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Inovio Pharmaceuticals reports Q3 2014 financial results, provides corporate update

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2014.

10 Nov 2014

LSTM receives research grants to develop Experimental Human Pneumococcal Carriage model

Respiratory specialists at Liverpool School Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have been awarded two substantial research grants to further develop and utilise their Experimental Human Pneumococcal Carriage (EHPC) model.

10 Nov 2014

UF Health researcher finds way to grow human norovirus

Noroviruses are pernicious intestinal viruses. They cause violent vomiting and diarrhea, and people ill with the virus remain contagious up to three days after they seem to recover.

9 Nov 2014

Findings pave way for personalized probiotic therapies for obesity-related diseases

Our genetic makeup influences whether we are fat or thin by shaping which types of microbes thrive in our body, according to a Cornell-led study published today in the journal Cell.

7 Nov 2014

LSTM awarded research grants to develop Experimental Human Pneumococcal Carriage model

Respiratory specialists at Liverpool School Tropical Medicine have been awarded two substantial research grants to further develop and utilise their Experimental Human Pneumococcal Carriage (EHPC) model.

7 Nov 2014

Liposomes can help prevent bacterial toxins from killing human cells

Published in Nature Biotechnology, the study at the University of Liverpool showed that specially engineered lipid (fat) bodies, called liposomes, can be used to prevent bacterial toxins from killing human cells.

7 Nov 2014

Health benefits of modified formulation of curcumin supplements

The health benefits of over-the-counter curcumin supplements might not get past your gut, but new research shows that a modified formulation of the spice releases its anti-inflammatory goodness throughout the body.

7 Nov 2014

Greenwich Hospital partners with ONSF to conduct research on surgical site infections

Research on surgical site infections conducted at Greenwich Hospital in alliance with the ONS Foundation for Clinical Research and Education examined why a certain bacteria is so common in post-surgical shoulder infections and are helping to develop tactics to control it.

7 Nov 2014

Study highlights connections between climate change and new outbreak of diseases

Climate change may affect human health directly or indirectly. In addition to increased threats of storms, flooding, droughts, and heat waves, other health risks are being identified. In particular, new diseases are appearing, caused by infectious agents (viruses, bacteria, parasites) heretofore unknown or that are changing, especially under the effect of changes in the climate (change of host, vector, pathogenicity, or strain).

6 Nov 2014

Researchers develop new test to identify drugs that could work against Lyme disease

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed a test they say will allow them to test thousands of FDA-approved drugs to see if they will work against the bacteria that causes tick-borne Lyme disease.

4 Nov 2014

Innovative tool could redefine limits of synthetic biology, improve study of yeast genetics

NYU Langone yeast geneticists report they have developed a novel tool -- dubbed "the telomerator" -- that could redefine the limits of synthetic biology and advance how successfully living things can be engineered or constructed in the laboratory based on an organism's genetic, chemical base-pair structure.

4 Nov 2014

Wimpy antibody prevents more serious self-inflicted forms of kidney disease, researchers say

An antibody abundant in mice and previously thought to offer poor assistance in fighting against infection may actually play a key role in keeping immune responses in check and preventing more serious self-inflicted forms of kidney disease, researchers say.

3 Nov 2014

Study identifies new targets for developing novel treatment for alcohol dependence

Bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract fulfill many vital functions and are critical for digestion. Yet, these same bacteria can induce strong inflammatory responses by the immune system if they penetrate the gut and enter the bloodstream.

31 Oct 2014

Research shows that copper could help to prevent Ebola spread

Research from the University of Southampton has indicated that copper could help to prevent the spread of Ebola.

30 Oct 2014

Researchers examine accuracy of GenoType MTBDRslassay for detection of drug-resistant TB

Researchers from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group, hosted at LSTM, have conducted an independent review to examine the diagnostic accuracy of the GenoType MTBDRslassay for the detection of resistance to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs.

30 Oct 2014

Oats play important role in human health

According to a new, wide-reaching collection of scientific reviews published in the October 2014 supplement issue of the British Journal of Nutrition, oats may play an important role in improving satiety, diet quality and digestive, cardiovascular and general metabolic health.

30 Oct 2014

ETEC vaccine candidate provides significant protection against bacterial diarrhea

New results from a safety and immunogenicity study, which included a challenge phase to test efficacy, indicate that a live attenuated enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) vaccine candidate, given in combination with a novel adjuvant, provided significant protection against disease.

28 Oct 2014

Growth factor boosts natural defence against auto-immune diseases

Our immune system defends us from harmful bacteria and viruses, but, if left unchecked, the cells that destroy those invaders can turn on the body itself, causing auto-immune diseases like type-1 diabetes or multiple sclerosis. A molecule called insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) boosts the body's natural defence against this 'friendly fire', scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Monterotondo, Italy, have found.

25 Oct 2014

Enhanced dental care reduces respiratory tract infection risk in ICU patients

New research shows vulnerable patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) who received enhanced oral care from a dentist were at significantly less risk for developing a lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), like ventilator-associated pneumonia, during their stay.

25 Oct 2014

MIT researchers develop new way to model effects of cancer-causing genetic mutations

Sequencing the genomes of tumor cells has revealed thousands of genetic mutations linked with cancer. However, sifting through this deluge of information to figure out which of these mutations actually drive cancer growth has proven to be a tedious, time-consuming process.

24 Oct 2014

Bacteria News and Research

Inovio Pharmaceuticals reports Q3 2014 financial results, provides corporate update

LSTM receives research grants to develop Experimental Human Pneumococcal Carriage model

UF Health researcher finds way to grow human norovirus

Findings pave way for personalized probiotic therapies for obesity-related diseases

LSTM awarded research grants to develop Experimental Human Pneumococcal Carriage model

Liposomes can help prevent bacterial toxins from killing human cells

Health benefits of modified formulation of curcumin supplements

Greenwich Hospital partners with ONSF to conduct research on surgical site infections

Study highlights connections between climate change and new outbreak of diseases

Researchers develop new test to identify drugs that could work against Lyme disease

Innovative tool could redefine limits of synthetic biology, improve study of yeast genetics

Wimpy antibody prevents more serious self-inflicted forms of kidney disease, researchers say

Study identifies new targets for developing novel treatment for alcohol dependence

Research shows that copper could help to prevent Ebola spread

Researchers examine accuracy of GenoType MTBDRslassay for detection of drug-resistant TB

Oats play important role in human health

ETEC vaccine candidate provides significant protection against bacterial diarrhea

Growth factor boosts natural defence against auto-immune diseases

Enhanced dental care reduces respiratory tract infection risk in ICU patients

MIT researchers develop new way to model effects of cancer-causing genetic mutations

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Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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