Microbiology

Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center researcher receives NIH funding to investigateCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Scientists have known that…
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Credit: Baylor College of Medicine To successfully set off disease, rotavirus, a virus that causes severe diarrhea and vomiting in children around the world, must invade cells of the gastrointestinal track and trigger a surge of…
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The pill is the first known working device capable of non-invasively and accurately assessing the profile of bacterial species inhabiting any stage of the gastrointestinal tractCredit: Nano Lab, Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE,…
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UCI-led study points toward new ways to prevent disease transmission Irvine, Calif., July 24, 2019 -- As Lyme disease increases, researchers have taken a significant step toward finding new ways to prevent its transmission. The experts,…
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Research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital digs into the cells of origin for key medulloblastoma subtypesCredit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Investigators at St. Jude Children's…
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From modifying gene expression to cell signaling, dynamic designer proteins may usher in a new era of synthetic biologyCredit: UW Medicine Scientists have created the first completely artificial protein switch that can work inside…
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Credit: Texas Biomedical Research Institute San Antonio, Texas (July 24, 2019) - A team of scientists led by Texas Biomed's Assistant Professor Smita Kulkarni, Ph.D. and Mary Carrington, Ph.D., at the Frederick National…
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Most microbes are inside the apple -- but the strains depend on which bits you eat, and whether you go organic To the heroes among you who eat the whole apple: besides extra fiber, flavonoids and flavor, you're also quaffing 10 times as…
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Even without symptoms or antibiotic use, these virulent and multi-drug resistant strains are carried in the gut for long timeCredit: Veronika L. Tchesnokova/UW Medicine A recent study of over 1,000 healthy women with no symptoms…
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A new investigation on the International Space Station represents the first study of how microbes grow on and alter planetary rocks in microgravity and simulated Martian gravityCredit: UK Centre for Astrobiology/University of Edinburgh…
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ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology today announced the winners of its annual awards. The winners were nominated by colleagues and other leaders in their fields for making significant…
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Scientists have given a fascinating new insight into the way microbes adopt a 'co-operative' approach to securing the nutrients they need to thrive. A team of bioscientists from the University of Exeter have investigated why…
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Washington, DC - July 23, 2019 - Global warming may have played a pivotal role in the emergence of Candida auris, according to a new study published in mBio, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. C. auris, which…
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Multiple species of pathogen challenge commercial algae productionCredit: Seth Steichen and Judith K. Brown, Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. LOS ALAMOS, N.M., July 22, 2019--New DNA analysis has revealed…
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