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UVA researchers solve a decades-old mystery about how bacteria can move

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators have solved a decades-old mystery about how E. coli and other bacteria are able to move.

27 Sep 2022

Transplantation tolerance associated with conventional T cells’ susceptibility to Treg suppression

Patients who receive organ transplants must take powerful medications to prevent the immune system from rejecting the organ.

27 Sep 2022

Consumption of highly refined fiber may increase liver cancer risk in some people

Many people commonly consume fiber-enriched foods to promote weight loss and prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes and cancer.

26 Sep 2022

In vitro gut models reveal how microplastics affect the GI tract

Researchers hypothesize that exposure to polyethylene microplastics affect the human adult GI system in vitro under realistic conditions.

26 Sep 2022

Metal compounds could be the solution for drug-resistant fungal infections

University of Queensland researchers say metal compounds could be the answer to the growing problem of drug-resistant fungal infections.

26 Sep 2022

Viruses exploit ability to sense the environment to maximize their infective yield

New UMBC-led research in Frontiers in Microbiology suggests that viruses are using information from their environment to "decide" when to sit tight inside their hosts and when to multiply and burst out, killing the host cell. The work has implications for antiviral drug development.

23 Sep 2022

Coral genome reveals an alternative pathway for cysteine biosynthesis

Model animals, such as mice and fruit flies, have provided scientists with powerful insights into how cellular biology works. However, model animals are really just a guide, and it can be risky to generalize findings across animals from studying a selection of model organisms.

23 Sep 2022

Machine learning-mediated decoder based on patterns created by bacterial colonies

From a box of Cracker Jack to The Da Vinci Code, everybody enjoys deciphering secret messages. But biomedical engineers at Duke University have taken the decoder ring to place it's never been before—the patterns created by bacterial colonies.

23 Sep 2022

Researchers show how mucus protects the small intestine in mice

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have now shown how mucus protects the small intestine in mice. In the future, this finding may lead to new ways of preventing relapse in Crohn’s disease in humans.

23 Sep 2022

Chemical compounds containing special metals can fight fungal infections

An international collaboration led by researchers from the University of Bern and the University of Queensland in Australia has demonstrated that chemical compounds containing special metals are highly effective in fighting dangerous fungal infections.

23 Sep 2022

Study finds strong links between certain gut bacteria and small molecules in the blood

There are strong links between bacteria living in the gut and the levels of small molecules in the blood known as metabolites.

23 Sep 2022

Study paves the way for new therapies, vaccines that lead to stronger immunity against Covid-19

Why do some people become seriously ill with Covid-19, while others have no symptoms at all? The answer may lie in the proteins our immune system has previously been exposed to.

23 Sep 2022

People wearing reusable contact lenses more likely to develop rare sight-threatening eye infection

People who wear reusable contact lenses are nearly four times as likely as those wearing daily disposables to develop a rare sight-threatening eye infection, finds a study led by UCL and Moorfields researchers.

23 Sep 2022

New engineered peptides could prevent the superbug crisis

A recent study reports the development of a synthetic antibacterial peptide PLG0206.

22 Sep 2022

Artificial intelligence tools speed up the process of identifying people who inject drugs

An automated process that combines natural language processing and machine learning identified people who inject drugs (PWID) in electronic health records more quickly and accurately than current methods that rely on manual record reviews.

22 Sep 2022

Researchers devise rules for a faster, more effective way to identify tuberculosis treatments

Imagine you have 20 new compounds that have shown some effectiveness in treating a disease like tuberculosis (TB), which affects 10 million people worldwide and kills 1.5 million each year.

21 Sep 2022

Public-private collaboration receives grant for research on microbiota-boosted cancer therapy

Health~Holland has awarded close to € 800,000 to a public-private partnership between UMC Utrecht, Artizan Biosciences, Inc. (USA) and MicroViable Therapeutics (Spain) to unravel how the intestinal microbiota can be exploited to boost cancer immunotherapy and limit therapy side-effects.

21 Sep 2022

Why fatigue from long COVID goes beyond simply feeling tired

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in the Netherlands examined the role of inflammatory genes, cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CD8+ T cells), and pro-inflammatory cytokines in long-lasting severe fatigue experienced by a large number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.

21 Sep 2022

Study reveals mental health burden in the Flint community five years after water crisis

Data from the largest mental health survey of the Flint, Michigan community indicate that one in five adults, or roughly 13,600 people, were estimated to have clinical depression, and one in four, or 15,000 people, were estimated to have PTSD five years after the water crisis began.

20 Sep 2022

NPDPSC at Case Western Reserve University to receive CDC funding for better understanding of prion diseases

The National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center at Case Western Reserve University will receive up to $20 million in funding as part of a grant renewal from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to better understand how and why prion diseases––degenerative brain conditions found in both humans and animals - develop and spread.

20 Sep 2022

Bacteria News and Research

UVA researchers solve a decades-old mystery about how bacteria can move

Transplantation tolerance associated with conventional T cells’ susceptibility to Treg suppression

Consumption of highly refined fiber may increase liver cancer risk in some people

In vitro gut models reveal how microplastics affect the GI tract

Metal compounds could be the solution for drug-resistant fungal infections

Viruses exploit ability to sense the environment to maximize their infective yield

Coral genome reveals an alternative pathway for cysteine biosynthesis

Machine learning-mediated decoder based on patterns created by bacterial colonies

Researchers show how mucus protects the small intestine in mice

Chemical compounds containing special metals can fight fungal infections

Study finds strong links between certain gut bacteria and small molecules in the blood

Study paves the way for new therapies, vaccines that lead to stronger immunity against Covid-19

People wearing reusable contact lenses more likely to develop rare sight-threatening eye infection

New engineered peptides could prevent the superbug crisis

Artificial intelligence tools speed up the process of identifying people who inject drugs

Researchers devise rules for a faster, more effective way to identify tuberculosis treatments

Public-private collaboration receives grant for research on microbiota-boosted cancer therapy

Why fatigue from long COVID goes beyond simply feeling tired

Study reveals mental health burden in the Flint community five years after water crisis

NPDPSC at Case Western Reserve University to receive CDC funding for better understanding of prion diseases

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