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| $1 million Awarded for Research on Smart, Bacteria Repellent Nanohydrogels
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| The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded an interdisciplinary team of five Stevens Institute of Technology researchers a four-year, $1 million grant to develop “smart, self-assembling nano-biomaterials that can control whether bacteria will adhere to synthetic surfaces, allowing for carefully targeted control over microscopic processes that occur within the human body.
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November 5, 2007 |
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| Alligator blood extract promises to help fight superbugs
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| Biochemists from Louisiana in the U.S. say blood from alligators could help fight deadly 'superbugs' and other infections.
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April 7, 2008 |
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| Alligator Blood May Put The Bite On Antibiotic-resistant Infections
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| Despite their reputation for deadly attacks on humans and pets, alligators are wiggling their way toward a new role as potential lifesavers in medicine, biochemists in Louisiana reported at the 235th national meeting of the American Chemical Society.
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April 7, 2008 |
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| An Ancient Protein Balances Gene Activity And Silences Foreign DNA In Bacteria
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| Compared to humans, bacteria have a much tidier genome. The tiny microorganisms pack their genes closely together, and don't carry around a lot of extraneous DNA, so-called junk DNA that fills in the gaps between genes.
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May 19, 2008 |
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| Antibacterial soaps show no health benefits over plain soaps
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| Antibacterial soaps show no health benefits over plain soaps and, in fact, may render some common antibiotics less effective.
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August 20, 2007 |
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| Antibacterial Wipes Can Spread Bacteria Around
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| Three basic principles is all it could take to reduce the incidence of MRSA in hospitals according to a new research by Cardiff University.
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June 4, 2008 |
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| Antibiotic May Prevent Dreaded Brain Fever
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| Two researchers from National Brain Research Center (NBRC) suggest that a common antibiotic called minocycline may prevent children from death due to Japanese encephalitis (JE), or commonly known as brain fever.
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February 21, 2008 |
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| Antibiotic Resistance: Drug Resistance Gene Has Spread From East Coast To Midwest Bacteria
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| A resistance gene that allows bacteria to beat an important class of antibiotics has started to appear in microorganisms taken from Midwestern patients, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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September 20, 2007 |
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| Antibiotic That Appears To Control Phobias May Also Be Useful In Treating Addiction
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| Their study found that mice treated with D-cycloserine were less likely to spend time in an environment where they had previously been trained to expect cocaine than mice treated with a placebo.
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November 7, 2007 |
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| Antibiotic Treatment Targets Difficult Asthma
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| Hunter researchers have shown that a commonly available antibiotic can improve the quality of life of patients with difficult asthma, and may also generate significant health care savings.
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December 19, 2007 |
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| Antibiotic Use High Among Nursing Home Patients With Advanced Dementia
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| An article co-authored by Susan L. Mitchell, M.D., M.P.H., of Hebrew SeniorLife's Institute for Aging Research reports that nursing home residents with advanced dementia are frequently prescribed antibiotic medications, especially during the two weeks before death. This practice raises concerns about the end-of-life care of individual patients dying with advanced dementia, as well as the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.
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February 27, 2008 |
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| Antibiotics Accompanying Surgery Prevent Some Infections But Increasingly Cause Another
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| The risk of contracting a Clostridium difficile infection following operations for which a "prophylactic" antibiotic is given to prevent infection is 21 times greater now than it was just a decade ago, according to researchers from the University of Sherbrooke in Canada.
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May 28, 2008 |
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| Antibiotics Can Prevent Wound Complications Of Childbirth
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| A single dose of antibiotics can significantly aid healing of the severe tearing that occurs in vaginal tissues during many births, according to researchers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, the Stanford University School of Medicine and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. The study is the first to show that the simple treatment can prevent many of the short- and long-term repercussions of this relatively common complication of childbirth.
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June 10, 2008 |
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| Antibiotics No Help for Sinus Cold
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| Even After 10 Days of a Head Cold, Antibiotics Don't Help Sinus Infection.
