SMART researchers develop customised targeting of bacteria using lysins
The discovery can help cure bacterial infections without inducing resistance or causing harm to good bacteriaCredit: Wei Lin Lee, SMART ...
Tag: Microbiology
Mechanism of action of chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 infection
The article by Dr. Alberto Boretti and colleagues is published in Coronaviruses, 2020Credit: Dr. Alberto Boretti, Dr. Bimal Banik, Dr. ...
Chemical compounds in foods can inhibit a key SARS-CoV-2 enzyme
Credit: De-Yu Xie, NC State University Chemical compounds in foods or beverages like green tea, muscadine grapes and dark chocolate ...
Small molecules control bacterial resistance to antibiotics
Jena research team discovers molecule that influences the resistance of cholera bacteriaCredit: Image: Kai Papenfort Jena, Germany (27.11.2020) Antibiotics work ...
COVID-19 studies should also focus on mucosal immunity, researchers argue
Credit: Douglas Levere/ University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Anyone who has undergone a nasal swab or saliva test for ...
UofL researcher uses fruit for less toxic drug delivery
Suite of technologies now has commercial partner to bring them to marketCredit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- University of ...
New insights into how the CRISPR immune system evolved
Credit: Ditlev E. Brodersen With new insights into how the genetic tool CRISPR - which allows direct editing of our ...
William Reznikoff, other MBL affiliates are named fellows of the AAAS
Credit: University of Chicago News Office WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- William S. Reznikoff, senior research scholar at the Marine Biological ...
Lung-on-chip provides new insight on body’s response to early tuberculosis infection
Findings reveal the early events that take place during tuberculosis infection, and provide a model for future research into respiratory ...
8 Berkeley Lab Scientists Named 2020 AAAS Fellows
New Fellows honored for contributions in fields ranging from astrophysics and science philanthropy to the noncoding genome and high-performance computingCredit: ...
Potential treatment against antibiotic-resistant bacteria causing gonorrhea and meningitis
A Canadian team from INRS has demonstrated the effectiveness of an inexpensive molecule to fight antibiotic-resistant strains of the bacteria ...
Experimental evolution reveals how bacteria gain drug resistance
Credit: RIKEN A research team at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has succeeded in experimentally ...
A rich source of nutrients under the Earth’s ice sheets
Data from Greenland and Antarctica show: under ice trace elements are mobilised at higher rates than previously assumedCredit: Jon Hawkings, ...
Understanding frustration could lead to better drugs
Rice scientists' atomic resolution protein models reveal new details about protein bindingCredit: Illustration by Mingchen Chen/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. ...
TTUHSC scientist takes next step in search for bone disease treatment
Das study indicates KLF2 induction in DPSCs can promote osteoblastCredit: TTUHSC For more than a decade, Hiranmoy Das, Ph.D., has ...
The microbiome of Da Vinci’s drawings
The microbial composition of art pieces can reveal interesting facts about their past and the journey they madeCredit: The authors ...
University of Göttingen receives another Alexander von Humboldt professorship
Physicist Dr. Jan Huisken nominated for top level research at the Cluster of Excellence MBExCCredit: sample by Julie Jurgens, Elizabeth ...
Bacteria convince their squid host to create a less hostile work environment
Credit: Moriano-Gutierrez, et al. 2020 Bacteria living symbiotically within the Hawaiian bobtail squid can direct the host squid to change ...
A patented solution for dry mouth relief and food product development
Credit: Anwesha Sarkar/University of Leeds A team of scientists from the University of Leeds have developed a new hydrogel that ...
Microbial remedies target chemical threats in the environment
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Across America, hazardous waste sites pose an ongoing threat to human and ...