Therefore, immunoprophylaxis and immunotherapy targeting factors expressed at some point in biofilm formation might offer new tools to combat S. epidermidis infections.

Attempts to prevent ICU infections with universal skin decolonisation may lead to an increase in ‘superbug’ bloodstream infections, according to new research.

The study of the processes by which marine organisms grow and how factors such as temperature, nutrition, microbes, predators, and hormones influence development. (Green fluorescent amphioxus photo by ...

The effect of a pulsed electric field (PEF) on Staphylococcus epidermidis was investigated by using an atomic force microscopy (AFM) image and force measurement under liquid. The changes in the ...

The Breslow thickness describes how thick the melanoma is. It measures in millimetres (mm) how far the melanoma cells have grown down into the layers of skin. There are 5 levels of tumour (T) ...