The Battle of Probiotics and Their Derivatives Against Biofilms Authors: Abolfazl Barzegari, Keyvan Kheyrolahzadeh, Seyed Mahdi Hosseiniyan Khatibi, Simin Sharifi, Mohammad Yousef Memar, and Sepideh Zununi Vahed Published: 2020 Feb 26 Abstract Biofilm-related infections have been a major clinical problem and include chronic infections, device-related infections and malfunction of medical devices. Since biofilms are [READ MORE]
Siani Probiotic Body Care Introduces 3 New Topical Probiotic Sanitizers to Help Fight the Spread of Harmful Pathogens at the Microscopic Level Based on the growing body of evidence linking the spread of the coronavirus by people touching contaminated surfaces with their hands and then touching their faces, Siani Probiotic Body Care [READ MORE]
Research Objectives:We aim to assess the antibacterial effectiveness of probiotic cleaning in a dental clinic at the University Dental Hospital Sharjah (UDHS), UAE.Materials and Methods:The current cleaning protocol of UDHS was evaluated by the surface swabbing of three dental clinics routinely cleaned using regular chemical disinfectants. Then, a new probiotic cleaning solution containing Bacillus subtilis was applied [READ MORE]
Study by the Italian University of Ferrara at the Hospital of Santa Anne di Ferrara “Testing Bio-Stabilizing Agents Using Probiotic Products For Hospital Cleaning And Sanitation” Date: 5/24/2019 The problem of hospital infections Hospital-acquired infections are one of the most common health problems: patients need to stay in hospital for longer, spend more money [READ MORE]
Research Summary 9/23/2019 Limitations of surface disinfection Contaminated environmental surfaces act as reservoirs of microorganisms (Hota B, 2004), which include several health-related pathogens (disease-causing microorganisms). As a result, contaminated surfaces can influence the incidence of infections in healthcare settings. It is one of the most common complications in health care facilities worldwide (Allegranzi B, [READ MORE]
Abstract - Use of Potential Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) Biofilms for the Control of Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Escherichia coli O157:H7 Biofilms Formation Use of probiotic biofilms can be an alternative approach for reducing the formation of pathogenic biofilms in food industries. The aims of this study were (i) to evaluate the [READ MORE]
Abstract – US National Library of Medicine. National Institute of Health Published: Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207–217. Date: September 26, 2014 Written by: [READ MORE]
Abstract - US National Library of Medicine & National Institutes of Health By: Elizabeth A. Grice and Julia A. Segre The skin is the human body’s largest organ, colonized by a diverse milieu of microorganisms, most of which are harmless or even beneficial to their host. Colonization is driven by the ecology of the skin surface, [READ MORE]
How Fatal Biofilms FormSOURCE: Yale University. "How fatal biofilms form." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 5 October 2018.By severely curtailing the effects of antibiotics, the formation of organized communities of bacterial cells known as biofilms can be deadly during surgeries and in urinary tract infections. Yale researchers have just come a lot closer to understanding how these biofilms [READ MORE]
Celebrity dermatologist Whitney Bowe told CBN News that only within the last couple of years have scientists fully realized our obsession with cleanliness is doing more harm than good.
