Tag: Bacteriology

Credit: © Lionel Costa Gastric cancer, the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths, is often associated with a poor ...

Modified cancer drug effective against multi-resistant bacteriaCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are increasingly the source of deadly infections. ...

'Pro-active' genetics technology demonstrates 100-fold improved efficiency in targeting antibiotic-resistant bacteriaCredit: Bier Lab, UC San Diego Taking advantage of powerful ...

New polymer may pave the way for developing drugs to which bacteria are significantly less resistant, a breakthrough that could ...

Using a massive dataset drawn from the genomes of hundreds of people, a team of Princeton researchers identified two microbes ...

ERC Consolidator Grant for HIRI researcher Chase BeiselCredit: Mario Schmitt Chase Beisel heads the "Synthetic Biology of RNA" research group ...

Credit: University of Otago University of Otago researchers have discovered how viruses that specifically kill bacteria can outwit bacteria by ...

Credit: Robyn Roberts et al. When a plant senses an invading pathogen, it activates a molecular signaling cascade that switch ...

Researchers home in on core microbial community of tomato, one that is robust and stableCredit: Photo courtesy of Britt Koskella ...

A genetically programmed living hydrogel material facilitates intestinal wound healing and could be developed as a probiotic therapy for patients ...

Credit: Kanazawa University Pseudomonas putida is a bacterium occuring in soil, aquatic environments and plants. Although the virulence of Pseudomonas ...

Credit: The American Phytopathological Society Potatoes are important. They rank fourth among the world's staple crops. In the United States, ...

Credit: Image courtesy of F. Marconi. Medical practitioners routinely outfit patients with devices ranging from cardiovascular stents, pacemakers, catheters, and ...

Experimental drug found to disrupt genes activated by worm parasite that causes lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)Credit: University of Maryland School of ...

Personalized medicine approach using a human Colon Chip opens up gateway to study mucus barrier functions in patients with intestinal ...

Credit: John Innes Centre Streptomyces bacteria are our primary source of antibiotics, which are produced in the transition from vegetative ...

Credit: Dmitry Bratanov et al./Nature Communications The structure of an Organic Lake Phycodnavirus rhodopsin II (OLPVRII), which is a unique ...

Scientists from Bremen discover an unusual protein playing a significant role in the Earth's nitrogen cycleCredit: Boran Kartal Nitrogen is ...

Credit: Gleizer et al. Over the course of several months, researchers in Israel created Escherichia coli strains that consume CO2 ...

Research reinforces need for frequent hand washingCredit: Washington University School of Medicine Once rare, the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ...