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September 5, 2024
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Sep. 4, 2024 — New research shows that parasitic nematodes, responsible for infecting more than a billion people globally, carry viruses that may solve the puzzle of why some cause serious ...
Sep. 5, 2024 — There are some pretty strange ingredients in cosmetics and skin care products. One example is snail mucin -- also known as snail slime -- which is used for its moisturizing and antioxidant properties. But researchers might have found something even ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — Biologists are collecting samples from Earth's oceans using SMIRC, which could be the first step in uncovering compounds that lead to next-generation ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — The American Journal of Gastroenterology has published a new guideline on the treatment of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. The number one recommendation for treatment-na ve patients is ...
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Sep. 4, 2024 — The most frequently used mpox vaccine provides partial immunity to the disease but isn't always able to prevent severe symptoms or disease ...
Sep. 3, 2024 — Researchers have identified the seasonal and climate-based cycles of Valley fever, an emerging but dangerous fungal disease spread through dust in the ...
Sep. 2, 2024 — New research has uncovered an extraordinary mechanism of cell division in Corynebacterium matruchotii, one of the most common bacteria living in ...
Sep. 3, 2024 — A team of researchers has developed an innovative computational tool that analyzes the gut microbiome, a complex ecosystem of trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microorganisms within the ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — There's an urgent need for more careful antibiotic management to protect older people living in residential aged care from the dangerous spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria or 'superbugs', ...
Aug. 30, 2024 — While some microbes can make people sick or spoil food, others are critical for survival. These tiny organisms can also be engineered to make specific molecules. Researchers have rewired one such ...
Aug. 28, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a virus that caused a nationwide die-off of superworms, a common food for birds, reptiles, other pets and, more and more ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — The surprising discovery of a bacterium in a marine sponge from the Great Barrier Reef with striking similarity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — Salmonella enterica causes disease in 1.2 million people in the U.S. every year. A new study found that Salmonella contamination is enhanced by high humidity and plant ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — Entomology professor Esther Ngumbi studies how flooding affects crop plants and the insects that feed on them. She argues in a new review that flooding is a largely overlooked factor in studies meant ...
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Aug. 29, 2024 — Staphylococcus aureus has the potential to develop durable vancomycin resistance, according to a new ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — Fungi can transform plant and animal products into delicious foods like cheese, miso and beer. A researcher argues that a type of filamentous mold -- Neurospora intermedia -- could also turn food ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — Microbes are part of the food we eat and can influence our own microbiome, but we know very little about the microbes in our foods. Now, researchers have developed a database of the 'food ...
Aug. 28, 2024 — Researchers are adding new evidence to the emerging concept that 'silent' or synonymous mutations may have crucial consequences. Their study showed how a synonymous mutation in one gene can ...
Aug. 28, 2024 — Bacterial cells can 'remember' brief, temporary changes to their bodies and immediate surroundings, a new study has found. And, although these changes are not encoded in the cell's ...
Aug. 28, 2024 — A research team has verified the antibacterial effect of seven food-derived flavonoids against periodontal pathogenic bacteria. The results showed that though several of the compounds inhibited ...
Aug. 27, 2024 — A team of researchers has discovered that aoudad -- an animal in the sheep and goat family -- can catch and spread many of the same respiratory pathogens that can impact desert bighorn sheep, a ...
Aug. 26, 2024 — Certain types of gut bacteria can hinder the efficacy of the rotavirus vaccine, according to ...
Aug. 26, 2024 — Rocks are generating 'dark oxygen' in an area being explored for deep-sea ...
Aug. 26, 2024 — An article highlights new insights into the PARIS, an immune system that bacteria use to respond to viral ...
Aug. 26, 2024 — Malaria is caused by a eukaryotic microbe of the Plasmodium genus, and is responsible for more deaths than all other parasitic diseases combined. In order to transmit from the human host to the ...
Aug. 23, 2024 — Chlamydiae are sexually transmitted pathogens that can apparently survive in the human gut for a long ...
Aug. 22, 2024 — Mono Lake is a beautiful but harsh environment, its salty and arsenic-laced water home to brine shrimp, alkali flies and little else. Scientists recently discovered an unsuspected resident, however, ...
Aug. 22, 2024 — A new flu vaccine candidate incorporates proteins from 8 strains of ...
