Bacteria

  • Wolbachia Bacteria Reduce Parasite Levels and Kill the Mosquito that Spreads Malaria
    Wolbachia are bacteria that infect many insects, including mosquitoes. However, Wolbachia do not naturally infect Anopheles mosquitoes, which are the type that spreads malaria to humans. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that ...More
    May 20, 2011
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  • Understanding a Bacterial Immune System One Step at a Time
    Researchers at the University of Alberta have taken an important step in understanding an immune system of bacteria, a finding that could have implications for medical care and both the pharmaceutical and dairy industries. In research published in the journal Nature ...More
    May 17, 2011
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  • Bacterium Found to Kill Malaria in Mosquitoes
    Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have identified a bacterium in field-caught mosquitoes that, when present, stops the development of Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes malaria in humans. According to the study, the Enterobacter ...More
    May 13, 2011
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  • Sharing Musical Instruments Means Sharing Germs
    Germs survive for several days in wind instruments including the clarinet, flute, and saxophone, according to a pilot study published in the International Journal of Environmental Health Research. The researchers, led by Stuart Levy, MD, of Tufts University School of ...More
    May 12, 2011
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  • Salmonella Enterica Regulates Virulence According to Iron Levels Found in its Surroundings
    Salmonella enterica, one of the main causes of gastrointestinal infections, modulates its virulence gene expression, adapting it to each stage of the infection process, depending on the free iron concentration found in the intestinal epithelium of its host. Researchers at ...More
    May 10, 2011
    Posted in News
  • PolyMedix Defensin-Mimetic Antibiotic PMX-30063 is Active Against NDM-1 Drug-Resistant Bacteria
    PolyMedix, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing new therapeutic drugs to treat patients with acute infectious diseases and cardiovascular disorders, announced today that its lead defensin-mimetic antibiotic, PMX-30063, has shown activity in an in vitro ...More
    April 28, 2011
    Posted in News
  • 'Going Off the Grid' Helps Some Bacteria Hide from Antibiotics
    Thomas Wood in his lab. Going "off the grid," like rogue secret agents, some bacteria avoid antibiotic treatments by essentially shutting down and hiding until it's safe to come out again, says Thomas Wood, professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering ...More
    April 25, 2011
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  • Antibiotics Disrupt Gut Ecology, Metabolism
    Humans carry several pounds of microbes in our gastro-intestinal tracts. Recent research suggests that this microbial ecosystem plays a variety of critical roles in our health. Now, working in a mouse model, researchers from Canada describe many of the interactions between ...More
    April 20, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Intestinal Bacteria Organize in Clusters
    As partners in the international research consortium named MetaHit, scientists from the University of Copenhagen have contributed to show that an individual's intestinal bacteria flora, regardless of nationality, gender and age, organizes itself in certain clusters. The ...More
    April 20, 2011
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  • Antibiotic Resistance Spreads Rapidly Between Bacteria
    The part of bacterial DNA that often carries antibiotic resistance is a master at moving between different types of bacteria and adapting to widely differing bacterial species, shows a study made by a research team at the University of Gothenburg in cooperation with ...More
    April 11, 2011
    Posted in News
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