Smart drug design to prevent malaria treatment resistance
Malaria treatment resistance could be avoided by studying how resistance evolves during drug development, according to a new paper published ...
Tag: Microbiology
Innovative mechanobiology research expands understanding of cells
New technology allows researchers to probe cell changes without disturbing the cell's physiologyCredit: Cell Reports Researchers have developed a new ...
Mining microbial treasures from toxic sites
Filled with a noxious brew of copper, cadmium and arsenic, with a pH rivaling that of sulfuric acid, Montana's Berkeley ...
Adolfo Garcia-Sastre of Mount Sinai elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Highest honor recognizing outstanding contributions to science Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, PhD, Director of the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, and ...
New ‘jumping’ superbug gene discovered, resistant to last-resort antibiotic
Credit: Ahmed Gaballa, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - While sifting through the bacterial genome of salmonella, Cornell University food scientists ...
Vaccine for African swine fever may save our bacon
New study shows wild boar can be immunized against the most significant worldwide threat to the swine industry by a ...
Cell architects: ‘Smart cells’ improve production of pharmaceutical raw materials
Intelligent systems create metabolic pathways and engineer enzymes within microorganismsCredit: Kobe University Researchers in Japan have developed an integrated synthetic ...
Staying healthy longer in space
The Rodent Research 12 (RR-12) investigation joins a series of studies aboard the International Space Station with the common goal ...
Study presents drug candidate for reversing mucosal barrier damage by HIV
Research in preclinical models suggests that recombinant molecule could act as a topical anti-HIV microbicideCredit: Image courtesy of Raina Fichorova, ...
Filming how our immune system kill bacteria
To kill bacteria in the blood, our immune system relies on nanomachines that can open deadly holes in their targets. ...
Hopping bacteria
New look at behavior upends common assumptions about bacteriaCredit: Courtesy of the researchers Current biological models assume that many bacteria ...
Needleless vaccine will protect children from dangerous viruses
Orally administered vaccine can protect millions from hepatitis B. Oral vaccines are both safer and less expensive than injections; researchers ...
More than 100 years of data show Pennsylvania tick population shift
Credit: Joyce Sakamoto/Penn State The prevalence of the most abundant species of ticks found in Pennsylvania has shifted over the ...
Pathogens find safe harbor deep in the gastric glands
Credit: Connie Fung Scientists have long tried to understand how pathogenic bacteria like Helicobacter pylori, a risk factor for stomach ...
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