Ensuring pharmaceutical safety and efficacy hinges on rigorous quality control (QC). By identifying potential microbial contaminants early in drug development and production, microbial QC tests ...

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — After a new CDC report found an increase in deadly drug-resistant bacteria, a professor of microbiology at the University of Illinois is sharing steps that can be taken ...

Health officials in the United States are sounding the alarm over the rise of so-called “nightmare bacteria” – dangerous germs resistant to nearly all available antibiotics. The Centers for Disease ...

Difficult-to-treat infections caused by dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria are on an alarming upward climb, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned in a recent health alert. Known ...

Scientists are discovering that the oral microbiome—home to hundreds of species of bacteria and fungi—may help predict ...

Researchers have launched the first coordinated plan to protect microbial biodiversity, calling attention to the “invisible 99% of life” that drives essential Earth systems. The IUCN has formally ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

In future, a more detailed understanding of the lung microbiome in pneumonia may enable improved diagnostics, prognosis, and therapeutics.

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a "top-down" synthetic ...