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A graphic illustration of a family that appear as silhouettes filled with germs.

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Meet Squeegee: A new contamination detection tool for low microbial biomass microbiomes

December 6, 2022December 8, 2022amniotic fluid, breast milk, contamination detection tool, low-mass microbiome, placenta, Research, Squeegee

Squeegee is a first-of-its-kind tool for the microbiome science community and it is freely available for use.

From The Labs

New evidence supports the presence of microbes in the placenta

June 13, 2019August 14, 2019bacterial RNA, imaging, microbiome, placenta, Pregnancy, Research

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine previously found evidence that the placenta harbors a sparse but still present community of microorganisms, which they and other

From the Labs: The Liver’s biliary tree