Aug. 22, 2024 — Researchers warn the animals we eat could be the gateway for a pandemic in the form of antimicrobial resistance, unleashing a wave of deadly superbugs. The World Health Organization estimates that ...
Aug. 21, 2024 — When you get infected with a virus, some of the first weapons your body deploys to fight it were passed down to us from our microbial ancestors billions of years ago. According to new research, two ...
Aug. 21, 2024 — Honey bees may play a role in increasing virus levels in wild bumble bees each spring, according to researchers who analyzed seasonal trends of parasite and virus transmission in ...
Aug. 21, 2024 — For nearly a century, scientists have waged war on antibiotic-resistant microbes. Researchers say they've found a new way to prevent it -- by unleashing 'DNA scavengers' in wastewater ...
Aug. 21, 2024 — Bioengineers around the world have been working to create plastic-producing microbes that could replace the petroleum-based plastics industry. Now, researchers have overcome a major hurdle: getting ...
Aug. 20, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a novel bioelectrical mechanism that pathogens like Salmonella use to find entry points in the gut lining that would allow pathogens to pass and cause ...
Thursday, August 29, 2024
- Bacteria Able to Overcome Cost of Vancomycin Resistance in Lab Setting
- Can Fungi Turn Food Waste Into the Next Culinary Sensation?
- What's in the Microbiome of the Foods We Eat?
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
- 'Silent' Mutations Found to Have Repercussions Beyond Their Own Gene
- Bacterial Cells Transmit Memories to Offspring
- Protect Your Teeth With Fruit: Antimicrobial Effects Found in Biomass Compounds
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Monday, August 26, 2024
- Gut Bacteria Composition Influences Rotavirus Vaccine Efficacy
- Oxygen Produced in the Deep Sea Raises Questions About Extraterrestrial Life
- Immune System That Bacteria Use to Respond to Viral Infections
- Mapping the Sex Life of Malaria Parasites at Single Cell Resolution, Reveals the Genetics Underlying Malaria Transmission
Friday, August 23, 2024
Thursday, August 22, 2024
- Creature the Size of a Dust Grain Found Hiding in California's Mono Lake
- Universal Flu Vaccine Candidate Protects Against Infection in Mice
- A New Pandemic Could Ride in on Animals We Eat, Researchers Warn
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
- Next Time You Beat a Virus, Thank Your Microbial Ancestors
- Honey Bees May Play Key Role in Spreading Viruses to Wild Bumblebees
- 'DNA Scavengers' Can Stop Some Antibiotic Resistance from Spreading
- Engineered Bacteria Make Thermally Stable Plastics Similar to Polystyrene and PET
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
- Gut Bioelectricity Provides a Path for 'bad' Bacteria to Cause Diseases
- Hospital Bacteria Tracked Better Than Ever Before With New Technique
- Mother's Gut Microbiome During Pregnancy Shapes Baby's Brain Development
- How Early-Life Antibiotics Turn Immunity Into Allergy
Monday, August 19, 2024
- New Insights on How Bird Flu Crosses the Species Barrier
- Mining the Microbiome: Uncovering New Antibiotics Inside the Human Gut
- Peering Into the Mind of Artificial Intelligence to Make Better Antibiotics
Friday, August 16, 2024
Thursday, August 15, 2024
- Probiotics During Pregnancy Shown to Help Moms and Babies
- Scientists Discover Superbug's Rapid Path to Antibiotic Resistance
- Researchers Help to Control Cancer-Causing Poison in Corn
- Surprise Finding in Study of Environmental Bacteria Could Advance Search for Better Antibiotics
- Scientists Map DNA of Lyme Disease Bacteria
- Hand Washing Is Important -- But Is Your Sink Clean?
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
- Diet Is Main Risk Factor for Colon Cancer in Younger Adults, New Study Suggests
- A Taste for Carbon Dioxide
- Hydrometeorology and Location Affect Hospitalizations for Waterborne Infectious Diseases in the US
- Revealing the Mysteries Within Microbial Genomes
- Could Manure and Compost Act Like Probiotics, Reducing Antibiotic Resistance in Urban Soils?
- C-Section Antibiotics Impact the Infant Microbiome Far Less Than Infant Diet
- Newly Discovered Ability of Comammox Bacteria Could Help Reduce Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Agriculture
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Monday, August 12, 2024
- Study Reveals Oleoyl-ACP-Hydrolase Underpins Lethal Respiratory Viral Disease
- Bacteria in Lakes Fight Climate Change
Friday, August 9, 2024
- New Two-Step Flu Vaccine Strategy Shows Promise in Pig Model
- Bacteria Encode Hidden Genes Outside Their Genome--Do We?
