Foodborne botulism is a potentially deadly condition that’s caused by eating food contaminated with botulinum toxin, a potent toxin that attacks the body’s nervous system. The disease is incredibly ...

Experts have met to discuss the risks and knowledge gaps around Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens. At a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) meeting in Rome in February, experts ...

Honey has been used as a food and medicine for thousands of years — and for good reason. Not only does research suggest that it may help in managing various types of diseases, such as diabetes, but it ...

The Anchorage Daily News reports that Alaska health officials have traced the source of a foodborne illness outbreak that sickened dozens of hospital workers in Homer to a single item The Department ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When Clostridium difficile was discovered in 1935, it was ...

The microbiome refers to the collection of microorganisms in an environment, such as the human gut. Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from the human gut and was ...

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a common bacterial gastrointestinal infection, causing almost half a million cases of illness in the United States each year. Recovery from a C. difficile ...

Clostridium difficile, a bacterium known to cause symptoms from diarrhea to life-threatening colon damage, is part of a growing epidemic for the elderly and hospitalized patients. Biologists have now ...

The pathogen Clostridium difficile, which causes one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in the United States, may have accomplices that until now have gone largely unnoticed. The pathogen ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. I’ve recently come across a fringe fermentation method that ...