Leprosy declines in Morocco after implementation of preventive drug
Credit: Mary Gillham Archive Project, Flickr, CC BY 2.0, 2017 Since 2012, the number of cases of leprosy in Morocco ...
Tag: Bacteriology
Yale-led team examines impact of diet intervention on autoimmunity in mice
New Haven, Conn. -- Could a change in diet be beneficial to people with autoimmune diseases such as lupus? A ...
Bacteria rely on classic business model
The pneumonia causing pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa has developed a twin-track strategy to colonize its hostCredit: Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum ...
Bacterial protein could help find materials for your next smartphone
Credit: Penn State A newly discovered protein could help detect, target, and collect from the environment the rare-earth metals used ...
Getting yeast to make artificial sweets
The holiday season can be a time of excess, but low- or no-calorie sweeteners could help merry-makers stay trim. Stevia ...
Register for the JGI 14th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting
The DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) 14th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting takes place April 2-5, 2019 at ...
Pathogen predicament: How bacteria propel themselves out of a tight spot
Scientists have deciphered how some types of 'swimming' bacteria have evolved to be able to escape when trapped in small ...
Lung lavage as new test method improves tuberculosis diagnosis in rhinoceros
Credit: Jonathan Crackne Diseases and tuberculosis in particular can pose considerable challenges for wildlife. In order to avoid epidemics within ...
Biologists turn eavesdropping viruses into bacterial assassins
How cross-kingdom communication led to a breakthrough phage therapyCredit: Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications, Princeton University Princeton molecular biologist Bonnie ...
Study finds sewage bacteria lurking in Hudson river sediments
Levels can greatly exceed those in water, with potential health risksCredit: Kevin Krajic/Earth Institute, Columbia University A new study shows ...
Septin proteins act as cellular police to identify, imprison and kill 'superbug' Shigella
Ground-breaking discovery reveals new clues to stop the spread of deadly infections Using state-of-the art technologies to image human cells ...
Building an AI to predict if you carry a killer on your skin
Staphylococcus epidermidis is an ubiquitous colonizer of healthy human skin, but it is also a notorious source of serious nosocomial ...
The fauna in the Antarctica is threatened by pathogens humans spread in polar latitudes
When the human species infects other living beingsCredit: Jacob González-SolÃs (University of Barcelona-IRBio) The new study, which detected bacteria from ...
UK consortium to combat serious threat to plant health
Credit: Dr. Steven White (CEH) https://www.ceh.ac.uk/staff/steven-white The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Right Honourable Lord Henley, has announced funding for a ...
Distinguishing resistance from resilience to prolong antibiotic potency
Defining pathogen responses to first-line antibiotics could prolong their usefulnessCredit: Duke Photography DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University ...
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