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Posing as a father of a six-month-old child, a reporter for the BBC program Inside Out bought breast milk from 12 mothers across the...
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The study into global diseases has been published in the medical journal The Lancet. The report is titled “Changes in health in England, with...
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Fecal transplants involve the transfer of so-termed beneficial bacteria into people with anatomical infections caused by pathogenic bacteria. The scientific term for the process...
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The purpose of the study was to see if probiotics can prevent gastrointestinal colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms in critically ill patients. Probiotics are cultures...
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Based on the seemingly counterintuitive finding, no one is about to suggest that pollutant levels in soils should be increased; however, the finding may...
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The software has been developed in Spain and it is termed Ichnaea. This is ancient Greek for “tracker.” The software was a collaboration between...
Tech & Science
As Digital Journal has extensively covered, the world is facing a shortfall in antibiotics. This is due to the accelerating rate of antibiotic resistance...
Tech & Science
One interesting area of research to assist with the battle against antibiotic resistant bacteria is with “resistance breakers.” This is a term for compounds...
Tech & Science
The innovative hand-held DNA sequencer can be used to differentiate specific strains of bacteria and viruses within six hours. The idea is to use...
Tech & Science
The new molecule represents a new strategy within anti-microbial therapy. Many antibiotics indiscriminately kill both pathogenic and healthy bacteria. Furthermore, antimicrobials can harm healthy...