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Study finds link between common virus and faster disease progression in cystic fibrosis

A new study has found that cystic fibrosis patients who have a common virus may experience faster disease progression than patients who do not have the virus. Signs of faster cystic fibrosis disease progression included earlier times to lung transplant referral and reaching the final stages of the disease.

8 Apr 2019

Multistate E. coli outbreak says CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is looking at a Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli outbreak that has spilled across state borders to affect people living in at least five states.

7 Apr 2019

Patients on immunotherapies should consume more fiber, fewer probiotics

A new study has found that taking probiotics could drastically reduce the response of cancer patients to immunotherapy. Patients on a fiber-rich diet showed a five-fold increase in response.

5 Apr 2019

Researchers determine atomic structure of fusion protein of a prokaryotic organism

Many viruses, including that perennial winter affliction, the influenza virus, are protected by a lipid membrane on loan from the host cell.

5 Apr 2019

Could garlic oil represent an alternative to antibiotics in the food industry?

Using gas chromatography, scientists have been able to determine the burden of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in common food items and have discovered that garlic oil may be a viable alternative to chemical antibiotics.

5 Apr 2019

Scientists solve mystery of how bacterial nanowires conduct electricity

Scientists have made a surprising discovery about how strange bacteria that live in soil and sediment can conduct electricity.

5 Apr 2019

New indicator-based model to assess spread of fecal bacteria in streams

Fecal bacteria - bacteria that are present in the digestive system of humans and animals - are known to contaminate waters.

5 Apr 2019

Study compares use of breast milk to formula in children who underwent bone marrow transplant

A new pilot study compared the use of human breast milk to formula in children less than 5 years of age who underwent bone marrow transplant (BMT), measuring the levels of inflammatory and pro-inflammatory biomarkers in the stool and blood to assess inflammatory injury to the intestinal microbiome.

5 Apr 2019

Novel technology set to play key role in the fight against anti-microbial resistance

Increasing pressures on health services have led to the over-prescription of commonly used antibiotics, more instances of mis-prescription and subsequently, the emergence of antibiotic resistance and an increased reliance on antibiotics of last resort.

5 Apr 2019

UMSOM's Institute for Genome Sciences receives $17.5 million grant for infectious disease research

The Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine was awarded $17.5 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to fund the IGS Genome Center for Infectious Diseases for another five years.

5 Apr 2019

Newly developed melanin nanoparticles could slow tumor growth

The dark skin pigment melanin protects us from the sun's damaging rays by absorbing light energy and converting it to heat.

5 Apr 2019

Researchers isolate compound that kills drug-resistant fungi from ant microbiota

Antimicrobial and antifungal resistance, which describe the ability of bacteria and other pathogens to resist the effects of drugs to which they were once sensitive, is a major public health problem worldwide.

5 Apr 2019

Researchers engineer a promising treatment for African sleeping sickness

Researchers have turned a fungus into a disease-curing factory through modern genetic engineering and patience.

4 Apr 2019

Researchers synthesize new polysulfide donor that has high anti-inflammatory effect

Researchers from Japan have developed a new polysulfide donor: a chemical compound composed of chains of sulfur atoms that can artificially increase reactive sulfur species (chemically reactive molecules containing sulfur) in cells and tissues.

4 Apr 2019

Ground-breaking research helps better understand the threat posed by antifungal drug resistance

Ground-breaking work by university experts in Tennessee, Texas and Swansea is helping develop a better understanding of the growing threat posed by antifungal drug resistance.

4 Apr 2019

Gut microbiome signatures in colorectal cancer transcend culture and diet

Patients with colorectal cancer have the same consistent changes in the gut bacteria across continents, cultures, and diets -- a team of international researchers, from University of Copenhagen among others, find in a new study.

4 Apr 2019

Bronchiectasis patients often display high sensitivity to airborne allergens

An international research team led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found that patients with the lung disease bronchiectasis also often display sensitivity to airborne allergens, and has highlighted the particular role that fungi appear to play.

4 Apr 2019

Government subsidies could be key to reducing healthcare-associated infections

Healthcare-associated infections -- illnesses that people contract while being treated in a hospital or other healthcare facility -- sicken millions of people each year and cost billions of dollars in additional treatment.

4 Apr 2019

Patent-pending probiotic could help patients with gastrointestinal diseases avoid harmful biofilms

Probiotics typically aim to rebalance bacteria populations in the gut, but new research suggests they may also help break apart stubborn biofilms. Biofilms are living microbial communities--they provide a haven for microbes and are often resistant to antibiotics.

4 Apr 2019

Researchers receive grants to study genetics of contact-lens wearers with and without MK

More than 125 million people worldwide wear contact lenses, and while many are exposed to relatively common bacteria through their contact lenses, not all contract an eye infection.

4 Apr 2019

Bacteria News and Research

Study finds link between common virus and faster disease progression in cystic fibrosis

Multistate E. coli outbreak says CDC

Patients on immunotherapies should consume more fiber, fewer probiotics

Researchers determine atomic structure of fusion protein of a prokaryotic organism

Could garlic oil represent an alternative to antibiotics in the food industry?

Scientists solve mystery of how bacterial nanowires conduct electricity

New indicator-based model to assess spread of fecal bacteria in streams

Study compares use of breast milk to formula in children who underwent bone marrow transplant

Novel technology set to play key role in the fight against anti-microbial resistance

UMSOM's Institute for Genome Sciences receives $17.5 million grant for infectious disease research

Newly developed melanin nanoparticles could slow tumor growth

Researchers isolate compound that kills drug-resistant fungi from ant microbiota

Researchers engineer a promising treatment for African sleeping sickness

Researchers synthesize new polysulfide donor that has high anti-inflammatory effect

Ground-breaking research helps better understand the threat posed by antifungal drug resistance

Gut microbiome signatures in colorectal cancer transcend culture and diet

Bronchiectasis patients often display high sensitivity to airborne allergens

Government subsidies could be key to reducing healthcare-associated infections

Patent-pending probiotic could help patients with gastrointestinal diseases avoid harmful biofilms

Researchers receive grants to study genetics of contact-lens wearers with and without MK

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