News articles tagged with 'Pseudomonas'
Biomedical engineers develop computational model to better understand genomes
— 1 Apr 2011 14:33 | HealthBiomedical engineers have developed a computational model that will help biological researchers clearly identify the significance of variations between different genomes - the complex…
A trip to the candy store might help ward off rare, but deadly infections
— 5 Jan 2010 12:24 | HealthAs it turns out, children were not the only ones with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads over this past holiday season. In a new research report published in the January…
Bacteria expect the unexpected
— 5 Nov 2009 12:47 | BiologyOrganisms ensure the survival of their species by genetically adapting to the environment. If environmental conditions change too rapidly, the extinction of a species may be the consequence.…
A matter of density, not quantity
— 10 Jul 2009 16:27 | HealthInfections of wounds, pneumonia, etc. in hospitals in particular are often caused by bacteria called Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Once they reach a certain density, colonies of Pseudomonas…
Two-pronged model could help foil tough cystic fibrosis infections
— 24 Apr 2009 16:51 | HealthDartmouth Medical School researchers have devised a novel approach for thwarting the relentless bacterial infections that thrive in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis (CF), unlocking…
Sugar on bacteria surface serves as base for a web of resistance
— 22 Apr 2009 13:25 | HealthThe bacteria responsible for chronic infections in cystic fibrosis patients use one of the sugars on the germs' surface to start building a structure that helps the microbes resist…
Biosynthetics production with detours
— 1 Nov 2008 18:36 | HealthScientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum fuer Infektionsforschung (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany have achieved an important advance in better understanding metabolic pathways in bacteria…
Protein opens hope of treatment for cystic fibrosis patients
— 11 Sep 2008 23:16 | HealthScientists have finally identified a direct role for the missing protein that leaves cystic fibrosis patients open to attack from lung-damaging bacteria, the main reason most of them…
Food poisoning bacteria prefer duck to beef on meat factory surfaces
— 10 Sep 2008 16:41 | HealthThe food poisoning bacterium Listeria could survive on surfaces in meat processing factories if certain other bacteria are present, scientists heard today (Wednesday 10 September 2008)…
Finely tuned WspRs help Pseudomonas beat body by building biofilm
— 25 Mar 2008 20:49 | HealthBacteria are particularly harmful to human health when they band together to form a biofilm - a sheet composed of many individual bacteria glued together - because this can allow them…