A rapid microbiological point-of-care test designed to help GPs identify whether a respiratory infection is caused by a virus ...
A simple urine test may help identify children at risk for autism sooner than current assessments—opening the door for ...
Identification of microbes joins together the discipline of microbiology with the study of infectious diseases. Methods of reliable and accurate microbial identification are valuable to a wide range ...
Aldolase helps your body turn sugar into energy. Most of it is stored in your muscles and liver. When these cells are damaged, they release aldolase into your blood. Measuring the amount of aldolase ...
A nuclear stress test, also called myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) or a thallium stress test, uses a radioactive tracer to show how blood flows through your heart muscles during exercise and at ...
Abnormal stress test results may suggest an underlying heart condition, such as coronary artery disease, or a blockage in the arteries supplying blood to the heart. Failing a stress test means you can ...
Air microbiology is a scientific discipline that concerns the microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, fungi and viruses, in the atmospheric air. It is a subdiscipline of environmental ...
At-home gut health tests use DNA or RNA sequencing from a stool sample. Testing your gut health cannot replace an official diagnosis from a doctor. Your results may provide insights into gut ...
In this Perspective, Banerjee, Dasgupta and van der Heijden discuss how intensive agricultural practices can lead to the taxonomic, physiological, genetic and functional homogenization of microbial ...
A bacterium that already lives in most people’s intestines can latch onto per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and escort them ...
Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative, spiral-shaped, flagellated bacterium, that colonizes the gastric mucosa. Although the gastric mucosa is protected against bacterial infections, H. pylori adapts ...
This compilation of webinars touch on the various human diseases are most commonly attributed to the subject matter of microbiology, as well as the many microbes that are also responsible for numerous ...