For her doctoral research, Martin, a PhD student at the University of Central Florida, has been analyzing sea turtle tears.

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Biofilms, ubiquitous bacterial communities embedded in a slimy matrix, are the oldest form of multicellularity on Earth; they are extremely resistant to antibiotics and stick tenaciously to most ...

The communication system between your gut and brain is called the gut-brain axis. They’re connected both physically and biochemically in a number of different ways. They may even influence each ...

Their work, “Not All Antiseptic Solutions Are Equivalent in Removing Biofilm: A Comparison Across Different Orthopaedic Surfaces,” appears in the January 15, 2025, edition of The Journal of Bone and ...

School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou International Campus, Guangzhou 511442, China CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials ...

More information: Samuel Davison et al, Cardiometabolic disease risk in gorillas is associated with altered gut microbial metabolism, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes (2025). DOI: 10.1038 ...

Biofilms, ubiquitous bacterial communities embedded in a slimy matrix, are the oldest form of multicellularity on earth; they are extremely resistant to antibiotics and stick tenaciously to most ...