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By the bioMérieux Connection Editors In 2010, scientists at Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), discovered that platypus milk had antimicrobial properties. Now, after 8 years of study, they think they know why. “Platypus are such weird animals that it would make sense for them to have weird biochemistry,” …
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Interview with Vincent J. LaBombardi, Ph.D. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, have been called, “nightmare bacteria,” because the multi-drug-resistant infections are so difficult to treat and can be deadly in up to 50% of cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These bacteria produce an enzyme called carbapenemase that breaks down carbapenem …
Learn about sepsis: what it is, what causes it, who is at risk, and how it’s diagnosed and treated.
By the bioMéreiux Connection Editors The Global Sepsis Alliance estimates that sepsis affects around 30 million people each year and results in between 6 and 9 million deaths. Because of that, research aimed at combating sepsis remains vital. Accordingly, the World Sepsis Congress closed with presentations on significant sepsis research over the last two years. …
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At this year’s World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress, Dr. Tristan Timbrook delivered a...
WASH, which stands for water, sanitation, and hygiene, are basic...