A new test could identify bacteria that can cause sepsis in just seven hours rather than days, according to new research. The approach drastically shortens the time needed to identify potentially ...

Researchers at TU Delft and partner organizations have built graphene sensors small enough to detect the vibrations of a single bacterium, then used machine learning to sort species by their acoustic ...

Probiotics have been getting a lot of attention recently. These bacteria, which you can consume from fermented foods, yogurt, or even pills, are linked to a number of health and wellness benefits, ...

Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health problem around the world. When bacteria like E. coli no longer respond to antibiotics, infections become harder to treat. To develop new antibiotics, ...

A new study by researchers at Florida State University's Gut Biome Lab has revealed a potential link between an infection caused by gut bacteria and the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gut bacteria Having higher numbers of particular gut microbes might put you at a higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) ...

In many laboratories, from clinical to pharmaceutical, there is a shortage of microbiologists trained in identification – the process of determining one genus or species of bacterium or fungus from ...

A quick swish at the doctor's office could someday provide early detection of stomach cancer, the fourth-leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, a new study reports. Researcher found distinct ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to identify drug resistant infections, significantly reducing the time taken for a correct diagnosis, Cambridge researchers have shown. The team showed that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Current methods of identifying resistance mutations in microbes can miss other ways resistance can develop. koto_feja/iStock via ...