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Antibiotics for C-sections are effective when given after clamping the umbilical cord

Antibiotics for cesarean section births are just as effective when they're given after the umbilical cord is clamped as before clamping – the current practice – and could benefit newborns' developing microbiomes, according to Rutgers co-authored research.

21 Dec 2020

Arthritis drug may be effective in treating immunotherapy-related heart complication

A drug typically prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis may also be effective in treating a rare but potentially deadly heart complication some cancer patients experience after taking immunotherapies, according to a study published in Cancer Discovery and co-led by investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

21 Dec 2020

Scientists map direct interactions between SARS-CoV-2 RNA and human host cells

Scientists from Würzburg and the US have charted the first global atlas of direct interactions between SARS-CoV-2 RNA and human host cells. This may provide a starting point for novel treatments.

21 Dec 2020

UK experts explain the urgent need for long-term research into antimicrobial resistance

In a new report from the Microbiology Society, experts from around the UK explain the desperate need for long-term and ambitious funding for surveillance and research into antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

21 Dec 2020

Wildfire smoke's microbial content can cause infectious diseases

Wildfire smoke contains microbes, a fact that's often ignored, but one that may have important health repercussions.

18 Dec 2020

AOAC INTERNATIONAL issues Certificates of Validation for three test kits that detect SARS-CoV-2

AOAC INTERNATIONAL announced today that it has issued Certificates of Validation for three proprietary test kits that detect SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19 illness, on environmental surfaces.

18 Dec 2020

UEA study offers recommendations to reduce Covid-19 transmission in universities

Universities should keep their windows fully open and students shouldn’t share personal items – according to new University of East Anglia research into reducing the spread of Covid-19.

18 Dec 2020

Scientists examine the virulent potential of Listeria strains in pigs

Researchers from the CEU Cardenal Herrera University (CEU UCH) of Valencia, the University of Cordoba and the Pasteur Institute of Paris, have conducted a study to determine the virulent potential of strains of the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria in pigs in Spain.

17 Dec 2020

Researchers identify key gene necessary for cells to consume and destroy viruses

A team led by UT Southwestern researchers has identified a key gene necessary for cells to consume and destroy viruses. The findings, reported online today in Nature, could lead to ways to manipulate this process to improve the immune system's ability to combat viral infections, such as those fueling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

17 Dec 2020

Researchers use bacterial strains to measure host gene expression in mouse model

The bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizes the nasopharynx and can cause pneumonia. Then, it can spread from the lungs to the bloodstream and cause organ damage.

16 Dec 2020

Pediatricians want kids to be part of COVID vaccine trials

If clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines aren't expanded soon to include children, it's unlikely that even kids in their teens will be vaccinated in time for the next school year.

15 Dec 2020

Scientists empower wireless sensors with vision abilities to fight viruses

Current and former early-career scientists share their stories and tell how Europe has bet on them, making their high-risk research possible: from intelligent wireless sensors with vision abilities to RNA-based techniques to fight viruses, from the mathematical formulas of the MRI waves to optoceutics, the new technique that uses light to repair the heart after a stroke.

15 Dec 2020

Study provides valuable interaction about animal host and pathogen during pneumococcal infections

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine published one of the most comprehensive analyses of how genes get expressed during infection (known as a transcriptome). The analyses include three different strains of the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia, meningitis, and middle-ear infections.

15 Dec 2020

DFG establishes “COVID-19 Focus Funding” to address questions on coronavirus pandemic

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has made its first decisions in the new COVID-19 Focus Funding instrument. These decisions will enable 33 projects to immediately begin research on immunity, host susceptibility and pathomechanisms of infection with SARS-CoV-2.

15 Dec 2020

Microbiology News and Research

Antibiotics for C-sections are effective when given after clamping the umbilical cord

Arthritis drug may be effective in treating immunotherapy-related heart complication

Scientists map direct interactions between SARS-CoV-2 RNA and human host cells

UK experts explain the urgent need for long-term research into antimicrobial resistance

Wildfire smoke's microbial content can cause infectious diseases

AOAC INTERNATIONAL issues Certificates of Validation for three test kits that detect SARS-CoV-2

UEA study offers recommendations to reduce Covid-19 transmission in universities

Scientists examine the virulent potential of Listeria strains in pigs

Researchers identify key gene necessary for cells to consume and destroy viruses

Researchers use bacterial strains to measure host gene expression in mouse model

Pediatricians want kids to be part of COVID vaccine trials

Scientists empower wireless sensors with vision abilities to fight viruses

Study provides valuable interaction about animal host and pathogen during pneumococcal infections

DFG establishes “COVID-19 Focus Funding” to address questions on coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 vaccine shows the long-term value of curiosity-driven basic research

Eureka's InvisiMask human antibody nasal spray offers protection against SARS-CoV-2 in mice

Digital chest drainage systems could help reduce COVID-19 spread, research shows

Combination of baricitinib and remdesivir could benefit some COVID-19 patients

SARS-CoV-2 genetic material can be reliably detected in self-collected saliva samples

Researchers develop new serological assay for detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

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