The researchers showed that when curcumin is intentionally given to bacteria as food and then activated by light, it can trigger deleterious reactions within these microbes, eventually killing them.

In 2017, a tragic incident unfolded in a Nevada hospital. A woman, admitted for pneumonia, tragically succumbed to multiple ...

The Martlet got to sit down with Dr. Stephen Tuffs, assistant professor of biochemistry and microbiology, to talk about ...

The city which was found to be the worst culprit for germ-ridden pumps was Nottingham. The petrol stations in the area are ...

Bacteria samples were taken at four sites in London, Nottingham and Manchester. All were found to be contaminated with faecal ...

The nasal microbiota acts as a first line of defence. When this balance is disrupted, it can pave the way for inflammation ...

A new study conducted in mice suggests that, although it's not all good, our urge to scratch at itchy skin may have an ...

PHAXIAM Therapeutics (Euronext: PHXM - FR0011471135), a biopharmaceutical company (“PHAXIAM” or “the Company”) developing innovative ...

The researchers also demonstrated that scratching prompts pain-sensing neurons to release a chemical known as substance P, ...

New research published in the journal Science uncovers how scratching aggravates inflammation and swelling in a mouse model ...

Scratching is often pleasurable, which suggests that, in order to have evolved, this behavior must provide some kind of ...

Patricia Colque, a long-time co-worker at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology at Karolinska Institutet, ...