All McGill University articles – Page 2

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    Microplastics changing gut microbiomes of wild seabirds

    2023-05-25T09:21:00Z

    An international team of scientists has found evidence that microplastics in the digestive tract of seabirds altered the microbiome of the gut – increasing the presence of pathogens and antibiotic-resistant microbes, while decreasing the beneficial bacteria found in the intestines.

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    Infectious SARS-CoV-2 isolated from hospital air samples

    2023-04-20T09:12:00Z

    Scientists have succeeded in isolating infectious particles of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from air samples collected from hospital rooms of COVID-19 patients and kept frozen for more than a year, a new study shows.