Animalu, MD, MPH, FIDSA; Chief Editor: Michael Stuart Bronze, MD more... Hospital-acquired infections usually are caused by interruption of the closed sterile system by hospital ...

Nappy (diaper) rash is a common skin condition experienced by most infants at least once during the first 2 years of life. Despite its prevalence, there is some debate over its pathogenesis. The ...

cState Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology (Incubation), Shenzhen Research Institute, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Shenzhen, China dApplied Oral Sciences and ...

In April 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested that all forms of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) ranitidine (Zantac) be removed from the U.S. market. They made this ...

Harvard University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge ...

Urinary stone disease (USD) is a prevalent urological condition, ranking as one of the most common urinary tract disorders globally. Various risk factors influence the formation of kidney stones, and ...

The urease test is a lab test that identify the type of bacteria present in the stomach. It works by detecting an enzyme, urease, which the bacteria may or may not possess. Urease is an enzyme that ...

RIPK1 blocks T cell senescence mediated by RIPK3 and caspase-8 Here, we describe the application of a microarray screen to identify polymers capable of resisting Proteus biofilm formation, inhibiting ...