- Glossy Black-Cockatoos Prefer the Fruits of Ancient Rocks
Thursday, August 8, 2024
- 3D Bioprinting Advances Research on Respiratory Viruses
- Recurrent Wheezing in Children Linked to 'silent' Viral Infections
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
- Asthma Emergencies Spike When Allergenic Pollen Blooms
- Do Smells Prime Our Gut to Fight Off Infection?
- Bacterial Gut Diversity Improves the Athletic Performance of Racehorses
- Nasal Microbiome: Depriving Multi-Resistant 'bugs' Of Iron
Monday, August 5, 2024
- Why Virus Causing Cold Sores Does Not Spread to Devastating Brain Infection
- Honey Added to Yogurt Supports Probiotic Cultures for Digestive Health
Friday, August 2, 2024
- New Compound Effective Against Flesh-Eating Bacteria
- Coinfecting Viruses Impede Each Other's Ability to Enter Cells
- Ancient Antarctic Microorganisms Are Aggressive Predators
Thursday, August 1, 2024
- Which Strains of Tuberculosis Are the Most Infectious?
- Novel Nanosensing Technique for Quality Control of Viral Vectors in Gene Therapy
- Breakthrough in Plant Disease: New Enzyme Could Lead to Anti-Bacterial Pesticides
- Warming Stops Tiny Organisms Working Together
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
- Nasal COVID-19 Vaccine Halts Transmission, Animal Study Finds
- AI Opens Door to Safe, Effective New Antibiotics to Combat Resistant Bacteria
- New Principle for Treating Tuberculosis
- Scientists Capture Immune Cells Hidden in Nasal Passages
- Gut Microbes Implicated in Bladder Cancer
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
- What Shapes a Virus's Pandemic Potential? SARS-CoV-2 Relatives Yield Clues
- How Researchers Turn Bacteria Into Cellulose-Producing Mini-Factories
Monday, July 29, 2024
Friday, July 26, 2024
Thursday, July 25, 2024
- Scientists Identify Key Protein Behind Spread of Shingles Virus
- In Clinical Trial, Fecal Matter Transplant Helped Half of Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancers Overcome Resistance to Immunotherapy Treatment
- How a Bacterium Supports Healing of Chronic Diabetic Wounds
- How Evolution Tamed a Deadly Virus and Why We Should Still Worry
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
- New Groups of Methane-Producing Organisms in Yellowstone
- Proof-of-Concept Study to Find Functional Cure for HIV
- New Study Confirms Mammal-to-Mammal Avian Flu Spread
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
- Dual Action Antibiotic Could Make Bacterial Resistance Nearly Impossible
- Pioneering the Cellular Frontier
- New Rapid Method for Determining Virus Infectivity
Monday, July 22, 2024
- Exposing Dengue's Invasion Strategies
- Scientists Identify Possible New Transmission Factor in Hospital-Acquired Klebsiella Infections
- Understanding How a Red Seaweed Reduces Methane Emissions from Cows
- Genome Study Informs Restoration of American Chestnut Tree
Thursday, July 18, 2024
- Hundreds of New Genome Sequences Fill Gaps in the Fruit Fly Tree of Life
- Small Animals Acquire Genes from Bacteria That Can Produce Antibiotics
- Secrets Behind Viral Precision
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- Although Tiny, Peatland Microorganisms Have a Big Impact on Climate
- Ancient Viruses Fuel Modern-Day Cancers
- Reef Pest Feasts on 'sea Sawdust'
- Diatom Surprise Could Rewrite the Global Carbon Cycle
- What Fat Cats on a Diet May Tell Us About Obesity in Humans
- Influenza Viruses Can Use Two Ways to Infect Cells
- Llama Nanobodies: A Breakthrough in Building HIV Immunity
- 'Sacrifice' Of Virus Data Clears the Path to Open a Disease Discovery Pipeline
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
- A New Addition to the CRISPR Toolbox: Teaching the Gene Scissors to Detect RNA
- Ancient Microbes Offer Clues to How Complex Life Evolved
- Harnessing Big Data Helps Scientists Home in on New Antimicrobials
- E. Coli Variant May Cause Antimicrobial Resistance in Dogs, Humans