Sentences with phrase «mucus samples»

Study personnel collected nose and throat mucus samples throughout the study to seek out and identify infections.

The ability of the mucus samples to kill the fungal disease was related to how prevalent the infections were among the frog population in the field as well as the survival rate of frogs raised in the laboratory that were exposed to the disease.

But when the researchers increased the temperature at which the fungal spores were incubated in a mucus sample containing the bacteria, the results flipped.

Not exact matches

While tests such as throat swabs or sputum (mucus) samples can help with diagnosis, such investigations take time, so skill needs to be deployed to make these decisions.

9 But sometimes humans strike back: Alexander Fleming, famous for his serendipitous discovery of penicillin, also chanced upon an antibiotic enzyme in nasal mucus when he sneezed onto a bacterial sample and noticed that his snot kept the microbes in check.

Marvin Whiteley, a professor of molecular biosciences, and his research team at The University of Texas at Austin explain in the paper how they applied new technology to bacteria thriving in actual samples of the mucus from CF lungs to model the behavior of the bacterium in that environment.

Because fluids flowing through the lumen of the Intestine Chip can be collected continuously, sequential analysis of fluid samples can be used to quantify nutrient digestion, mucus secretion and establishment of intestinal barrier function over a period of multiple days in vitro.

When a sample of mucus is between your fingers, it may stretch for several inches and should like somewhat like raw egg whites.

Dogs lick their noses so that the olfactory glands on the roof of their mouths can sample the scent chemicals that are trapped in the mucus it secretes.

Your veterinarian may also want to take samples of mucus and fluid from deep within the airways, either by a procedure called a transtracheal wash or a bronchoalveolar lavage.