Patients with Demodex blepharitis show significantly higher rates of microbial co-infestation than healthy controls.

Using or reusing kajal, stick eyeliners and other eye makeup can increase the risk of bacterial contamination, irritation and infections such as conjunctivitis.

Three patients undergoing laser eye surgery at a New York City ophthalmology clinic developed Purpureocillium lilacinum ...

Background Infectious keratitis (IK) is a leading cause of corneal blindness globally. While treatment can limit infection-related complications, the timeline and predictors of visual recovery in IK ...

A Dartmouth study finds that molecular hitchhikers living within bacteria can make their hosts extra resistant to medical treatment by corralling them into tightly packed groups. The findings ...

This case report presents a patient who underwent photorefractive keratectomy 13 years after Acanthamoeba infection. The patient experienced prolonged difficulties in epithelialization during the ...

Gynecologists long viewed bacterial vaginosis as solely a women’s issue — until a study that treated their male partners, too, proved otherwise. By Rachel E. Gross Rarely does a single study change ...

Pots of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, navy, and purple. Coculturing engineered bacteria can produce a full spectrum of colored cellulose. Credit: Sang Yup Lee “We have currently produced seven ...

A Japanese-led research team has developed AUN, a groundbreaking immune-independent bacterial cancer therapy that uses two harmonized bacteria to destroy tumors even in patients with weakened immune ...

Department of Clinical Laboratory, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430022, China Hubei Key Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine and ...