Parasitology — On filaments and fountains
Microbiologists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have shown that Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that is responsible for toxoplasmosis, utilizes at ...
Tag: Microbiology
Gut microbes protect against flu virus infection in mice
Credit: Bradley and Finsterbusch et al./Cell Reports Commensal gut microbes stimulate antiviral signals in non-immune lung cells to protect against ...
Scissors get stuck — another way bacteria use CRISPR/Cas9
Cas9 represses gene activity, important for virulence In biotech these days, CRISPR/Cas9 is a hot topic, because of its utility ...
Cancer cell’s ‘self eating’ tactic may be its weakness
Credit: Tuveson lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cancer cells use a bizarre strategy to reproduce in a tumor's low-energy ...
The state of multiple antibiotic resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Cape Coast, Ghana
This article by Dr. Olufunso O. Kwame K. Asare et al. is published in The Open Microbiology Journal, Volume 13, ...
Epidemiological review on emerging & re-emerging parasitic infectious diseases in Malaysia
This article by Dr. Saad Musbah Alasil and Dr. Khairul Anuar Abdullah is published in The Open Microbiology Journal, Volume ...
An improved vaccine for bacterial meningitis and bloodstream infections
Washington, DC - June 18, 2019 - Researchers have now developed a new vaccine, a native outer membrane vesicle (NOMV) ...
Take two E. coli and call me in the morning
Synthetic bacterial memory circuits enable microbial diagnostics for sensing biomolecules in the gut Millions of people take capsules of probiotics ...
Medicines made of solid gold to help the immune system
By studying the effects of gold nanoparticles on the immune cells related to antibody production, researchers at UNIGE, at Swansea ...
Controlling deadly malaria without chemicals
UCR identifies new tool to kill mosquitoesCredit: Jim Gathany/CDC Scientists have finally found malaria's Achilles' heel, a neurotoxin that isn't ...
New method reveals how well TB antibiotics reach their targets
Credit: Daniel Greenwood, Francis Crick Institute. Scientists have developed a new technique that enables them to visualise how well antibiotics ...
How inhaled fungal spores cause fatal meningitis
Credit: Walsh NM, et al. (2019) Pathogenic fungal spores capitalize on host immune cells to escape the lung and gain ...
‘Can you hear me, now?’ A new strategy ‘raises the volume’ of gut-body communication
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Throughout the gastrointestinal tract there are specialized hormone-producing cells called enteroendocrine cells and, although they ...
Researchers find fecal marker could help diagnose early signs of chronic gut conditions
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Small molecules found in fecal matter could provide clues to the early inflammation found in chronic ...
Space station mold survives high doses of ionizing radiation
New research presented at the 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference in Bellevue, Wa. BELLEVUE, WA--The International Space Station, like all human ...
Cryo-electron microscopy at reveals structures of protein that maintains cell membranes
Groundbreaking cryo-electron microscopy at Aarhus University reveals the first structures of a protein that maintains cell membranesCredit: Milena Timcenko Using ...
Interdisciplinary approach decreases broad spectrum antibiotic usage
An interdisciplinary approach to antimicrobial stewardship involving comprehensive blood culture identification (BCID) testing decreased broad spectrum antibiotic use, according to ...
New mouse model of Parkinson’s disease shows how it spreads from the gut
Credit: Ted Dawson et al. / Neuron, 2019 Parkinson's disease can begin in the gut and spread to the brain ...
Diving into water treatment strategies for swimming pools
With summer in full swing, many people are cooling off in swimming pools. However, some of the substances that are ...
New biomaterials inspired by nature’s stickiest creatures are on the horizon
NYU Tandon's Jin Kim Montclare wins Department of Defense funding for her work with wet adhesion BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, ...
