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New naturally occurring antibiotic found effective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

A naturally occurring antibiotic called kanglemycin A is effective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that cause tuberculosis, even in drug-resistant strains, according to an international team of researchers who used chemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, and X-ray crystallography to show how the compound maintains its activity.

21 Sep 2018

Scientists find wild African monkeys infected with bacterium that causes syphilis, yaws in humans

An international research team, led by scientists from the German Primate Center, the Robert Koch Institute, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, McGill University, Masaryk University, the University of Tübingen and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, has successfully recovered genomes of the bacterium Treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis and yaws in humans, from wild nonhuman primate populations across sub-Saharan Africa.

20 Sep 2018

UNC scientists reveal new approach to prevent obesity and diabetes

Scientists from the UNC School of Medicine discovered that the anti-inflammatory protein NLRP12 normally helps protect mice against obesity and insulin resistance when they are fed a high-fat diet.

19 Sep 2018

Biomedical review finds failure rates in some surgical mesh treatments to be unacceptably high

Failure rates in some treatments using surgical mesh are unacceptably high according to a newly published comprehensive biomedical review that considers the findings from peer-reviewed scientific articles assessing its use.

18 Sep 2018

Microbiota in the intestines and cell stress cause colon cancer

"With our study we originally wanted to study the role of bacteria in the intestines in the development of intestinal inflammation," explains Professor Dirk Haller from the Department of Nutrition and Immunology at the Weihenstephan Science Centre of the TUM.

18 Sep 2018

New Crest Gum & Enamel Repair toothpaste may boost enamel repair and reverse gingivitis

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly half of U.S. adults have gum disease. Harmful plaque bacteria can hide in crevices below the gum line.

18 Sep 2018

Purifying Proteins from Mammalian Cell Culture

In many cases mammalian cells are the only option to produce recombinant proteins with correct post-translational modifications, e.g. glycosylation, which are required for proper function of the therapeutic protein.

From Sartorius 18 Sep 2018

Researchers identify key step in how plant cells respond to pathogens

Just like humans, plants have an immune system that helps them fight off infections. Plant immunity has some important differences: they don't make antibodies and can't fight off the same bug more quickly months or years later.

18 Sep 2018

Study highlights key role of migrating shoals of fish in sustaining deep-ocean microorganisms

The first in-depth analyses of dissolved organic carbon cycling in the Red Sea highlights the important role of migrating shoals of fish in sustaining deep-ocean microorganisms and potentially the global carbon cycle.

18 Sep 2018

Researchers map 3D structure of toxic proteins used by Pseudomonas aeruginosa to trigger infection

The bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause serious and difficult to treat infections. The infection process involves the activation of toxic substances from the bacteria by a common protein in our cells.

17 Sep 2018

Inhaled steroid use linked to greater risk of NTM lung infections

Patients using inhaled steroids to control asthma and other breathing problems may be at greater risk for developing nontuberculous mycobacteria lung infections, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

17 Sep 2018

Easy and rapid test for viral infections can cut antibiotic use, hospitalizations

A quick and easy test for viral infections can reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and hospital admissions, according to new research presented to the European Respiratory Society International Congress today.

17 Sep 2018

New program combines basic science and social benefits to address HIV risk among young women

A program established by investigators from the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT and Harvard is addressing the persistently elevated risk of HIV infection among young women in South Africa from two angles - first, investigating biological factors that modulate infection risk along with the early immunologic events following viral exposure, and second, alleviating the socioeconomic factors that limit opportunities for young women, the group at greatest risk of infection in the region of the world hardest hit by the HIV epidemic.

17 Sep 2018

LSTM led partnership receives funding to develop drug for treating two neglected tropical diseases

An LSTM led partnership has been awarded nearly £1.5 million from the Medical Research Council for the pre-clinical development of a candidate drug to treat onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis, by targeting the bacterial symbiont Wolbachia.

14 Sep 2018

Researchers describe mechanism that sets stage for fate decision of T cells

After a pathogen infects the body, the immune system responds with a remarkable -- and remarkably complicated -- cascade of events.

14 Sep 2018

Bacteria in the gut found to produce electricity

Researchers have discovered hundreds of bacterial species, including those in the human gut, that can generate electricity.

13 Sep 2018

Zimbabwe declares cholera emergency

The Zimbabwe government has declared emergency in the capital city of Harare after 20 people died of cholera. According to the health minister Obediah Moyo, the state is grim with around 2,000 cases of cholera being reported across the country and the disease spreading fast.

13 Sep 2018

MilliDrop awarded €1.9 million to accelerate development of blood infection diagnosis system

MilliDrop, which designs and develops cell culture solutions based on millifluidics technology for bacteriological research and diagnosis purposes, announces it has been awarded €1.9 million in non-dilutive financing from Bpifrance to accelerate the development of its blood infection diagnosis system for sepsis.

12 Sep 2018

Researchers develop mathematical model for monitoring, controlling spread of melioidosis

An international research team from the University of Leicester, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology from Russia has developed a mathematical model for monitoring and controlling the spread of melioidosis in Southeast Asia.

12 Sep 2018

Researchers discover new bacteria in Cornwall

A new species of bacteria has been discovered on a man in Cornwall.

12 Sep 2018

Bacterial News and Research

New naturally occurring antibiotic found effective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Scientists find wild African monkeys infected with bacterium that causes syphilis, yaws in humans

UNC scientists reveal new approach to prevent obesity and diabetes

Biomedical review finds failure rates in some surgical mesh treatments to be unacceptably high

Microbiota in the intestines and cell stress cause colon cancer

New Crest Gum & Enamel Repair toothpaste may boost enamel repair and reverse gingivitis

Purifying Proteins from Mammalian Cell Culture

Researchers identify key step in how plant cells respond to pathogens

Study highlights key role of migrating shoals of fish in sustaining deep-ocean microorganisms

Researchers map 3D structure of toxic proteins used by Pseudomonas aeruginosa to trigger infection

Inhaled steroid use linked to greater risk of NTM lung infections

Easy and rapid test for viral infections can cut antibiotic use, hospitalizations

New program combines basic science and social benefits to address HIV risk among young women

LSTM led partnership receives funding to develop drug for treating two neglected tropical diseases

Researchers describe mechanism that sets stage for fate decision of T cells

Bacteria in the gut found to produce electricity

Zimbabwe declares cholera emergency

MilliDrop awarded €1.9 million to accelerate development of blood infection diagnosis system

Researchers develop mathematical model for monitoring, controlling spread of melioidosis

Researchers discover new bacteria in Cornwall

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