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Breast milk shields newborns: COVID-19 antibodies and microbiota from vaccinated mothers provide dual defense

Research paper discusses the differences in microbiota between high and low IgA subjects after the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The study found that certain microbial features in breast milk can predict levels of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in breast milk one week post-second dose.

21 May 2023

New cell-like transport system could pave the way for development of artificial cells

Biophysicists have designed a new cell-like transport system that represents an important milestone on the road to artificial cells.

19 May 2023

Transforming antibiotic resistance testing: a novel, rapid and affordable technique

News Medical speaks with Dr. Sandor Kasas, a lead researcher at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.

19 May 2023

Food preservative nisin: A gut game changer that safely alters microbiome composition

Nisin, a powerful bacteriocin, influences the gut microbiota and its functionality by modulating the abundance of specific bacterial groups and altering short-chain fatty acid synthesis.

18 May 2023

Mouse study offers clues to developing an effective vaccine for Klebsiella bacteria

A mouse study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis points to data that could be key to developing an effective vaccine for the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae.

18 May 2023

Unraveling how the interplay between Sargassum, plastic marine debris and Vibrio bacteria creates the perfect "pathogen" storm

A new study uncovers how the interplay between Sargassum spp., plastic marine debris and Vibrio bacteria creates the perfect "pathogen" storm that has implications for both marine life and public health. Vibrio bacteria are found in waters around the world and are the dominant cause of death in humans from the marine environment.

18 May 2023

UK’s first Centre for Phage Research highlights Actiphage in the KTN UK Phage Innovation Showcase

Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium that has evolved to evade the body’s immune system; now, its natural enemy, a phage, is being used to detect the infection at an early stage.

18 May 2023

A novel approach to quantify personal information contained within gut metagenome data

Researchers used shotgun sequencing to extract human reads from DNA in fecal samples

17 May 2023

Owlstone Medical Wins Contract from U.S. Department of Defense to Develop Handheld Breath Biopsy Device for Early Infectious Disease Detection

Owlstone Medical, the global leader in Breath Biopsy® for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, today announced that it had won an award from the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit for ‘Exhaled Breath Diagnostics’.

From Owlstone Medical Ltd 17 May 2023

Reviving a forgotten antibiotic: Old drug shows new promise against superbugs

Research discusses the activity spectrum of nourseothricin and its components, S-F and S-D, against drug-resistant, gram-negative pathogens. S-F showed promising activity against NDM-1-expressing Klebsiella pneumoniae Nevada strain with minimal toxicity, and it probes the A-decoding site potentially accounting for its miscoding activity.

17 May 2023

Long-ignored antibiotic could help fight against multi-drug resistant bacteria

"The end of modern medicine as we know it." That's how the then-director general of the World Health Organization characterized the creeping problem of antimicrobial resistance in 2012.

16 May 2023

Molecular mechanism behind a DNA repair pathway revealed

A new study adds to an emerging, radically new picture of how bacterial cells continually repair faulty sections of their DNA.

16 May 2023

Novel 'CLEVER' method accelerates engineering and genetic study of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants

Researchers described rapid mutagenesis and rescue of SARS-CoV-2 variants without cloning.

16 May 2023

Unlocking the gut clock: How circadian rhythms and gut microbiota team up to impact human health

Research investigates the connection between circadian rhythms and specific microbial patterns in various disease contexts, emphasizing the need for further studies.

15 May 2023

New compound with antibacterial activity shows promising results within one hour in laboratory trials

Resistance to antibiotics is a problem that alarms the medical and scientific community. Bacteria resistant to three different classes of antibiotics, known as multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria, are far from rare.

15 May 2023

Carotenoids' potential in reducing chronic disease risk

Researchers explore the association between the gastrointestinal delivery system and carotenoids.

15 May 2023

Swiss researchers identify plastic-degrading microbial strains in the Alps and Arctic region

Finding, cultivating, and bioengineering organisms that can digest plastic not only aids in the removal of pollution, but is now also big business.

13 May 2023

Novel ingestible device enables non-invasive profiling of the gut microbiome, proteome, and metabolome

Researchers developed an ingestible device to collect samples from the human intestine.

12 May 2023

High-fat diets can promote atherosclerosis via gut bacteria interactions with the immune system

In a recent study, researchers determined that derivatives of natural emulsifiers such as phospholipids found in high-fat, high-cholesterol diets can promote atherosclerosis via gut bacteria interactions with the immune system.

11 May 2023

New antimicrobial coating material effectively kills bacteria and viruses

Researchers have used a common disinfectant and antiseptic to create a new antimicrobial coating material that effectively kills bacteria and viruses, including MRSA and Covid-19.

11 May 2023

Bacterial News and Research

Breast milk shields newborns: COVID-19 antibodies and microbiota from vaccinated mothers provide dual defense

New cell-like transport system could pave the way for development of artificial cells

Transforming antibiotic resistance testing: a novel, rapid and affordable technique

Food preservative nisin: A gut game changer that safely alters microbiome composition

Mouse study offers clues to developing an effective vaccine for Klebsiella bacteria

Unraveling how the interplay between Sargassum, plastic marine debris and Vibrio bacteria creates the perfect "pathogen" storm

UK’s first Centre for Phage Research highlights Actiphage in the KTN UK Phage Innovation Showcase

A novel approach to quantify personal information contained within gut metagenome data

Owlstone Medical Wins Contract from U.S. Department of Defense to Develop Handheld Breath Biopsy Device for Early Infectious Disease Detection

Reviving a forgotten antibiotic: Old drug shows new promise against superbugs

Long-ignored antibiotic could help fight against multi-drug resistant bacteria

Molecular mechanism behind a DNA repair pathway revealed

Novel 'CLEVER' method accelerates engineering and genetic study of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants

Unlocking the gut clock: How circadian rhythms and gut microbiota team up to impact human health

New compound with antibacterial activity shows promising results within one hour in laboratory trials

Carotenoids' potential in reducing chronic disease risk

Swiss researchers identify plastic-degrading microbial strains in the Alps and Arctic region

Novel ingestible device enables non-invasive profiling of the gut microbiome, proteome, and metabolome

High-fat diets can promote atherosclerosis via gut bacteria interactions with the immune system

New antimicrobial coating material effectively kills bacteria and viruses

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