Novel strategy fights back bacterial antibiotic resistance
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A new strategy to combat antibiotic resistance has emerged from a study led by researchers ...
Tag: Bacteriology
Russian scientists found out how a male-hating bacterium rejuvenates
A team from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University together with their Russian colleagues carried out genetic analysis of the symbiotic ...
Global microbial signatures for colorectal cancer established
Colorectal cancer is characterised by consistent changes in our gut bacteria across continents, cultures, and dietsCredit: EMBL in collaboration with ...
The inflammation connection
Newly-discovered link between biological processes reveals a novel way to control inflammationCredit: Malhotra lab. Scientists at the Centre for Genomic ...
UA immunobiologist will use $1.9 million grant to explore copper’s potential as antibiotic
Pneumonia starts like this: A bacterial cell called Streptococcus pneumoniae enters the nostril. It travels down the nasal passage and ...
Movement toward a poop test for liver cirrhosis
In a study of people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and their twins and other close relatives, UC San Diego ...
Bacteria partners with virus to cause chronic wounds, Stanford study finds
A common bacterial pathogen called Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces a virus that substantially increases the pathogen's ability to infect us, according ...
Promising new drugs for old pathogen Mtb
Tuberculosis (TB), an ancient and notoriously difficult disease to treat, has killed millions through the course of human history; and ...
Same microbe, different effect
Asking a different question about the bacteria in our microbiomes might help target disease more precisely Our gut microbiome - ...
Researchers advance effort to manage parasitic roundworms
Patent-pending discoveryCredit: UNH DURHAM, N.H.--Roundworms that feed on plants cause approximately $100 billion in annual global crop damage. Now researchers ...
Interest in RNA editing heats up
The gene-editing technology known as CRISPR has attracted much excitement and investor interest with its potential to someday treat diseases ...
Salmonella could be combated by enhancing body’s natural process
Credit: Dr. Anne-Claire Jacomin/University of Warwick Autophagy - the process of recycling cellular material in the body, can help combat ...
Plant seed research provides basis for sustainable alternatives to chemical fertilizers
Credit: Alessandro Bergna, Tomislav Cernava, Manuela Rändler, Rita Grosch, Christin Zachow, and Gabriele Berg St. Paul, MN (March 2019)--Recent advances ...
A petrifying virus key to evolution
The newly discovered Medusavirus give new insights on how organisms and viruses co-evolvedCredit: (Kyoto University/Robin Hoshino Scientists are constantly discovering ...