The same goes for herpes, chlamydia, chancroid ... It contains small, microscopic "holes" up to 5 microns wide — easily wide enough for most viruses to pass through intact.

The University of Kansas is working with biotechnology lab Design-Zyme to produce vaccines for both Lyme disease and Chlamydia.

Plankton, the key ingredient of the primordial ocean soup that allows all life to flourish, are central to a new U.N. manifesto highlighting the big role microscopic creatures can play in tackling ...

Electron microscopy uses a beam of electrons to illuminate a sample and achieve much higher spatial resolution than light microscopy. Transmission electron microscopy generates an image of the ...

Urine microscopy is an important adjunct to the urinalysis. The findings of cells, casts or crystals can aid in urinalysis interpretation and in making a more accurate diagnosis. Since the formed ...

As bacterial infection is the most common causative organism, microscopic examination and culture of a specimen of the gastric aspirate or tracheal aspirate obtained shortly after birth may help ...

Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, archaea, fungi and protozoa. This discipline includes fundamental research on the biochemistry, physiology ...

Persons infected with T. vaginalis should also be tested for other sexually transmitted diseases (e.g., chlamydia, gonococci, or human papillomaviruses [HPV]). A follow-up test after treatment is ...

The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) recently identified the first case of Trichophyton mentagrophytes (TMVII) in Orange County.

Nov. 22, 2024 — Geneticists have developed a gene drive-based solution to the widespread problem of insecticide resistance. In an effort to protect valuable crops, the researchers created an 'e ...