Reservoir bugs: Stanford-led study shows why stomach pathogen is so tough to eradicate
The stomach-dwelling bacteria Helicobacter pylori survives in the stomach -- a hellish, churning vat of hydrochloric acid -- by holing ...
Tag: Microbiology
UVA’s Edward H. Egelman elected to prestigious National Academy of Sciences
Distinguished research career earns him one of science's top honorsCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Edward H. Egelman, PhD, of ...
Researchers grow cells in ‘paper organs’
Long before scientists test new medicines in animals or people, they study the effects of the substances on cells growing ...
Here’s how cancer hijacks wound healing to create its own blood supply
UVA IDs natural process tumors co-opt to feed their growth, spreadCredit: Courtesy Dudley Lab, UVA School of Medicine Researchers at ...
Harnessing sunlight to pull hydrogen from wastewater
Credit: Lu Lu, Waltteri Vakki, Jeffery A. Aguiar, Chuanxiao Xiao, Katherine Hurst, Michael Fairchild, Xi Chen, Fan Yang, Jing Gu ...
BTI’s Maria Harrison elected to National Academy of Sciences
Maria Harrison, William H. Crocker Professor at Boyce Thompson Institute and Adjunct Professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science ...
New study identifies drug that can reverse hyperactivity induced by parasitic infection
Washington, DC - April 30, 2019 - When rodents get infected by Toxoplasma gondii, the single-celled brain parasite that causes ...
Right combination of diet and bacteria limits cancer progression
The diet of a person can have significant effects on the gut microbiome, i.e. the populations of microorganisms such as ...
Disease-causing nibbling amoeba hides by displaying proteins from host cells
Credit: Hannah Miller/UC Davis A parasitic amoeba that causes severe gut disease in humans protects itself from attack by biting ...
Amid genomic data explosion, scientists find proliferating errors
Credit: WSU Pullman, Wash. - Washington State University researchers found a troubling number of errors in publicly available genomic data ...
Adam Antebi to present at the 6th Aging Research for Drug Discovery Forum in Basel
Credit: Insilico Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - Today Insilico Medicine, a biotechnology company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing ...
Mayo Clinic doctors: Fecal transplants may be best answer to antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Non-pharmaceutical treatment combats recurring Clostridium Difficile infections CHICAGO--April 29, 2019-- Transplanting human donor fecal microbiota into the colon of a ...
H3N2 viruses mutate during vaccine production but new tech could fix it
Credit: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- In late March 2019, the World Health Organization and a vaccine advisory committee ...
DNA folds into a smart nanocapsule for drug delivery
Credit: Linko, Shen , Ijas/Aalto University New study of University of Jyvaskyla and Aalto University shows that nanostructures constructed of ...