Mutant bacterial receptor could point to new therapies against opportunistic pathogen
Credit: McCready AR, et al. (2019) Researchers have developed a new mutant version of a receptor used by a bacterial ...
Tag: Microbiology
Gut microbes eat our medication
A concrete example of how one species of bacteria consumes levodopa, the primary treatment for Parkinson's disease, could reveal more ...
Expansion microscopy and virtual reality illuminate new ways to prevent and treat disease
Innovation enables better visualization and interpretation of data from cell microscopyCredit: Carnegie Mellon University/Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason A ...
Viruses found to use intricate ‘treadmill’ to move cargo across bacterial cells
State-of-the-art technologies reveal bacterial cells organized like human cells, offering insights for new phage therapies on untreatable infectionsCredit: Video created ...
Special fibroblasts help pancreatic cancer cells evade immune detection
Credit: Tuveson lab/CSHL 2019 Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related ...
Bacterial chemical ‘signatures’ a sign of damaged gut microbiome in critical illness
Chemicals produced by healthy bacteria could be used to assess the health of the gut microbiome and help identify critically-ill ...
Researchers develop new method to rapidly, reliably monitor sickle cell disease
Technology doesn't require microscopic imaging or biochemical markersCredit: Florida Atlantic University Sickle cell disease is a hereditary disorder that affects ...
Crop resilience is focus of new interdisciplinary research
Project will focus on microbial interactions with wheatCredit: Becky Kirkland, NC State University Research suggests that microbes in the soil, ...
A matter of fine balance
Electrical balance in the brainCredit: Hrishikesh Nambisan Balance is the key. It's not exactly neuroscience; except that it is. Since ...
An unnatural way to make natural products
Credit: University of South Florida From medicine to fragrances, nature provides many of the key chemical compounds needed in an ...
New vulnerability found in major human viruses
Structural feature may lead to antivirals for the common cold, polio, and other pathogensCredit: James Geraets Discovery of a new ...
EMBO elects 56 new members
Heidelberg, 11 June 2019 - EMBO announces today that 56 life scientists have been elected to its membership, joining a ...
Breakthrough in chronic wasting disease research reveals distinct deer, elk prion strains
Credit: Bill Cotton/CSU Photography Infectious proteins called prions cause a group of related, fatal and incurable neurodegenerative disorders, including bovine ...
New pathogens in beef and cow’s milk products: More research required
BfR Opinion No 014/2019 of 18 April 2019 According to the DKFZ, they have been detected up to now in ...
New microorganism for algae biomass to produce alternative fuels
Professor Gyoo Yeol Jung and his research team utilized algae that grow three times faster than starch crops and succeeded ...
New book sings carbon’s praises
A new book by Robert Hazen, Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything, celebrates carbon in all ...
Curbing your enthusiasm for overeating
UC Riverside-led mouse study focuses on cannabis-like molecules that augment feeding behaviorCredit: UCR/Stan Lim. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Signals between our ...
Rendering toxic explosives harmless
A UA-led team of engineers and scientists are researching new methods, including 'magic' microbes and chemical processes, to remove insensitive ...
Mapping the ocean’s unseen heroes, one microbe at a time
Online Citizen Science project Adrift launches on World Ocean DayCredit: David Lawrey The picture of how climate change is impacting ...
Clemson researchers gain ground in the race to cure widespread parasitic infection
Faculty-led team from Clemson University unveils new findingsCredit: College of Science / Jim Melvin CLEMSON, South Carolina - A faculty-led ...
