A strain of Staphylococcus epidermis found on human skin contains a chemical with cancer-fighting ... While Gallo and his colleagues were examining the antimicrobial properties of skin bacteria, they ...

Some people scrub them every day while others say letting water run over them in the shower is enough. So are you cleaning ...

But the researchers also discovered other bacteria never before seen on human skin, like marimonas, which scientists had previously only seen in the ocean. And they even found bacteria that chefs ...

An international team of microbiologists from the Medical University of Graz, the DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganisms ...

In addition, sweat contains antimicrobial compounds that help control the growth of bacteria on our skin. A human hair follicle can vary in size, with the largest being about 100 micrometers across, ...

“Exposure to these bacteria can cause infections in humans, including infection in the eyes, nose and skin, with additional ... microbiological analyses which found bacteria in some of its ...

The idea of using bacteria to improve skin health is not new. It has been there from as early as 1992, when scientists experimented with applying bacteria to treat acne and seborrhea, which is a skin ...

Limiting bilirubin buildup is crucial because too much of it causes the yellowish skin ... in bacteria, the researchers turned their attention towards the human microbiome. They examined the gut ...

Most cases of nocardiosis start out as lung infections, in which pus-filled cavities, or abscesses containing the bacteria, form in the lungs. This can cause symptoms such as chest pain, a cough ...

The bacteria that causes a flesh-eating ulcer can be detected in possum faeces more than three years before cases emerge in ...