News tagged with viral contamination

Bacterial protein 'mops up' viruses found in contaminated water supplies

Access to clean water is a necessity often taken for granted. However UNICEF estimates that 900 million people across the world do not have access to safe drinking water. New research published in BioMed Central's open access ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Professor publishes study on detection of human noroviruses

Coastal water is subjected to contamination with a wide range of pathogenic microorganisms, which presents a major health risk to recreational water users. The current use of fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) as an indicator ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs

(AP) -- Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by biotechnology firm Genzyme.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0