Image shows the University of Vienna, Austria, undated photo. University experts have rejected scientific claims that human babies are colonised by bacteria before birth in January 2023. (University of Vienna, Gebhard Sengmueller/Newsflash)

Experts Debunk Scientific Claims That Human Babies Are Colonised By Bacteria Before Birth

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:February 1, 2023

A team of experts has debunked previous scientific claims that humans are colonised by bacteria before birth. The research idea came after several studies published since 2010, claimed they detected…

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Photo shows Dynobactin, an antibiotic discovered by an international research team with the participation of the University of Basel, undated photo. Dynobactin is also effective against resistant problem germs. (Biozentrum, University of Basel/Newsflash)

Scientists Discover New Way To Wipe Out Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:October 17, 2022

Scientists have discovered a new antibiotic that can wipe out pathogens that are resistant to current treatments. An international team of researchers believes the breakthrough could lead to new drugs…

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Photo shows Mapocho River, in Santiago, Chile, undated. Researchers were testing the ability of the cholera-causing bacteria to survive in water but ended up detecting two new pathogen inhibitors. (Newsflash)

Bacteria For New Antibiotics Found In River In Chile

• Post author:Alice Amelia Thomas
• Post published:September 7, 2022

Scientists have discovered two bacteria with great antibiotic potential in a river in Chile. The breakthrough comes as the search for new bacteria to develop antibiotics is one of humankind’s…

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Barry Callebaut, the largest chocolate factory in the world located in Belgium, destroys hundreds of tons of chocolate after the discovery of salmonella. (Newsflash)

World’s Biggest Chocolate Factory Back In Business After Salmonella Horror

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:August 15, 2022

The world's biggest chocolate factory is back in business after a salmonella outbreak forced it to destroy hundreds of tonnes of chocs. The Barry Callebaut factory - which supplies huge…

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The filaments of the enzyme HDCR, which produces formic acid from gaseous hydrogen (H2) and carbon dioxide (CO2), are wound around each other like a plait. Undated photo. (Verena Resch, luminous-lab.com/Newsflash)

High-Speed Storage Of CO2 Discovered In Bacteria Could Help Fight Climate Change

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:August 2, 2022

An international team of scientists has discovered a new way of high-speed storage of carbon dioxide in a bacterial enzyme that could eventually help fight climate change. The accumulation of…

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Researchers reconstruct the genome of E. coli, using fragments from gallstone of 16th century mummy. (Division of Paleopathology of the University of Pisa/Newsflash)

Oldest Known E. Coli Sample Dating Back To 16th Century Extracted From Italian Mummy

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:July 14, 2022

The oldest known sample of an E. coli bacteria has been extracted from a 16th-century Italian mummy by an international team of researchers. Modern E. coli bacteria is often found…

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Hyper-resistant bacteria discovered in Antarctica that could pose a risk to global health. (Universidad de Chile/Newsflash)

How Climate Change Could Release World-Ending Super Bacteria

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:June 4, 2022

Strains of "superpower" bacteria that could cause the world's next deadly pandemic has been discovered by scientists in Antarctica. Researchers found that the bacteria have a built-in resistance to antibiotics…

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Left: Nanobots entering a dentinal tubule. Centre top and bottom: Schematic representation and electron microscope image of nanobot moving through dentinal tubule to reach bacterial colony. Right: How locally induced heat from nanobot can kill bacteria. Live bacteria are green and dead bacteria are red. Bottom right shows band where targeted treatment has been done in human teeth. (Theranautilus/Newsflash)

Tiny Bots Could Deep Clean Teeth, Say Experts

• Post author:Michael Leidig
• Post published:May 31, 2022

Nano-sized robots manipulated using a magnetic field can help kill bacteria deep inside teeth to ensure the success of root canal treatments after the living tissue has been removed. Root…

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Entrance area of ​​the medical university campus and the Vienna General Hospital in the Austrian capital of Vienna. (MedUni Wien, AKH Wien, Houdek/Newsflash)

People Eat One Credit Cards Worth of Plastic Trash a Week Says Study

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:April 12, 2022

People are eating the equivalent of one credit card every week in their diet, a new study into the effects of plastic particles on human health has revealed. The particles…

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A hedgehog, research shows a type of MRSA, that is an antibiotic-resistant superbug evolved as a result of fungus and bacteria on the skin of wild hedgehogs. (Newsflash)

Hedgehogs Harbored Hospital Germs 100 Years Before Humans Discovered Antibiotics

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:January 17, 2022

A new study that involved an expert from the University of Cambridge has uncovered that hedgehogs harboured antibiotic-resistant bacteria - widely regarded these days as 'hospital germs' - 100 years…

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