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Food Safety This Summer
Summer is the season for grilling and potlucks, but warmer weather encourages the growth of foodborne germs leading to an increase in cases of food…
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Know the Risks this Swimming Season
Many area pools, as well as water parks like the Splash Pad at The Cascades, opened Memorial Day weekend. Swimming is a fun way to stay active and…
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Gnotobiotic and Germ-Free Animals
TransPharm Preclinical Solutions is a full-service contract research organization specializing exclusively in microbiology and infectious disease…
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Drug Take Back Day
Prescription and over-the-counter medications are necessary for treating disease and saving lives, but they can also cause serious public health and…
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Imaging Infections
TransPharm Preclinical Solutions performs efficacy testing of novel therapeutics against a wide variety of infections in mice and rats. Historically…
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Common Antibacterial Agent Contributes to Antibiotic Resistance
Stores are stocked with items promising to kill bacteria, and many consumers purchase those products in an attempt to protect themselves from…
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Jackson is our Valentine
February 14th is all about love and we sure do love our town of Jackson, Michigan. In fact, on this day 126 years ago, Jackson officially became a…
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IACUC Approves Intratracheal Administration
TransPharm’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) recently approved intratracheal (IT) administration as a new route of inoculating…
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A “Two-Hit” Model of Sepsis
TransPharm recently validated a "two-hit" model of sepsis in which mice undergo cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) followed by intranasal instillation…
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Cease and Persist?
After a bacterial infection is established, a small percentage of the bacteria slow their metabolism in response to environmental stressors. This…
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