Increased Demand for PCR Technology: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a fundamental technique in life sciences research, ...

Also known as a polymyxin B haemoperfusion (PMX), Toraymyxin is a haemoperfusion device that removes endotoxin, a toxic ...

Stem cells are specialized cells that have the potential to develop into not one but many different types of cell. They are unlike any other cell for three specific reasons: They are unspecialized, ...

Decades ago, scientists looking for an alternative to animal testing cloned factor C, the horseshoe crab protein that senses ...

The most common bacteria that causes foodborne illness is the Campylobacter bacteria. These infections are commonly caused by eating raw or undercooked poultry. Other common bacterial infections ...

In addition to synthesizing important regulators of cell function, the bacterial enzyme can control levels of other lipid-containing signaling molecules, including neurotransmitters involved in ...

A University of Florida infectious disease scientist does whatever it takes to get a sample of water for a large test of how many people might have died of an infectious bacteria in 2022 after ...

NAPLES, Fla. − Florida has seen a surge of flesh-eating bacteria cases in recent weeks after parts of the state were inundated with heavy rain and flooding due to back-to-back hurricanes ...

In step three, when the plug is gone, the three proteins are expelled out of the head and into the bacterial cell envelope. The lead protein, gp73, refolds its shape to form an outer membrane pore ...

Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria, increases in concentration during flooding. Hurricane Helene left not only a path of destruction after landing in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, but also a rise ...