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March 13, 2008 |
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| Bacteria Able to Produce Nanotubes for High Tech Applications
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| Two engineers at the University of California, Riverside are part of a binational team that has found semiconducting nanotubes produced by living bacteria – a discovery that could help in the creation of a new generation of nanoelectronic devices.
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December 10, 2007 |
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| Bacteria And Nanofilters: Future Of Clean Water Technology
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| Bacteria often get bad press, with those found in water often linked to illness and disease. But researchers at The University of Nottingham are using these tiny organisms alongside the very latest membrane filtration techniques to improve and refine water cleaning technology.
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February 27, 2008 |
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| Bacteria Can Be Made To Spin Spider Silk Through Understanding Of Big Molecules
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| Biological and medical research is on the threshold of a new era based on better understanding of how large organic molecules bind together and recognise each other. There is great potential for exploiting the molecular docking processes that are commonplace in all organisms to develop new drugs that act more specifically without adverse side effects, and construct novel materials by mimicking nature.
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February 25, 2008 |
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| Bacteria Can Cheat On Their Mates
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| Pursuing our own short term interests by cheating on the rest of the population is not the preserve of the human race. It seems bacteria can operate in just the same way.
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December 3, 2007 |
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| Bacteria Employ Type Of DNA Modification Never Before Seen In Nature
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| A team of MIT researchers and others has discovered that bacteria employ a type of DNA modification never before seen in nature.
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December 10, 2007 |
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| Bacteria In Extremely Hostile Environments: New Protein Discovered That Repairs DNA Under Extreme Conditions
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| Mild environmental conditions are a prerequisite for life. Strong acids or dissolved metallic salts in high concentrations are detrimental to both humans and to simpler life forms, such as bacteria.
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June 30, 2008 |
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| Bacteria Join Ranks Of Lazy Cheaters
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| But bacteria? Even BACTERIA are lousy little cheaters, doing anything they can to gain an edge? Say it ain't so, Shoeless Joe.
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October 1, 2007 |
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| Bacteria Levels In Aircraft Shows Low Risk To Travelers, Study Shows
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| Popular wisdom says that aircraft provide the perfect environment for spreading disease, but few studies exist to confirm or deny this suspicion. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a leading federal agency and Harvard University has measured concentrations of bacteria in the cabin air of 12 commercial passenger aircraft, and found that flying may be safer than we think.
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May 2, 2008 |
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| Bacteria May Be Linked to SIDS
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| Study Shows Bacterial Infection May Be Connected to Cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
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May 29, 2008 |
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| Bacteria May Reduce Risk For Kidney Stones
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| Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found that the bacteria Oxalobacter formigenes (O. formigenes), a naturally occurring bacterium that has no known side effects, is associated with a 70 percent reduction in the risk of recurrent kidney stones.
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March 6, 2008 |
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| Bacteria offers opening for Spacehab
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| Company eyes biomedical research opportunities aboard space station.
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June 23, 2008 |
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| Bacteria that killed Virginia teen found in other schools
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| Students at a high school in Virginia prepared Thursday for the funeral of a popular classmate, the victim of a deadly drug-resistant strain of bacteria that has turned up in schools across the country recently.
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October 18, 2007 |
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| Bacteria Use 'Invisibility Cloak' To Hide From Human Immune System
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| Scientists at the University of York have characterised an important new step in the mechanism used by bacteria to evade our immune system.
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February 24, 2008 |
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| Bacteria-resistant Films Created: Microbe Adhesion Depends On Surface Stiffness
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| Having found that whether bacteria stick to surfaces depends partly on how stiff those surfaces are, MIT engineers have created ultrathin films made of polymers that could be applied to medical devices and other surfaces to control microbe accumulation.
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May 19, 2008 |
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| Bacterial Battle For Survival Leads To New Antibiotic
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| MIT biologists have provoked soil-dwelling bacteria into producing a new type of antibiotic by pitting them against another strain of bacteria in a battle for survival.
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February 27, 2008 |
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| Bacterial Infections Diagnosed Using Nanotechnology
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| A new technique developed by a University of Central Florida chemist will help physicians more quickly identify the bacterial infections patients have so they can be treated in hours instead of days.
