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Researchers reveal molecular details of how pathogens survive human immune responses

Researchers have uncovered molecular details of how pathogenic bacteria fight back against the human immune response to infection.

20 Apr 2017

Fungi have immense potential for production of pharmaceutical compounds

Fungi are a potential goldmine for the production of pharmaceuticals. This is shown by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, who have developed a method for finding new antibiotics from nature's own resources.

20 Apr 2017

Researcher aims to eliminate chemotherapy-resistant ovarian tumors using virus treatment

In some cases, the Lassa virus starts with a fever and general weakness, moving toward headache, muscle pain, possible facial swelling, deafness, and worse. About 15 percent of patients hospitalized with severe cases die.

20 Apr 2017

Study: Harmful chemicals go undisclosed in numerous routine, unregulated oil and gas operations

California and more than two dozen other states require oil and gas producers to disclose the chemicals they use during hydraulic fracturing activities, enabling scientific and public scrutiny of the environmental and human health hazards these substances may pose.

19 Apr 2017

Study paves way to develop noninvasive diagnostic test for colorectal cancer

The type of bacteria in your gut may help diagnose colorectal cancer. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions have identified specific types of bacteria that seem to be abundant in individuals with colorectal cancer.

19 Apr 2017

Study explains how pathogenic bacterium persists in different environments

Researchers at the University of Maryland have identified how the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses tension-activated membrane channels to stop itself from swelling up and bursting when it is suddenly exposed to water.

19 Apr 2017

WHO marching toward extraordinary progress against neglected tropical diseases, report reveals

Since 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been reporting outstanding success in dealing with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) with 1 billion people estimated to have received treatments in 2015.

19 Apr 2017

Bacteriophages may help combat antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs'

Viruses that specifically kill bacteria, called bacteriophages, might one day help solve the growing problem of bacterial infections that are resistant to antibiotic treatment.

18 Apr 2017

UTHealth researchers identify less invasive way to screen for colorectal cancer

Specific strains of bacteria in the gut are significantly associated with colorectal cancer, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health.

18 Apr 2017

Study provides new insights into shared history between lice and bacterial sidekicks

A Florida Museum of Natural History study provides new insights into the complex, shared history between blood-sucking lice and the vitamin-producing bacterial sidekicks that enable them to parasitize mammals, including primates and humans.

17 Apr 2017

Vanderbilt geneticists find new way to tap plant pharmacopeia to produce improved therapeutics

Cocaine, nicotine, capsaicin. These are just three familiar examples of the hundreds of thousands of small molecules (also called specialized or secondary metabolites) that plants use as chemical ammunition to protect themselves from predation.

17 Apr 2017

Binghamton University professor awarded NSF grant to continue human skin research

Binghamton University Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Guy German will continue his research into skin with the help of a new, five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation Early Career Development grant.

13 Apr 2017

Researchers uncover global regulator that 'switches on' silent biosynthetic gene clusters

Bacteria have supplied some of today's most indispensable anti-cancer and anti-bacterial drugs. Yet these compounds comprise only a fraction of their possible offerings. Now, researchers have found a way to unleash their full potential as natural product dispensers.

13 Apr 2017

DNA methods can help identify microbial hot spots in buildings

Usually associated with humid and sordid slums, mold is a frequent finding in wealthy homes too. Even the fanciest buildings may harbor hot spots where fungi and other microorganisms subtly proliferate, triggering problems that range from unpleasant smells to severe sickness.

13 Apr 2017

Treating animals may be part of global strategy to eradicate tropical diseases, study suggests

As the World Health Organization steps up its efforts to eradicate a once-rampant tropical disease, a University of Washington study suggests that monitoring, and potentially treating, the monkeys that co-exist with humans in affected parts of the world may be part of the global strategy.

12 Apr 2017

Prevention, not cure, may be key to stopping Alzheimer’s disease

It has been 111 years since Auguste D. became the first person described with what is now called Alzheimer's disease.

12 Apr 2017

Transmembrane protein complexes shed light on antibiotic resistance in bacteria

An international team including researchers from MIPT’s Laboratory for Advanced Studies of Membrane Proteins have proposed an explanation of the way bacteria process external signals.

12 Apr 2017

Metabolite produced by intestinal bacteria protects against type 2 diabetes, study shows

A high concentration of indolepropionic acid in the serum protects against type 2 diabetes, shows a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. Indolepropionic acid is a metabolite produced by intestinal bacteria, and its production is boosted by a fibre-rich diet.

11 Apr 2017

Combination of NSAIDs and gastric protection can lead to inflammation in small intestine

Patients with inflammatory diseases are often prescribed non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. They are also often recommended to use a proton pump inhibitor to protect their stomach.

11 Apr 2017

Study reveals potential new therapeutic approach to tackle infection by Legionella bacteria

The precise mechanism used by Legionella bacteria to escape the body's defences has been unpicked in intricate detail and is described for the first time in the journal eLife.

11 Apr 2017

Bacteria News and Research

Researchers reveal molecular details of how pathogens survive human immune responses

Fungi have immense potential for production of pharmaceutical compounds

Researcher aims to eliminate chemotherapy-resistant ovarian tumors using virus treatment

Study: Harmful chemicals go undisclosed in numerous routine, unregulated oil and gas operations

Study paves way to develop noninvasive diagnostic test for colorectal cancer

Study explains how pathogenic bacterium persists in different environments

WHO marching toward extraordinary progress against neglected tropical diseases, report reveals

Bacteriophages may help combat antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs'

UTHealth researchers identify less invasive way to screen for colorectal cancer

Study provides new insights into shared history between lice and bacterial sidekicks

Vanderbilt geneticists find new way to tap plant pharmacopeia to produce improved therapeutics

Binghamton University professor awarded NSF grant to continue human skin research

Researchers uncover global regulator that 'switches on' silent biosynthetic gene clusters

DNA methods can help identify microbial hot spots in buildings

Treating animals may be part of global strategy to eradicate tropical diseases, study suggests

Prevention, not cure, may be key to stopping Alzheimer’s disease

Transmembrane protein complexes shed light on antibiotic resistance in bacteria

Metabolite produced by intestinal bacteria protects against type 2 diabetes, study shows

Combination of NSAIDs and gastric protection can lead to inflammation in small intestine

Study reveals potential new therapeutic approach to tackle infection by Legionella bacteria

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