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UAB researchers report lack of predictability for fecal microbial transplants without prior antibiotic therapy

A fecal microbial transplant - giving a recipient fecal matter from a donor to change the recipient's gut microbial community in the colon - has been a successful last resort therapy for people with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection after multiple rounds of suppressive antibiotics have eliminated the recipient microbial community.

4 Nov 2022

Anti-herpes drug can fight against antibiotic-resistant bacterium

A UNIGE team reveals that a drug used against herpes can fight a bacterium that is resistant to most antibiotics by weakening its defense mechanisms.

4 Nov 2022

Novel nasal cleansing system increases comfort and compliance in sleep apnea patients using CPAP

A novel nasal cleansing system (NasoClenzTM, Silicon Valley Innovations, Sunnyvale, CA) reduced bacterial colonization while increasing comfort and compliance in patients that use continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to treat sleep apnea, according to results of a clinical evaluation recently presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.

3 Nov 2022

Study sheds light on how Gram-negative bacteria construct outer membrane to resemble body armor

A new study published in the journal Science Advances sheds light on how Gram-negative bacteria like E. coli construct their outer membrane to resemble body armor, which has far-reaching implications for the development of antibiotics.

3 Nov 2022

Investigating the role of the gut-to-brain axis in defensive responses

In a new study, researchers investigated the function of the gut-to-brain axis in defensive responses induced by toxins.

3 Nov 2022

Gut colonization by proteobacteria modulates mice’s neurobehavioral response to cocaine

A new study revealed that gut colonization by proteobacteria modulates cocaine neurobehavioral response in mice.

3 Nov 2022

Dietary inulin fiber can promote allergy-related type of inflammation in the gut and lungs

A type of dietary fiber called inulin, commonly used in health supplements and known to have certain anti-inflammatory properties, can also promote an allergy-related type of inflammation in the lung and gut, and other parts of the body, according to a preclinical study from researchers in the Friedman Center for Nutrition and Inflammation and Jill Roberts Institute for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell Medicine and in the Boyce Thompson Institute on Cornell's Ithaca campus.

2 Nov 2022

Researchers study the unique adaptability of small intestinal bacteria for the first time

Bacteria in the small intestine adapt dynamically to our nutritional state, with individual species disappearing and reappearing.

1 Nov 2022

New method helps gain fundamental insights into ribosome function

Inside tiny cellular machines called ribosomes, chains of genetic material called messenger RNAs (mRNAs) are matched with the corresponding transfer RNAs (tRNAs) to create sequences of amino acids that exit the ribosome as proteins.

1 Nov 2022

Protein kinase CK2 controls CD8+ T cell effector and memory functions during Listeria infection

The protein kinase CK2 is involved in a wide range of biological processes and cellular functions, including inflammatory responses and pathologies associated with inflammation.

1 Nov 2022

SARS-CoV-2 can disrupt normal mix of gut bacteria to increase risk for other infections

Infection with the pandemic virus, SARS-CoV-2, can reduce the number of bacterial species in a patient's gut, with the lesser diversity creating space for dangerous microbes to thrive, a new study finds.

1 Nov 2022

Research could lead to better postoperative care for patients who need shoulder arthroplasty revisions

The most common bacterial infection to occur after revision shoulder arthroplasty surgery can be diagnosed more accurately by considering how quickly samples of the microbe grow in hospital labs and the level of bacteria that grows, a study partly performed at UT Southwestern shows.

31 Oct 2022

Bacterial News and Research

UAB researchers report lack of predictability for fecal microbial transplants without prior antibiotic therapy

Anti-herpes drug can fight against antibiotic-resistant bacterium

Novel nasal cleansing system increases comfort and compliance in sleep apnea patients using CPAP

Study sheds light on how Gram-negative bacteria construct outer membrane to resemble body armor

Investigating the role of the gut-to-brain axis in defensive responses

Gut colonization by proteobacteria modulates mice’s neurobehavioral response to cocaine

Dietary inulin fiber can promote allergy-related type of inflammation in the gut and lungs

Researchers study the unique adaptability of small intestinal bacteria for the first time

New method helps gain fundamental insights into ribosome function

Protein kinase CK2 controls CD8+ T cell effector and memory functions during Listeria infection

SARS-CoV-2 can disrupt normal mix of gut bacteria to increase risk for other infections

Research could lead to better postoperative care for patients who need shoulder arthroplasty revisions

What are the implications of microbial ecosystems for female reproductive health?

Lower risk of colorectal cancer associated with dietary flavanone and anthocyanidin intake, according to new research

SARS-CoV-2 infection can affect menstruation

Ceria nanoparticles interfere with biological processes just like native enzymes

'What pediatricians need to know' about monkeypox in children

Researchers discover how hydroquinine inhibits major drug-resistant bacteria

New study pinpoints neurons that slow us down during sickness

Using magnetic bacteria to fight cancerous tumors

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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