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February 20, 2008 |
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| Bacterial Resistance Is Futile Against Wound-cleaning Laser
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| A laser-activated antimicrobial offers hope for new treatments of bacterial infections, even those that are resistant to current drugs. A new study describes the use of a dye, indocyanine green, which produces bacteria-killing chemicals when lit by a specific kind of laser light.
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July 1, 2008 |
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| Bacterial Slime Helps Cause Serious Disease
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| Leptospirosis is a serious but neglected emerging disease that infects humans through contaminated water. Now research published in the May issue of the journal Microbiology shows for the first time how bacteria that cause the disease survive in the environment.
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May 5, 2008 |
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| Battling Bacteria: Antimicrobial 'Hole Puncher' Mechanism Described
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| In the battle against bacteria, researchers have scored a direct hit. They have made a discovery that could shorten the road to new and more potent antibiotics.
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September 25, 2007 |
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| Best Treatment Identified To Reduce Deadly Staph Infections, According To Expert
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| One type of over-the-counter product for topical wound care is more effective than others in killing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, or MRSA, which is potentially deadly and in recent years has moved from its historic hospital setting to a much broader public concern.
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December 4, 2007 |
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| Biomedical Engineers Find Chink In Bacteria's Armor
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| Biomedical researchers at Boston University's College of Engineering may have discovered the path toward developing better drugs capable of defeating so-called "superbugs," bacteria that have developed resistance to common antibiotics.
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September 11, 2007 |
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| Engineered Protein Shows Potential As A Strep Vaccine
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| A University of California, San Diego-led research team has demonstrated that immunization with a stabilized version of a protein found on Streptococcus bacteria can provide protection against Strep infections, which afflict more than 600 million people each year and kill 400,000.
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March 9, 2008 |
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| Evolution Of Root Nodule Symbiosis With Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria
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| Nitrogen is essential for all plants and animals, but despite being surrounded by it--the element constitutes 79% of air on earth--only a few bacteria can absorb it directly from the environment. All other species are ultimately dependent on these microbes as a source.
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March 4, 2008 |
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| First Molecular Snapshot Of A Virulence Factor On Bacterial Surface
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| David G. Thanassi, Ph.D., and co-investigators from Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Washington University, and University College in London, are the first to capture a view of proteins during translocation across the bacterial outer membrane. This “molecular snapshot” may enlighten scientists to the process of protein secretion across membranes, a problem faced by all cells, and provide a foundation to understanding certain bacterial virulence factors that allow bacteria to cause disease.
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June 6, 2008 |
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| Flesh-Eating Bacteria Kills Utah Woman
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| Sixty-one-year-old Carol Caudill was a cancer survivor, which doctors say could have contributed to her contracting the disease.
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March 4, 2008 |
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| Gene That Magnetically Labels Cells Shows Potential As Imaging Tool
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| Mammalian cells can produce tiny magnetic nuggets after the introduction of a single gene from bacteria, scientists have found. The gene MagA could become a valuable tool for tracking cells' movement through the body via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), says Xiaoping Hu, PhD, professor of biomedical engineering at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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June 4, 2008 |
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| Genetics boffins on the verge of artificial bacteria
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| Genetics entrepreneur Craig Venter claims his team is on the verge of creating the first artificial lifeform.
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October 8, 2007 |
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| Georgia Student, 17, Dies of Rare Bacterial Infection
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| A 17-year-old Georgia high school student died unexpectedly of meningococcal disease, a rare bacterial infection characterized by a sudden onset of fever, intense headache, nausea, vomiting, stiff neck and a rash.
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April 23, 2008 |
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| Good Bacteria May Ease Hay Fever
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| Study Shows Probiotics Can Change Immune Response to Grass Pollen
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June 4, 2008 |
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| Grocer Publix to Hand Out 7 Prescription Antibiotics for Free
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| Publix has decided to start giving away seven commonly prescribed antibiotics for free.
