Last year, researchers excitedly announced that they had found two organic compounds essential for living organisms in samples retrieved from a distant asteroid called Ryugu. The Japanese Space Agency ...

Five children suffering from thalassemia and three donors have tested positive for HIV following blood transfusions at a government blood bank, in a shocking case of medical negligence. Authorities in ...

A chunk of rock collected from the asteroid Ryugu contains bacteria—but, unfortunately, it's not evidence of alien life. Reading time 2 minutes Researchers found evidence of microbial life in what ...

Bacterial contamination remains a critical hazard in blood transfusion medicine, particularly affecting platelet products owing to their storage at room temperature which favours bacterial growth. The ...