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In early June of this year, a “suspected” kindergarten poisoning case broke out in Taiwan. A private kindergarten in New Taipei City is suspected of feeding unknown drugs to children by kindergarten staff. After learning about this, some parents took their children to the hospital for blood and urine tests. A total of eight…

There have been many rumors about barbiturates recently. Whether the barbiturates detected in the test report are true, false negative or false positive, and whether barbiturates have indeed been detected, for parents who are worried that their children may have residual barbiturates,…

Introduction Metabolome is the composition of all metabolites in an organism. These metabolites are the final products of gene expression in the organism and can reflect the state of gene expression in the organism. Metabolomics analysis…

The history of germ-free mice The concept of germ-free animals was first proposed by Louis Pasteur in 1885, but it was not until 1946 that Reynier successfully bred the first batch of germ-free mice (Yi & Li…

Scientists have discovered the correlation between intestinal flora and human diseases. In addition to helping develop new disease diagnosis and prognosis tools, it also provides a new way of thinking and approach to explore pathogenic mechanisms, including using changes in the microbiome as a new means of treating diseases. …

Introduction In the history of the development of contemporary medicine, the 19th century was the golden age of microbial medicine. Scientists laid the foundation for today's microbiological knowledge by discovering microorganisms, culturing microorganisms and clarifying their significance. Including Raven, who discovered microorganisms through a microscope…