Pseudomonas aeruginosa is associated with 559,000 yearly deaths worldwide, and many of them come from hospital-acquired ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a hospital superbug, can degrade polycaprolactone (PCL), a plastic used in medical devices, using the enzyme Pap1. This ability enables ...

"Plastics, including plastic surfaces, could potentially be food for these bacteria," McCarthy said. "Pathogens with this ability could survive for longer in the hospital environment." The study ...

McCarthy said the findings mean that we need to reconsider how pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa exist in hospital environments. "Plastics, including plastic surfaces, could potentially be ...

So might the bacteria found in hospitals break down and feed on plastic? To find out, we studied the genomes of known hospital pathogens (harmful bacteria) to see if they had the same plastic ...

A GROUP of graduates from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman’s (UTAR) Public Relations programme donated close to RM4,000 to UTAR Hospital in Kampar. The 62 individuals raised RM3,858 through a corporate ...

"Plastics, including plastic surfaces, could potentially be food for these bacteria. Pathogens with this ability could survive for longer in the hospital environment. It also means that any ...