In a nutshell Scientists engineered E. coli bacteria to perform a chemical reaction that transforms plastic-derived compounds ...

Key ingredient in coronavirus tests comes from Yellowstone’s lakes. A curious life-form that lives in the park’s thermal pools makes a protein that changed the course of biomedical history.

METHODS: Forty-two unselected consecutive cirrhotic patients (32 males; mean age: 51.7 ± years) were included, and a total of 100 paracenteses were performed. All ascitic fluid samples were analyzed ...

In our study, the positive and negative LER test separately based on number of PMNs and culture were evaluated. Positive and negative results of leukocyte esterase test in terms of the number of PMNs ...

My name’s Dale (2nd from right in pic), and I’m a second year Biochemical Engineering student. By participating in iGEM, I hope to gain a deeper understanding of synthetic biology. The success of our ...

While viral PCR tests have been in routine use for many years, commercial mPCR assays that detect a range of bacterial pathogens, such as BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia and Pneumonia Plus Panels (BFFPP) ...

Bacteria called thermophiles (meaning “heat lovers”) have been known to tolerate 45° to 70° C of heat. Such a high temperature can give human skin third-degree burns. Scientists find ...

Timely classification and identification of bacteria is of vital importance in many areas of public health. We present a mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics approach for bacterial classification.