SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Center for Disease Control & Prevention confirmed Wednesday the presence in Korea of a “super bacteria” gene – Mobile Colistin Resistance-1 (MCR-1) – that is resistant to last-resort antibiotics. Three cases of the genes were found, according to the KCDC, after testing 9,300 samples of intestinal bacteria [...]
DAEJEON, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – You might want to try soju (Korean rice wine) to wash your vegetables next time. A recent experiment unveiled soju’s unexpected ability to wash off germs and bacteria from produce like lettuce. The research was conducted by the Daejeon Institute of Health and Environment, and various produce cleaning products were [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent scientific study has reported that intestinal bacteria may be the key to treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). On May 2, Dr. Paul Forsythe from the Brain-Body Institute at McMaster University in Canada announced through Medical News Today that the configuration of an individual’s microbiome, the aggregate of [...]
SEJONG, Jan.7 (Korea Bizwire) – A bacteria that lowers the toxicity of arsenic has been discovered. Arsenic is a poisonous heavy metal that is generated when metal is manufactured, and the new bacteria is expected to be used in restoring polluted soil around smelters or closed mines. The National Institute of Biological Resources and professor [...]
EMERYVILLE, Calif, Mar 31, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) - NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT:NBY). The Daily Mirror, a British newspaper, recently reported the tragic story of a father who lost both legs, an arm and half of his face to deadly flesh-eating bacteria. Alex Lewis, 34, went to bed with what he thought was a common [...]