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Prevention is Key: A Simple Step to Better Health At the end of each year, the months of October and November are marked by two major awareness campaigns: Pink October and Movember. These initiatives aim to draw attention to breast … Read More

Launch of Project KISSMat The KISSMat project was officially launched a few months ago with the objective of identifying new antimicrobial solutions for the medical, cosmetic, and food sectors. KISSMat brings together several entities from the Grand Est region, that … Read More

BIOFACE Project wins RHU for Oncology Facial Reconstruction As part of France 2030, the BIOFACE project, led by Professor Agnès Dupret-Bories in Toulouse, is the winner of the Health 2023 call for projects for university hospital research (RHU). BIOFACE has … Read More

The Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB): A hub for Medical Innovation Every year, researchers, educators, clinicians, and industry representatives gather at the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) Annual Conference to exchange knowledge and discoveries in the … Read More

Corporate social Responsibility: SPARTHA Medical What does this mean for businesses? Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been an increasingly important topic in the corporate world over the last years. It is a wide concept that can take many forms depending … Read More

What is antibiotic resistance?  Antibiotic resistance, is defined as the ability of a bacterium to become insensitive to the action of one or more antibiotics. This phenomenon is the result of repeated exposure to antibiotics. When many bacteria survive more … Read More

The value of coatings for medical devices   Developments in medical technology require the use of medical devices. However, these medical devices can be the source of infections acquired in health care settings such as hospitals. What is a medical … Read More

New review Drug discovery and toxicology is a complex process that involves considerable basic research and pre-clinical evaluation. These rely heavily on animal testing, which often fails to predict the results of human trials due to species differences. Coupled with ethical concerns … Read More

Prevent the transmission of Covid-19 in hospitals Since its outbreak in 2019, the last coronavirus-related disease (COVID-19) has spread around the world. In addition to its global impact, COVID-19 has alerted the healthcare community about the danger and harm of … Read More

What is a fomite? A fomite is defined as an inanimate object that is able to carry and spread diseases and infectious agents. Fomites can also be called passive vectors. Contamination of a fomite occurs when an infected person coughs, … Read More

What are the consequences of hospital-acquired infections? Health consequences of hospital-acquired infections In France, hospital-acquired infections are responsible for 9,000 deaths per year, of which 4,200 involve patients whose prognosis was not vital in the short term when they entered … Read More

 Previous article: How to fight against nosocomial diseases? What causes hospital-acquired infections? The development of a nosocomial infection, also known as a healthcare-associated infection, is possible when three elements are present: a subject (the elderly, for example, have a higher … Read More

According to the WHO, a nosocomial infection – or hospital-acquired infection – can be defined as an infection acquired in hospital by a patient admitted for an other reason than the infection itself.  How are infections acquired?  Bacterial infections can … Read More

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs are officially one of the leading causes of death in the world. Antibiotics are drugs used to treat and prevent bacterial infections. Antibiotic resistance occurs with repeated administration of antibiotics. Consequently, as antibiotics target their cellular machinery, bacteria … Read More

Publication from PANBioRA project: the impact of cell culture environments on the performance of various electrochemical biosensors The Wiley Analytical Science published an article entitled « Characterization of the Impact of Classical Cell-culture Media on the Response of Electrochemical Sensors » thanks … Read More