News articles tagged with 'Mycobacterium'
2 in 1: Multi-tasking protein provides new approaches for anti-tuberculosis drugs
— 16 Feb 2011 05:05 | HealthIn a paper published today in PNAS, scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Hamburg, Germany, reveal new insights into the workings of enzymes from a group…
Homogeneous tuberculosis treatment ineffective in children
— 11 Feb 2011 15:54 | HealthThe realisation of medically treating different children uniquely may start with one of the deadliest diseases in existence: tuberculosis…
Iron compounds synthesised to combat tuberculosis
— 30 Nov 2010 21:48 | HealthA team of researchers from Spain and Latin America have synthesised two iron compounds that inhibit the in vitro growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis.…
Cancer drug target is promising lead for new TB treatments
— 17 Nov 2010 11:32 | HealthA key enzyme in Mycobacterium tuberculosis that enables the microbe to reproduce rapidly could be a golden target for new drugs against tuberculosis (TB), according to a study published…
Virginia Tech professor discovers new TB pathogen
— 1 Oct 2010 10:54 | HealthKathleen Alexander, associate professor of wildlife in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment, has discovered a novel tuberculosis (TB) species in the Mycobacterium…
Study finds possible 'persistence' switch for tuberculosis
— 18 Sep 2010 08:25 | HealthAn examination of a portion of the tuberculosis genome that responds to stress has allowed Rice University bioengineers Oleg Igoshin and Abhinav Tiwari to zero in on a network of genes…
Body's own proteins may lead the way in global fight against tuberculosis
— 1 Jun 2010 20:24 | HealthOhio scientists hope to counter the re-emerging threat of tuberculosis (TB) with help from proteins from our bodies. In a research report published in the June 2010 print issue of the…
New details of tuberculosis protein-cleaving machinery revealed
— 11 May 2010 20:23 | HealthScientists looking for new ways to fight tuberculosis (TB) have their sights set on a structure essential to the bacterium's survival. Disabling this structure could kill the microbes…
The entwined destinies of mankind and leprosy bacteria
— 3 Nov 2009 10:44 | HealthFor thousands of years an undesirable and persistent companion has been travelling with man wherever he goes. Mycobacterium leprae, the bacterium that causes leprosy, has only one known…
Iowa State University researcher uncovers potential key to curing tuberculosis
— 2 Oct 2009 13:43 | HealthResearchers at Iowa State University have identified an enzyme that helps make tuberculosis resistant to a human's natural defence system. Researchers have also found a method to possibly…