Bacteria

  • Foundation Awards $1 Million to Study How Environmental Exposures Lead to Disease
    A $1 million grant from W.M. Keck Foundation will allow researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to pursue an ambitious project to sequence DNA from the human immune system to shed light on the genetic signatures of a large number of pathogenic exposures, ...More
    April 8, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Stress Affects the Balance of Bacteria in the Gut and Immune Response
    Stress can change the balance of bacteria that naturally live in the gut, according to research published this month in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. "These bacteria affect immune function, and may help explain why stress dysregulates the immune response," says ...More
    March 21, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Used Woodwind, Brass Musical Instruments Harbor Harmful Bacteria and Fungi
    Research has shown that playing a musical instrument can help nourish, cultivate, and increase intelligence in children, but playing a used instrument also can pose a potentially dangerous health risk. Used woodwind and brass instruments were found to be heavily ...More
    March 14, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Research Shows How Bacteria Communicate With Each Other
    A pathway whereby bacteria communicate with each other has been discovered by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The discovery has important implications for efforts to cope with the spread of harmful bacteria in the body. Bacteria are known to communicate ...More
    March 2, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Gut Bacteria Can Control Organ Functions
    Bacteria in the human gut may not just be helping digest food but also could be exerting some level of control over the metabolic functions of other organs, like the liver, according to research published this week in the online journal mBio®. These findings offer new ...More
    March 1, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Probiotic Identified to Treat Ulcers Caused by Helicobacter pylori
    Researchers from Spain have identified a strain of probiotic bacteria that may be useful in treating ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori. They report their findings in the February 2011 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. "H. pylori is considered ...More
    February 24, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Describe the Pump That Bacteria Use to Resist Antibiotics
    A research team led by Edward Yu of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory has identified and described two parts of the three-part system that pumps toxins from bacteria and allows them to resist antibiotics. ...More
    February 24, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Nanomembranes Could Filter Bacteria
    New nanomaterials research from the University at Buffalo could lead to new solutions for an age-old public health problem -- how to separate bacteria from drinking water. To the naked eye, both water molecules and germs are invisible -- objects so tiny they are measured by ...More
    February 23, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Asthma Linked to Bacterial Communities in the Airway
    Asthma may have a surprising relationship with the composition of the species of bacteria that inhabit bronchial airways, a finding that could suggest new treatment or even potential cures for the common inflammatory disease, according to a new UCSF-led study. Using new ...More
    February 17, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Dry Copper Kills Bacteria on Contact
    Metallic copper surfaces kill microbes on contact, decimating their populations, according to a paper in the February 2011 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. They do so literally in minutes, by causing massive membrane damage after about a minute's ...More
    February 16, 2011
    Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
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