Long-lasting, low toxicity antimicrobial peptide fights ‘superbug’ lung infections
Credit: B. Deslouches/Pitt PITTSBURGH, May 1, 2020 - Through serendipity, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public ...
Tag: Bacteriology
Exploiting a chink in the armor of bacteria could result in new drug therapies
Credit: University of Leeds Scientists have identified a key process in the way bacteria protect themselves from attack - and ...
Scientists explore links between genetics, gut microbiome and memory
A molecule commonly produced by gut microbes appears to improve memory in miceCredit: Courtesy of Nathan Johnson/PNNL A new study ...
New DNA test will improve tracking of Salmonella food-poisoning outbreaks
The test may rapidly and sensitively distinguish subtypes of Salmonella, reports The Journal of Molecular DiagnosticsCredit: Public Health Image Library, ...
Skoltech research shows how a ‘Swiss Army knife’ protein helps phages disarm their victims
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Researchers from the Severinov Laboratory at Skoltech, along with their colleagues from Switzerland and Israel, ...
Antibiotic exposure can ‘prime’ single-resistant bacteria to become multidrug-resistant
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Antibiotics save lives -- but using them also helps antibiotic-resistant strains evolve ...
Scientists use bacteria to help plants grow in salty soil
Method could be scaled up to help farmers improve crop yield in areas with increased soil salinityCredit: Brent L. Nielsen, ...
Syphilis eludes immune attack by altering a single gene
By shuffling DNA in and out of one gene, syphilis stays a step ahead of the immune system to resist ...
Scientists reveal how tuberculosis bacteria import vitamin B12 to grow
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Researchers from Russia, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the U.S. have revealed the structure of the ...
New study reveals life’s earliest evolution was more complicated than previously suspected
Credit: Credit: S. Shiobara, S. McGlynn, ELSI, CC BY 4.0 Biologists have long hoped to understand the nature of the ...
Is it safe to spin-dry leafy greens in a washing machine?
UMass Amherst researchers receive grant to study common practice at small New England farmsCredit: UMass Amherst Some of the nearly ...
Printed to find a cure
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski Would you like to be able to find out which antibiotic combination works best for ...
Cable bacteria can drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from rice cultivation
A Danish-German research collaboration may have found a solution to the large climate impact from the world's rice production: By ...
Australia’s Centre for Digestive Diseases cures Crohn’s disease in new study
The Centre for Digestive Disease headed by Professor Thomas Borody has cured Crohn's disease as reported today by Dr Gaurav ...
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