Patient at UPMC Children’s Hospital tests positive for measles
PITTSBURGH — A case of measles has reached the Pittsburgh area. According to the Allegheny County Health Department,…
Study highlights variable synbiotic relationship of prebiotics and probiotics
Adults with obesity who consumed a dietary fiber supplement had positive effects on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and…
Symptoms of respiratory illness in wind players and their relationship to instrument hygiene
Rusu, H. Z., Mutlu, H. B., Kilic, V., Poyraz, N. & Eryilmaz, H. Bacteria found in brasswind instruments:…
When Food Runs Short, This Single-Celled Organism Turns into Giant Cannibal to Survive
Euplotes gigatrox, a new species of ciliate collected from a seawater filtration system on the Caribbean Island of…
Researchers discover how Mycoplasma pneumoniae acquires cholesterol from human hosts
A multidisciplinary team has uncovered a key mechanism that allows the human bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae-responsible for atypical pneumonia…
Rare spacecraft bacterium found to evade detection by playing dead
A rare microorganism found in an unexpected environment may be evading detection by “playing dead,” according to microbiologists…