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Prevalence and characterization of the Arcobacter genus in different foodstuffs

The MikroIker team of the UPV/EHU's Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology has conducted a study into the prevalence and characterization of bacteria of the Arcobacter genus using a large number of samples of different foods (seafood, vegetables, meat products and fresh cheese), including some that have never been analyzed in our environment previously.

5 Aug 2022

New hydrogel treatment disrupts cavity-forming biofilms and whitens teeth

The first thing people notice when they meet you is your smile. To be more confident when giving wide-mouthed, eye-crinkling smiles, people want healthy, pearly white teeth.

3 Aug 2022

Chewing gum containing plant-based antiviral proteins neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses

A new study has explored the entrapment efficacy of CTB-ACE2 chewing gum against different strains of SARS-CoV-2.

20 Jul 2022

Bacterial species known for causing diarrheal infections may also drive colorectal cancer

Data collected by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy suggest that Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, a bacterial species well known for causing serious diarrheal infections, may also drive colorectal cancer.

14 Jul 2022

Bacterial infections cause sperm dysfunction via their outer membrane vesicles

A new study discusses the impact of Escherichia coli (E. coli) infection on sperm parameters.

13 Jul 2022

TB-causing bacteria can evolve rapidly in response to new environments, study says

Researchers have identified how the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) can evolve rapidly in response to new environments, says a study published today in eLife.

21 Jun 2022

Electro-chemical bandages could be an effective alternative to antibiotics for managing wound infections

According to new research by investigators at the Mayo Clinic and Washington State University, e-bandages could be an effective alternative to antibiotics for managing wound infections. The findings are presented at ASM Microbe 2022, the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

13 Jun 2022

Alternative remedy to conventional root canals would regenerate lost tooth pulp

Each year, dentists in the United States perform more than 15 million root canals on infected teeth, removing the inflamed pulp and filling the emptied canal with inert materials such as rubber and cement. What remains is a mineral shell in place of a living tooth.

9 Jun 2022

MIT researchers identify components of mucus that can inhibit fungal infections

Candida albicans is a yeast that often lives in the human digestive tract and mouth, as well as urinary and reproductive organs.

6 Jun 2022

Study offers clues about the shift of harmless environmental bacterium to a dreaded pathogen

Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are often particularly difficult to treat because the pathogens have developed resistance to common antibiotics.

3 Jun 2022

Novel surface treatment could help improve safety of medical devices, prevent hospital infections

A hospital or medical clinic might be the last place you'd expect to pick up a nasty infection, but approximately 1.7 million Americans do each year, resulting in nearly 100,000 deaths from infection-related complications and roughly $30 billion in direct medical costs.

19 May 2022

Researchers reveal mechanism for spread of antibiotic resistance among bacteria

A bacteria calledStaphylococcusaureusis widespread and generally harmless, but can cause infections known as "opportunistic infections".

13 May 2022

Researchers seek to understand how microbes in the GI tract help people resist pathogens

Published in Nature Communications, research from the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic sought to understand how microbial communities help people resist pathogens.

8 Apr 2022

Antimalarial drugs are also effective at treating a pulmonary disease, study finds

A research team at Colorado State University has discovered that drugs used to treat malaria are also effective at treating a pulmonary disease similar to tuberculosis.

21 Mar 2022

A special surgical microscope to illuminate blood, bacterial biofilms, cartilage, and soft tissue

Inflammation of the middle ear is often triggered a cholesteatoma, an aggressive form of chronic otitis media. In order to detect cholesteatomas and bacterial biofilms and to remove them safely, the new collaborative project 'BetterView' is working on a special surgical microscope.

4 Mar 2022

Biofilms News and Research

Prevalence and characterization of the Arcobacter genus in different foodstuffs

New hydrogel treatment disrupts cavity-forming biofilms and whitens teeth

Chewing gum containing plant-based antiviral proteins neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses

Bacterial species known for causing diarrheal infections may also drive colorectal cancer

Bacterial infections cause sperm dysfunction via their outer membrane vesicles

TB-causing bacteria can evolve rapidly in response to new environments, study says

Electro-chemical bandages could be an effective alternative to antibiotics for managing wound infections

Alternative remedy to conventional root canals would regenerate lost tooth pulp

MIT researchers identify components of mucus that can inhibit fungal infections

Study offers clues about the shift of harmless environmental bacterium to a dreaded pathogen

Novel surface treatment could help improve safety of medical devices, prevent hospital infections

Researchers reveal mechanism for spread of antibiotic resistance among bacteria

Researchers seek to understand how microbes in the GI tract help people resist pathogens

Antimalarial drugs are also effective at treating a pulmonary disease, study finds

A special surgical microscope to illuminate blood, bacterial biofilms, cartilage, and soft tissue

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by plasmonic-magnetic nanorobots

Study reports accumulation of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in sewer biofilms

Bacterial biofilms use a developmental patterning mechanism seen in plants and animals

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on oral health

COVID-19 saliva testing kits can also measure microscopic organisms in the mouth

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