Tag: Microbiology

Research aims to outsmart cancer by reprogramming immune system cellsCredit: UMass Amherst Biomedical engineer Ashish Kulkarni, assistant professor of chemical ...

URI engineering professor lands $500K NSF CAREER Award to study new imaging technique

Chemical engineering professor Daniel Roxbury will use carbon nanotubes to examine living cellsCredit: Image courtesy of Daniel Roxbury KINGSTON, R.I. ...

Determining gene function will help understanding of processes of life

Scientists at the University of Kent have developed a new method of determining gene function in a breakthrough that could ...

DNA replication machinery captured at atom-level detail

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists reveal a crystal structure that illustrates a mechanism that powers and possibly starts DNA ...

C. difficile resists hospital disinfectant, persists on hospital gowns, stainless steel

Washington, DC - July 12, 2019 - Surgical gowns and stainless steel remained contaminated with the pathogen Clostridium difficile even ...

Presidential award

UTA biologist receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and EngineersCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington Matthew Walsh, an ...

Researchers reveal mechanisms for regulating temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decompos

Credit: Yang Yuanhe The temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition, commonly referred to as Q10, is a key ...

Super salty, subzero Arctic water provides peek at possible life on other planets

Credit: Zac Cooper/University of Washington In recent years, the idea of life on other planets has become less far-fetched. NASA ...

How multicellular cyanobacteria transport molecules

Credit: Videostill: ETH Zurich Also known as blue-green algae, cyanobacteria are a special class of bacteria that are able to ...

Clemson researchers tie metabolic enzyme to obesity and fatty liver disease

The study was published in the Journal of Nutritional BiochemistryCredit: Pete Martin / College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina - ...

Ohio University research helps insulin-producing cells get their groove back

NIH grant to fund research on pulsatility of pancreatic isletsCredit: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine ATHENS, Ohio (July ...

Immune system effectiveness appears key to antibiotic success against persistent bacteria

Drug that kills slow-growing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus may be powerful treatmentCredit: Mikkaichi et al. Mathematical modeling suggests that the rate ...

New vaccine strategy boosts T-cell therapy

Super-charging a treatment for leukemia also makes it effective on solid tumors A promising new way to treat some types ...

Greater prevalence of anal cancer precursors for women living with HIV than prior reports