Why Diabetes Makes Urinary Tract Infections More Frequent, Severe, and Hard to Treat
A new review explains why diabetes doubles to quadruples urinary tract infection risk, how high blood sugar and bacterial virulence ...
Tag: biofilms
Soil Bacteria Grow Tiny Copper Particles That Attack Drug-Resistant Superbugs
Scientists used the soil bacterium Streptomyces thinghirensis to green-synthesize copper oxide nanoparticles that show strong antibacterial and antibiofilm activity against ...
Pharmaceutical Waste Is Breeding Superbugs in Rivers and Wastewater Worldwide
A comprehensive review of 167 studies shows that pharmaceutical and clinical effluents are transforming aquatic ecosystems into hotspots where multidrug ...
Why Biofilms Defy Treatment and How Regulation Could Finally Catch Up
Regulatory scientists at the UK's MHRA argue that unstandardised biofilm methods and unclear evidence pathways are stalling anti-biofilm innovation, and ...
Reprogramming the Immune System: A New Toolbox for Healing Chronic Wounds
A new review outlines how immunomodulation and immunoengineering, from extracellular vesicles and stem cells to smart theranostic dressings, could reset ...
Superoxidized Hydrogel Gel Shows Promise Against Pin-Site Infections in Pilot Trial
A small Malaysian pilot study found that a superoxidized hydrogel dressing was associated with lower and milder pin-site infection rates ...
Richer Microbial Communities Help Soils Hold Water, Study Finds
A University of Arizona mesocosm experiment shows that more diverse soil microbial communities produce extracellular polymeric substances that increase water ...
Bacterial Biofilms May Trigger the Autoantibodies Behind Lupus Kidney Damage
New research in mice shows that curli amyloid fibers from Salmonella and E. coli biofilms can drive the production of ...
Amino Acid Schiff Base Metal Complexes Show Potent Power Against Deadly Biofilms
Newly synthesized copper(II) and zinc(II) Schiff base complexes derived from L-tyrosine and indole-3-carboxaldehyde disrupt Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms with up to ...
Smart Bandages That Sense Wound Acidity Could Transform Chronic Wound Care
A new review in the Journal of Materials Science explains how pH-responsive biomaterials sense wound acidity and release therapies on ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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