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August 7, 2007 |
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| Hospital wipes 'spreading MRSA'
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| Some types of antibacterial wipes used by hospital staff to rid surfaces of bacteria could be helping to spread it, researchers claim.
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June 3, 2008 |
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| How Antibiotic Resistant Bugs Became Resistant To Penicillin, And How Penicillin Could Work Again
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| Research led by the University of Warwick has uncovered exactly how the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae has become resistant to the antibiotic penicillin. The same research could also open up MRSA to attack by penicillin and help create a library of designer antibiotics to use against a range of other dangerous bacteria.
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March 15, 2008 |
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| How Bacteria Grow Their Surface Pili
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| As any medical student knows, bacterial pili play a pretty important role in the pathogenesis of bacterial species. Understanding how the pili are formed might open a whole range of clinical strategies to combat the infectious nature in a variety of bacterial species.
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May 16, 2008 |
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| How Proteins Control The Process When Bacteria Multiply: May Lead To New Antibiotics
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| A team led by Johns Hopkins researchers has solved important puzzles concerning how certain proteins guide the reproduction of bacteria, discoveries that could lead to a new type of antibiotics.
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April 11, 2008 |
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| How Some Bacteria Survive Antibiotics
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| Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered how some bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment by turning on resistance mechanisms when exposed to the drugs.
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May 2, 2008 |
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| Humans May Lose Battle With Bacteria, Medicinal Chemist's Research Shows
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| It may not be an ideal topic for polite conversation, but human beings are swarming with bacteria: Even the average healthy adult plays host to about 100 trillion microscopic organisms. Infection takes place when the bacteria get out of hand.
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April 24, 2008 |
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| Incidence Of Group B Strep Has Decreased Among Newborns, But Has Increased Among Adults
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| Group B streptococcus, a major cause of serious infections, declined about 25 percent among infants younger than 7 days from 1999 to 2005, but increased nearly 50 percent among persons 15 to 64 years old, according to a new study.
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May 7, 2008 |
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| Killing cancer tumors with Salmonella bacteria
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| Neil Forbes of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a four-year grant of more than $1 million from the National Institutes of Health to research killing cancer tumors with Salmonella bacteria.
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March 2, 2008 |
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| Laser treatment could help kill superbugs
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| Germ-killing chemicals could fight skin infections instead of antibiotics.
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July 1, 2008 |
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| Marine Bacteria's Mealtime Dash Is A Swimming Success
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| Goldfish in an aquarium are able to dash after food flakes at mealtime, reaching them before they sink or are eaten by other fish. Researchers at MIT recently proved that marine bacteria, the smallest creatures in the ocean, behave in a similar fashion at mealtime, using their swimming skills to reach tiny food patches that appear randomly in the ocean blue.
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March 14, 2008 |
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| Mechanism Of Action Of Antibiotic Able To Reduce Neuronal Cell Death In Brain Uncovered
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| Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have discovered how an antibiotic works to modulate the activity of a neurotransmitter that regulates brain functions, which eventually could lead to therapies to treat Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, epilepsy, stroke, dementia and malignant gliomas.
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May 12, 2008 |
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| Microfluidic Device Shows How Bacteria Self Arrange in Protective Biofilms
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| Using an innovative device with microscopic chambers, researchers from four institutions, including Johns Hopkins, have gleaned important new information about how bacteria survive in hostile environments by forming antibiotic-resistant communities called biofilms.
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November 14, 2007 |
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| Mighty Microbes: Bacteria Filaments Can Bundle Together And Move Objects 100,000 Times Bacterium's Body Weight
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| Researchers from The University of Arizona and Columbia University have discovered that tiny filaments on bacteria can bundle together and pull with forces far stronger than experts had previously thought possible.
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April 20, 2008 |
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| Mother Nature's Antibacterial Dyes: Bright Colors And A Knockout Punch For Germs
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| A strain of marine bacteria produces large amounts of bright red pigments that can be used as a natural dye for wool, nylon, silk and other fabrics, scientists in California are reporting. The dyes from Mother Nature's palate also have an anti-bacterial effect that could discourage harmful bacteria from growing on socks, undergarments, and other clothing, they report in a new study.
