News articles tagged with 'pathogenic'
Scientists sequence gut microbes of premature infant
— 14 Jan 2011 16:29 | HealthScientists have for the first time sequenced and reconstructed the genomes of most of the microbes in the gut of a premature newborn and documented how the microbe populations changed…
Cholera strain evolves new mechanism for causing disease
— 10 Dec 2010 20:54 | HealthNew clinical strains of cholera appear to have evolved a distinctly different mechanism to cause the same disease according to research published in the current issue of the online…
BUSM investigates cellular mechanisms leading to immune response in airway epithelium
— 24 Nov 2010 22:45 | HealthResearchers from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have demonstrated that commensal species of the genus Neisseriae are low inducers of human airway epithelial cell responses…
Reading the signs: Plants and animals found common ground in response to microbial threats
— 20 Nov 2010 10:37 | BiologyThough it's been at least a billion years since plants and animals shared a common ancestor, they have through the eons shared a common threat in the form of microbes, including bacteria,…
Antibiotics have long-term impacts on gut flora
— 2 Nov 2010 14:27 | HealthShort courses of antibiotics can leave normal gut bacteria harbouring antibiotic resistance genes for up to two years after treatment, say scientists writing in the latest issue of…
OU research team uncovers key molecule for keeping other oral microorganisms in check
— 25 Sep 2010 12:17 | HealthA University of Oklahoma research team has uncovered a key to arresting the growth of thrush - a type of oral yeast infection that sickens patients with compromised immune systems,…
Wining and dining your way to better eyesight
— 25 Jun 2010 10:35 | HealthCurrent research suggests that resveratrol, a naturally occurring compound found in red wine, grapes, blueberries, peanuts, and other plants, inhibits pathogenic new blood vessel growth.…
Discovery of controlled swarm in bacteria
— 23 Jun 2010 12:06 | HealthA study led by researchers from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) describes one of the mechanisms in which pathogenic bacteria populations control the way they spread over the…
Genome of bacteria responsible for tuberculosis of olive tree sequenced
— 1 Jun 2010 19:33 | BiologyResearchers at the Public University of Navarra, the Polytechnic University of Madrid (CBGP), the University of Malaga, the University of Wisconsin and the Valencian Institute of Agricultural…
Rare toxic algae identified
— 11 May 2010 06:09 | BiologyScientists have identified an unusual species of pathogenic algae that causes human skin infections, described in a new study in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary…