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Posted on 12.26.24
Joyful Agar Art
Agar art is created using living microorganisms in a petri dish. Naturally colorful microbes or even genetically modified ones can be used for the canvas. For the past 10 years, ASM (American Society for Microbiology) has held the annual...
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Posted on 11.13.24
Designed with your cells in mind: Antimicrobials and research tools for cell culture
If you are doing cell culture, it is important to keep your cultures clean and free from contamination. Contaminants can be chemical, such as impurities from media and reagent components, water sources, cleaning agents, detergents etc....
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Posted on 10.15.24
Modified Doxycycline making an impact in cancer research
Cancer is a devastating disease and metastasis is responsible for nearly 90% of all deaths. This term refers to the spread of cancer cells from their origin point to a different part of the body. The cells break off from the original t...
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Posted on 10.02.24
Purified with purpose: Pure antimicrobials in action
Ever wonder about the purity of the antibiotics you are using in your research? Most antibiotics are actually mixtures containing one or two major compounds but the rest could be related compounds or impurities. Fermentation-derived a...