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June 4, 2008 |
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| MRSA prevalent in Canadian pig farms and pig farmers
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| A new study published in Veterinary Microbiology found methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevalent in Canadian pig farms and pig farmers, pointing to animal agriculture as a source of the deadly bacteria.
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November 7, 2007 |
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| Mysteries Of Oceanic Bacteria Probed
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| Microbes living in the oceans play a critical role in regulating Earth's environment, but very little is known about their activities and how they work together to help control natural cycles of water, carbon and energy.
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March 7, 2008 |
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| Nano-Scale Scaffolds Made of Silica and Loaded with Nitric Oxide Deliver Knock-Out Blow to Bacteria
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| Bacteria mutate for a living, evading antibiotic drugs while killing tens of thousands of people in the United States each year. But as concern about drug-resistant bacteria grows, one novel approach under way at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks to thwart the bug without a drug by taking a cue from nature.
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February 26, 2008 |
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| New Antimicrobial Coatings with Potential to Prevent Diseases from Spreading on Contaminated Surfaces
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| A team of researchers in Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has produced new antimicrobial coatings with potential to prevent diseases from spreading on contaminated surfaces - possibly solving a growing problem not only in hospitals but also in schools, offices, airplanes and elsewhere.
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July 9, 2008 |
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| New Drug Targets May Fight Tuberculosis And Other Bacterial Infections In Novel Way
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| Over the course of the 20th Century, doctors waged war against infectious bacterial illness with the best new weapon they had: antibiotics.
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December 31, 2007 |
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| New Species Of Bacteria Contaminates Hairspray
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| Scientists in Japan have discovered a new species of bacteria that can live in hairspray, according to the results of a study published in the March issue of the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
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March 9, 2008 |
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| New Tests Make Antibiotic Monitoring Easier
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| Detecting antibiotics in the environment could become easier to do, thanks to portable field kits developed and validated by a team of scientists from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Abraxis, LLC and the Czech Republic.
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May 6, 2008 |
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| Older Antibiotic Gains New Respect As Potent Treatment For Tuberculosis
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| It has no current market, not even a prescription price. Its makers stopped commercial production years ago, because demand was so low. But an antibiotic long abandoned as a weak, low-dose treatment for tuberculosis (TB) may have found renewed purpose, this time as a potent, high-dose fighter against the most common and actively contagious form of the lung disease.
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December 20, 2007 |
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| Older Water Filters Harbor Bacteria That Give Water Fresher Taste
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| Scientists in Australia have discovered that the older the water filter the better when it comes to reducing the off-putting earthy taste of some tap water.
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November 27, 2007 |
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| Parents panic over MRSA
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| The death of a 17-year-old high school student in Virginia from the superbug MRSA has prompted the closure of 21 schools in the state for cleaning and has many parents worried.
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October 22, 2007 |
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| Proteins That Help Bacteria Put Up A Fight Identified
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| Scientists have identified the role of two proteins that contribute to disease-causing bacteria cells' versatility in resisting certain classes of antibiotics.
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February 27, 2008 |
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| Red Tide Killer Identified: Bacteria Gang Up On Algae, Quashing Red Tide Blooms
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| Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have identified a potential "red tide killer." Red tides and related phenomena in which microscopic algae accumulate rapidly in dense concentrations have been on the rise in recent years, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in worldwide losses to fisheries and beach tourism activities. Despite their wide-ranging impacts, such phenomena, more broadly referred to as "harmful algal blooms," remain unpredictable in not only where they appear, but how long they persist.
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May 5, 2008 |
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| Researchers Determine Structure of Protein in an "Environmentally Friendly" Bacterium
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| Investigators at Argonne National Laboratory have determined the structure of a key protein domain in a bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens, an organism known for its ability to fix some heavy metals.
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May 21, 2008 |
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| Researchers develop breakthrough antimicrobial nanotube coatings
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| A team of researchers in Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has produced new antimicrobial coatings with potential to prevent diseases from spreading on contaminated surfaces - possibly solving a growing problem not only in hospitals but also in schools, offices, airplanes and elsewhere.
