News tagged with microbial risk

Spit, anyone?

Mark Nicas has given some of his best years to spittle. He builds models - the mathematical kind - of how someone else's slobber ends up on you. The size of the particles, whether they come out in a dry co ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Gastroenterologists explore relationship between bacteria in the gut and breast cancer

The human body contains billions of microorganisms, and microbial cells found in the human gut are estimated to outnumber human cells by ten-to-one in healthy adults. However, little is known about the ways in which these ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0