These results were corroborated and deepened by Marcello et al
Washing machines, especially around the lid/door and the detergent tray, can be a big source of fungal and bacterial biofilms.[ref] Sanitize your washing machine regularly and while youre cleaning, also run your dishwasher on a sanitize cycle and clean your coffee maker
Referenced in experimental models examining cellular communication and tissue-related pathways
Funding: Supported by NIH grants P30 DK056341 (Washington University Nutrition and Obesity Research Center), P30 DK020579 (Washington University Diabetes Research Center), UL1 TR000448 (Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences), and T32 DK007120, and the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation
This is because the application of nanotechnology and composite materials where manufacturing materials with previously unreachable properties is possibly making nanocomposites an important innovation area in material science