Bacteria are commonly considered a culprit leading to cancer. However, recent research suggests that some bacteria, being a potential enemy can also be a friend, and thus be utilized to create novel cancer therapeutics and treatments.(1, Figure 1)

A great deal of research ahs centered on using bacteria to reduce the size of tumors...

CBD: How Pet Parents are Leading the Pack -The current landscape for pets and medical cannabis products In America, around 70% of households own a pet. This means that roughly 90.5 million families have welcomed a four legged (or maybe feathered) friend into their homes. (Rainwalk...

Bacteria are becoming more resistant to drugs while pharmaceutical companies are slowing their antibiotic research. Due to low profits and high time consumption, there are fewer drugs discovered and manufactured by drug companies.(1) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), and multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections...

Due to the recent 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, we have
been getting many inquiries about what type of swabs, media, and kits
should be used for COVID-19 sample collection prior to testing. Below we
have a short guide on which COPAN products meet the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) Interim...

According to the USGS, the Earth's surface is comprised of about 71% water (1); however, only a modicum of this supply is potable. Fortunately, modern marvels of mankind are making this supply increasingly accessible through the desalination of salt water and filtration of contaminated water, to name a few. Unlike salt water, the consumption of contaminated drinking water is a major cause for outbreaks...

Antibiotic resistance has been an emerging critical threat that, according to the CDC, results in more than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections in the U.S each year, of which 35,000 are fatal (1).

To date, most every antibiotic at our disposal has been discovered in the dirt; these compounds exist as natural products that...

Many people are concerned about what kinds of microorganisms
might be lurking in their cannabis products. Growers and cultivators are trying
their best to understand how these contaminants, or “bugs,” may be getting into
their products. Testing labs are working hard to properly screen and identify
the worst offenders, even when they are not required to by the local
...

“There is no future
for those who cannot or will not think.”

(Louis O. Kelso, In Lectures and Conversation)

Louis Kelso is often credited as the man who invented the ESOP. Hardy Diagnostics owes Louis Kelso a lifetime of gratitude for...

In total silence, a nearly 463 ton marvel is traveling at 17,000 miles per hour, but it garners little attention from those on Earth. In a modern age where...

Art masterpieces should be protected from
microbial damages by applying preventive action.

Although human occupancy is known as the main source
of airborne bacteria and molds in closed environments like hospitals and schools,
 art masterpieces in museums are often
not considered in this respect...

In recent years, greater appreciation for microbes inhabiting human body sites has emerged. In the female mammary gland, milk has been shown to contain bacterial species, reaching the ducts from the skin. Researchers have also discovered a diverse population of bacteria within tissue collected from sites all around the breast in women ages 18 to 90, not all of whom had a history of lactation...

What doesn’t need water, can freeze solid and come back to life, survives intense radiation, and stays alive in the vacuum of space? 

Antibiotic development has had its challenges recently; and while the concern of drug-resistant Gram-negative has been vastly described since the past couple of decades, there is a growing light at the end of the tunnel with the recent approval of the broad spectrum antimicrobials between 2015-17. Even more encouraging is the potential regulatory filing and approval of several antimicrobial candidates...

A new device called the iChip, short for isolation chip, may unlock the potential to culture the majority of microbes that still remain undiscovered.