Hops, a natural preservative added to beer to check bacterial growth, may hold the key to reducing ammonia produced by cattle, say researchers… Read more

Kingston – Dr. Steven N. Liss, a microbiologist and the current Associate Vice-President (Research) at the University of Guelph, has been appointed Queen’s new Vice-Principal (Research) effective September 1… Read more

The Centre for Infections in Colindale, London, has announced a symposium on scientific issues in immunization to be held May 12. The day-long event will include presentations on topical areas in vaccine policy, vaccine development and vaccine-preventable disease epidemiology and feature presentations that focus on current issues, future strategies and the progress being made with potential new vaccine… Read more

A foodborne illness lawsuit is more complex than eating at a restaurant, getting sick, suing the restaurant and collecting a large sum of money. It combines many highly specialized areas of study beyond the legal profession, including microbiology and epidemiology. Lawyers have to go through many steps to prove that contaminated food is, indeed, what caused their client’s illnesses (this is what’s known in the legal profession as “causation”)… Read more

Amarillo Biosciences, local biotech company has been testing its orally administered interferon in the test to study its efficiency in preventing the flu in 200 people in Western Australia. Joe Cummins, chief executive referring to the H1N1 virus spread in the Southern Hemisphere last year said, “We have the only human data generated during the pandemic.”.. Read more

PROPOSED mandatory reporting of bacteria in food in South Australia’s new Public Health Plan could be extremely costly for the meat industry. As part of the plan all producers, processors and wholesalers within any food industry will have to report all micro-organisms found in their products to a public health officer…Read more

I had the opportunity to bring my microbiology students at CMC to the Keystone Symposia on malaria on a recent Tuesday night. This particular symposium was held at the Copper Mountain Conference Center. We attended the poster session and were first given an orientation and background information on the Keystone Symposia by chief science officer Andy Robertson… Read more

Some dirt is good dirt, according to scientists who have found that children can be protected from developing asthma by exposing them to dust and allergens (substances that can trigger allergic responses)… Read more

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (“HPSC”) recently published National Guidelines to enhance careful and appropriate antibiotic use… Read more

A foodborne illness lawsuit is more complex than eating at a restaurant, getting sick, suing the restaurant and collecting a large sum of money. It combines many highly specialized areas of study beyond the legal profession, including microbiology and epidemiology. Lawyers have to go through many steps to prove that contaminated food is, indeed, what caused their client’s illnesses (this is what’s known in the legal profession as “causation”)… Read more