Redhill biopharma’s RHB-204 granted FDA fast track designation for NTM disease
FDA fast track designation, together with previously granted QIDP designation, provides RHB-204 with eligibility for rolling NDA review, priority review ...
Tag: Bacteriology
Groups of bacteria can work together to better protect crops and improve their growth
Credit: Noam Eckshtain-Levi, Susanna Leigh Harris, Reizo Quilat Roscios, and Elizabeth Anne Shank Certain bacteria, known as plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), ...
AI-designed serotonin sensor may help scientists study sleep and mental health
NIH BRAIN Initiative scientists used machine learning to redesign a bacterial 'Venus flytrap' protein that can monitor brain serotonin levels ...
With COVID exacerbating superbug threat, researchers ID new weapon
Study identifies novel compound in fight against antibiotic resistanceCredit: CU Boulder As scientists around the globe wage war against a ...
Delicious and disease-free: scientists attempting new citrus varieties
$4.67 million helps put new fruits to the testCredit: Chandrika Ramadugu/UCR UC Riverside scientists are betting an ancient solution will ...
Model predicts where ticks, Lyme disease will appear next in Midwest states
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By drawing from decades of studies, scientists created a timeline marking ...
Light flips genetic switch in bacteria inside transparent worms
Light-controlled genes could reveal how gut bacteria impact healthCredit: Image courtesy of Jeff Tabor/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 22, 2020) ...
Antibiotics for C-sections effective after umbilical cord clamped
Rutgers co-authored study challenges current recommendations aimed at preventing infectionsCredit: NIH Antibiotics for cesarean section births are just as effective ...
Evolution of a killer: How African Salmonella made the leap from gut to bloodstream
Credit: Dr Sian Owen and Dr Rocio Canals University of Liverpool scientists have exploited the combined power of genomics and ...
NUS researchers develop foldable tent for safe dental care during the pandemic
Credit: National University of Singapore Dental treatments are performed at close proximity to the mouths and noses of the patients, ...
Blood pressure drug may be key to increasing lifespan, new study shows
Metolazone, a drug used to treat hypertension, activates a mitochondrial stress response that prolongs lifespan in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegansCredit: ...
Three-dimensionally reconstituted organoids that are just like human organs
Credit: Kunyoo Shin (POSTECH) Organoids are organ-like tissues derived from stem cells that are grown in labs, often referred to ...
CCNY scientists provide new insights into cholera microbe and chances of pandemic strain
Credit: Image credit: Francis J. Santoriello Researchers at The City College of New York have uncovered a novel way in ...
SUTD and MIT scientists first to simulate a large-scale virus, M13
Credit: SUTD Atomistic simulations are a powerful tool to study the movement and interactions of atoms and molecules. In many ...
Root bacteria could help defeat fatal citrus disease
$10 million project hunts underground for keys to trees' healthCredit: Nichole Ginnan/UCR A UC Riverside-led team is looking at tiny ...
New salmonella proteins discovered
Credit: Image: Sandy Westermann / SCIGRAPHIX Salmonella are bacteria that can cause food poisoning with severe diarrhoea. If they penetrate ...
Salt-tolerant bacteria with an appetite for sludge make biodegradable plastics
Using a bacterial strain found in mangroves, Texas A&M researchers have uncovered a low-cost, sustainable method for producing bioplastics from ...
Using water fleas, UTA researchers investigate adaptive evolution
Through preserved eggs, UTA team studies how species respond to invasive predatorCredit: Matthew Walsh, UTA associate professor of biology. Researchers ...
Newly discovered toxin-antitoxin system abundant in one-cell organisms
Credit: Ellie Jamison Bacteria are always hungry, according to Thomas Wood, Biotechnology Endowed Chair and professor of chemical engineering in ...
$6.3 million will help UC Riverside save America’s avocado orchards
Incurable fungus, root rot and salinity threaten fruit productionCredit: UCR New grants totaling $6.3 million will help UC Riverside solve ...