In Estonia, many people learned a lesson from ethnomedicine as children: that placing a plantain leaf on a scraped knee would ...

This study presents a multifunctional nanocomposite coating for catheters, enhancing infection resistance with bioactive and ...

A research team led by Prof. Liu Xuanyong from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

Biofilms are protective three-dimensional structures created ... “Further research is needed to assess whether these effects translate to human infections or environmental settings.” ...

Swine flu (H1N1) cases in India are rising sharply, with over 20,414 infections and 347 deaths reported as of December 2024. Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Rajasthan are the ...

School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou International Campus, Guangzhou 511442, China CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials ...

Better understanding of the molecular and biophysical interactions within biofilm communities, researchers say, could lead to new strategies to combat infection related to biofilms, which are hard to ...

Antimicrobial Research Laboratory, New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560064, India ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in older adults. They may be more likely to have atypical UTI symptoms, such as delirium, confusion, or loss of appetite. A urinary tract infection (UTI ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in adults 65 and older, mainly due to age-related factors like malnutrition, poor bladder control, and uncontrolled diabetes. Symptoms in older adults may ...

biofilms were largely prevented,” said Degen. The researchers plan to continue iterating on the mixture to find the best version for medical applications. It could also be used as an infection ...