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July 8, 2008 |
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| Resistance To Widely-used Antibiotics Found Among Inhabitants Of Remote South American Villages
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| Resistance to ciprofloxacin, a member of one of the most commonly used groups of antibiotics in the world, has been discovered by a team of Canadian researchers among people in remote South American villages who are believed to have never taken this medication.
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July 18, 2008 |
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| San Antonio Clinic Treats 300-500 Staph Infections A Month
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| A Texas MedClinic doctor said Wednesday that a deadly strain of staph infection called MRSA, believed to have killed a 17-year-old Virginia high school senior, is becoming increasing common in San Antonio.
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October 18, 2007 |
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| Scientists Characterize Protein Structure Of Environmentally Friendly Bacteria
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| Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have determined the structure of a key protein domain in a bacterium that could help with bioremediation of uranium-contaminated land sites.
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May 22, 2008 |
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| Scientists Create New Life Form in Lab
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| A scientist who built a synthetic chromosome from laboratory chemicals is expected to announce the creation of a new species, the first new artificial life form on Earth, British newspaper The Guardian reported Sunday.
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October 6, 2007 |
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| Scientist deciphers language bacterial cells use to 'talk' to each other - also discovers how to quell their conversation
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| Understanding the way bacterial cells "talk" to each other could lead to more effective methods for fighting the often persistent and serious infections caused by the biofilms they form, says a Texas A&M University professor of chemical engineering who not only has deciphered their language but also discovered how to quell their conversation.
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June 11, 2008 |
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| Scientists Discover Why Plague Is So Lethal
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| Bacteria that cause the bubonic plague may be more virulent than their close relatives because of a single genetic mutation, according to research published in the May issue of the journal Microbiology.
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May 5, 2008 |
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| Scientists Strike Blow In Superbugs Struggle
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| Scientists from The University of Manchester have pioneered new ways of tweaking the molecular structure of antibiotics -- an innovation that could be crucial in the fight against powerful super bugs.
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December 11, 2007 |
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| Shaquille O'Neal Of Bacteria Big Enough To See With Naked Eye
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| Cornell researchers are studying bacterium big enough to see -- the Shaquille O'Neal of bacteria. Well, perhaps not quite Shaquille O'Neal. But it is Shaq-teria.
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May 13, 2008 |
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| Silver nanoparticles may kill beneficial bacteria
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| Too much of a good thing could be harmful to the environment. For years, scientists have known about silver's ability to kill harmful bacteria and, recently, have used this knowledge to create consumer products containing silver nanoparticles.
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April 29, 2008 |
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| Six States Report MRSA Infections, At Least Three Youths Have Died
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| School districts in at least six states Thursday reported students infected with MRSA, a super strain of drug-resistant staphylococcus bacteria that is responsible for the deaths of at least three children.
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October 18, 2007 |
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| Small RNA Plays Parallel Roles In Bacterial Metabolism
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| They are often overlooked, and were once thought to be too small to contribute much to major cellular processes, but in recent years the study of small ribonucleic acids (sRNA) has gained momentum.
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December 4, 2007 |
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| Snowflakes may contain bacteria
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| Those beautiful snowflakes drifting out of the sky may have a surprise inside -- bacteria.
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February 29, 2008 |
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| Soil bacteria may offer potential treatments for MRSA and cancer
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| Big pharma gave up on soil bacteria as a source of antibiotics too soon, according to research published in the June issue of Microbiology. Scientists have been mining microbial genomes for new natural products that may have applications in the treatment of MRSA and cancer and have made some exciting discoveries.
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June 1, 2008 |
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| Space Makes Bacteria More Dangerous
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| A germ that causes food poisoning and other illnesses can be three times more dangerous in space than on the ground, an experiment has shown.
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September 24, 2007 |
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| StopGerms.org
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| the ultimately resource to guide you to creating and maintaining a healthy home.
