Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a looming threat to global health. Bacteria that develop genetic resistance to antibiotics cause millions of human deaths annually. Yet genetic resistance is only one of the many ways bacteria ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 8, 2023
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Acesulfame is a sweetener in sugar-free drinks and foods. As it cannot be metabolized in the human body, the sweetener ends up in wastewater after consumption and remains largely intact even in sewage treatment plants. A ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 8, 2023
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More than half of Switzerland's native fish species are threatened with extinction or are already extinct within the country's waters, a new assessment showed Wednesday.
Ecology
Feb 8, 2023
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While residents in California are still dealing with damage from last month's floods—after years of devastating droughts—UBC Okanagan engineers are looking at better ways to manage the delivery of safe drinking water ...
Environment
Feb 1, 2023
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Medical innovations typically take 17 years from the time a lightbulb goes off in a scientist's head until the first person benefits.
Biotechnology
Jan 31, 2023
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Researchers are investigating how disease-causing fungi become resistant to antifungal drugs to help prevent potentially devastating consequences of the growing resistance harmful microbes are developing to drugs.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 30, 2023
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It's possible to prevent heartworms in many of your furry friends—dogs, cats and ferrets, specifically.
Veterinary medicine
Jan 30, 2023
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A new study on the use of insecticides on anti-mosquito bed-netting has proven that thousands of people needlessly contracted malaria due to policy failure, according to an expert at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland.
Evolution
Jan 24, 2023
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Researchers at University of Galway associated with APC Microbiome Ireland have created a resource of over 7,000 digital microbes—enabling computer simulations of how drug treatments work and how patients may respond.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 20, 2023
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Researchers have designed the first "living medicine" to treat lung infections. The treatment targets Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a type of bacteria that is naturally resistant to many types of antibiotics and is a common source ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 19, 2023
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