Subacute bacterial endocarditis is a type of infective endocarditis. It's an infection that occurs when germs such as bacteria enter the bloodstream and attack the lining of the heart valves. This ...

ABSTRACT: Background: The spread of vaginal infections in Cameroon and the resistance of the causative pathogens to antimicrobials require regular monitoring to establish new therapies. The objective ...

Researchers have engineered bacteria as personalized cancer vaccines that activate the immune system to specifically seek out and destroy cancer cells. Columbia researchers have engineered probiotic ...

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of ...

Even the microwave oven in your kitchen is not immune to bacteria. The irradiating environment within a microwave oven might seem inhospitable to microbes. But swabs from microwave ovens in several ...

There are two main types of bacteria, and these categories reflect the microbes' biology and their vulnerability to different antibiotics. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

You’ve heard of the gut microbiome—the community of bacteria, viruses and fungi that help keep humans and other animals healthy. But what about the microwave microbiome? New research finds that ...

Microwave ovens in homes, offices and laboratories are home to a surprising diversity of bacteria. Although microwaves are widely used to heat up food and sterilise samples, the radiation they emit is ...

A potentially deadly bacterial infection called streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, or STSS, is spreading in Japan, prompting questions about what causes it and how to prevent it. That's almost two ...

One reason plastic waste persists in the environment is because there’s not much that can eat it. The chemical structure of most polymers is stable and different enough from existing food sources that ...