Mushrooms, Peaches, Onions- nothing seems to be free from Salmonella. Salmonella is a foodborne pathogen that causes diarrhea and vomiting when fecal contaminated food goes inside the human body.
Since last year, the world has seen a high number of Salmonella outbreaks in quite a variety of food and this has been keeping the bacteria in the news for...
With the current outbreak and overspread of covid-19 viral infection, various processes like sterilization which used to be considered a “for granted”, “behind the curtain” process, have come to the limelight. People are highly concerned about consuming and utilizing sterilized goods and products. For ages, we have been using chemical agents to wash wounds and protect them...
In the past ten years, there has been a significant increase in cases where drugs and injections containing antibiotics have been recalled by FDA. The very simple reason to justify the steps of FDA is fungal and microbial contamination. The risk associated with contamination in antibiotic injectable is so high that it can put the patient’s life on stake. Maintenance of...
If one imagines the deadliest microbial infection that affects the weakest and the most sensitive fraction of our population, one could hear the loud echoing voices of pneumonia inside their heads. Pneumonia got recent worldwide attention after researchers discovered that it was the leading consequence and cause of death amongst individuals infected with COVID-19. But a...
Microbial contamination of pharmaceuticals has been posing severe challenges for the researchers & pharmaceutical manufacturers throughout the generations. They lead to greater problems both medically and economically. Contaminations can result in the batch failures as the pathogens breakdown the formulations, affecting the potency, stability and efficacy of the drug....
Coronavirus have been making people sick for eons. They are among the many viruses which causes common cold. Although most of its members causes mild symptoms, few of them can lead to serious illnesses & even deaths.
The coronavirus got its name from its shape that seemed like a reminiscent of a monarch’s crow but were actually it’s spikey proteins. The name...