by Nancy | 26 Oct 2016 | Media, Microbes
I would love to take part in a challenge like this one! In the UK they are handing over 8 million pounds to market the solution of the winner of challenge that will develop the next-generation diagnostic tool that will be used to determine if and which antibiotics are...
by Nancy | 27 Dec 2015 | Media, Microbes, science
Researchers in the UK have developed a wound dressing that produces fluorescent light when it comes into contact with the toxins produced by a biofilm in which pathogenic bacteria are residing in the wound. The visual cue is supposedly helpful in starting antibiotic...
by Nancy | 25 Dec 2015 | Hospice, Media, Microbes, science
Some facts about the current Zika virus ‘outbreak’ in Brazil: A few deaths have been reported in people who had been diagnosed with dengue fever and who died due to worsening symptoms. These patients were shown post-mortem to be infected with Zika virus....
by Nancy | 11 Dec 2015 | DIY, Events, Hospice, Media, Microbes
And this year again, Food Hacking Base will be at 32C3 to promote all sorts of weird and mad food hacking. Support them via the link below: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/food-hacking-base-in-hamburg-during-32c3-with-you#/