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| Study: Most sinus infections not helped by antibiotics
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| Just in time for runny nose season, new research suggests routine sinus infections aren't really helped by antibiotics and other medicine that's often prescribed.
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December 4, 2007 |
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| Sugar-coated Antibiotics
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| Many antibiotics have a variety of different carbohydrate molecules attached to them which can help the antibiotic to be taken up by the target organism or overcome resistance. By manipulating the sugar, it may be possible to restore usefulness in antibiotics to which resistance has developed.
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May 30, 2008 |
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| Super Strong Antimicrobial Coatings For Medicine, Defense
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| One of the world' strongest materials meets one of nature's most powerful germ killers in a new research project that produced incredibly tough anti-bacterial surfaces with multiple applications in home appliances, medicine, aerospace, and national defense. Now there is a report on this long-awaited genre of stronger disinfectant surfaces.
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July 8, 2008 |
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| Superbug breakthrough
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| The week the government's chief medical officer for England, Sir Liam Donaldson, has announced that the NHS aims to create immunisation against two of the most common superbugs, MRSA and Clostridium difficile, within the next decade.
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July 17, 2008 |
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| Synthetic Molecules May Be Less Expensive Alternative To Therapeutic Antibodies
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| Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a simple and inexpensive method to screen small synthetic molecules and pull out a handful that might treat cancer and other diseases less expensively than current methods.
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April 8, 2008 |
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| Technology to defeat bacterial infections shows positive results
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| The use of natural controls against serious bacterial infection and superbugs is being led by a UK company. Scientists at Biocontrol Ltd have presented at the Bacteriophage 2008 meeting in Hertfordshire a first look at the results of their initial Phase II clinical trial.
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February 25, 2008 |
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| Test Of Bacteria Toxin Delivery System Could Pave Way For New Antibiotic Drugs
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| Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have achieved a breakthrough in monitoring the toxin-delivery system of highly pathogenic bacteria -- an accomplishment that could help pave the way for new drugs that will be capable of neutralizing those germs.
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June 19, 2008 |
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| Thinking Ahead: Bacteria Anticipate Coming Changes In Their Environment
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| Microbes may be smarter than we think. A new study by Princeton University researchers shows for the first time that bacteria don't just react to changes in their surroundings -- they anticipate and prepare for them. The findings, reported in the June 6 issue of Science, challenge the prevailing notion that only organisms with complex nervous systems have this ability.
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June 19, 2008 |
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| Turns Out Hand Gels Alone May Not Be Enough to Kill Germs
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| Doctors and nurses on the go often skip soap and water in favor of an alcohol-based hand gel, thinking the quick-acting goo will kill bacteria on their hands and curb the spread of infection. It turns out that's not enough.
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January 30, 2008 |
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| UK team in bacteria breakthrough
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| Scientists have new hopes of restoring penicillin's full antibiotic effect after discovering how a bacterium which causes pneumonia has become resistant.
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March 12, 2008 |
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| Ulcer bacteria may protect kids from asthma
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| Bug linked to stomach cancer and childhood disease, researchers say.
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July 15, 2008 |
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| Unique fungal collection could hold key to future antibiotics
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| Royal Holloway and CABI both bring a combination of individual scientific skills, expertise and resources to the project. When brought together, these offer the opportunity to build a highly focused natural products drug discovery operation that will address the urgent need for bringing new antibiotic compounds to market.
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January 23, 2008 |
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| Up in Flames: Nanobacteria Found to Be Abiotic
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| The talk that nanobacteria (50 nanometer organisms) exist has been around for a long time, at least since early 1980s, according to Nature. Found in such places as human blood samples and meteorites (see the picture), these elusive organisms have been thought to be progenitors of life on Earth.
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April 21, 2008 |
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| Where Man Boldly Goes, Bacteria Follow
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| Life in outer space is an absolute certainty, and it is likely to be more familiar than we might think, according to an article in the May issue of Microbiology Today. Ever since the start of the space race we have sent more than just satellites and astronauts into space: spacecraft are not routinely decontaminated and are teeming with microbial life.
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May 30, 2008 |
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