Feb. 11, 2025 — Biomedical engineers have demonstrated a new synthetic approach that turbocharges bacteria into producing more of a specific protein, even proteins that would normally destroy ...

Speaker two Antiseptics and disinfectants are biocides that kill microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses and fungi. Antiseptics are used for living surfaces like skin, disinfectants for non ...

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Feb. 18, 2025 — Viruses, like those that cause COVID-19 or HIV, are formidable opponents once they invade our bodies. Antiviral treatments strive to block a virus or halt its replication ...

In the quest to take the "forever" out of "forever chemicals," bacteria might be our ally ... and 5:3 FTCA, Science of The Total Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.

Now, a UB-led team has identified a strain of bacteria that can break down and transform at least three types of PFAS and, perhaps even more crucially, some of the toxic byproducts of the ...

Bacteria are organisms that consist of a single cell without a nucleus and with distinct structural, physiological and evolutionary characteristics. Bacteria form one of the three domains of life ...

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February 18, 2025 • A baby seal was rescued from the streets of downtown New Haven, lethargic and underweight. He is now recovering at a nearby aquarium, which hopes to eventually release him ...

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