In Rajasthan's Deeg district, diphtheria has claimed the lives of at least seven children. This is a highly preventable ...

It is an industry that was supposed to be cleaned up, after the turn-of-the-millennium­ notoriety surrounding so-called blood or conflict ­diamonds—precious stones mined in African war zones ...

Staphylococcus epidermidisis gamma-hemolytic. Often when inoculating a BAP to observe hemoloysis patterns, investigators will also stab several times through the agar using an inoculating loop. This ...

This is in contrast to Streptococcus species, whose growth is selected against by this high salt agar (plate on the right in the picture below). The differential ingredient in MSA is the sugar ...

Dragon’s blood is a plant resin that may help with a variety of health concerns, including skin ulcers and diarrhea. Share on Pinterest Dragon’s blood is commonly used to help manage digestive ...

More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C after being given contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. A public inquiry described the scale of the scandal ...

Dr. Joshua C. Agar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Drexel University. Prior to Drexel, Joshua was an Assistant Professor in the Department of ...

Inside you, there is an amazing network of blood vessels, the tubes that carry blood all around your body. Every part of the body needs oxygen, food and water. The blood vessels are a bit like ...

Diphtheria is a contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which releases a toxin that leads to a buildup of gray tissue in the throat, causing difficulties in ...

Eileen Agar, also known as Eileen Forrester Agar, was a British artist associated with Surrealism. She was born in 1899 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and passed away in 1991 in London. Her work in ...

Number of first time and repeat blood donors in the U.S. in 2019 and 2021 Distribution of blood types in the U.S. as of 2023 ...

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