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Experts identify a potential new target for antimalarial development

A protein that plays an important biological role in the malaria-causing parasite has been discovered by an international research team.

18 Feb 2022

Discovery of chiral evasion could lead to more resilient inhibitors, better drug designs

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial infection that has become resistant to most of the antibiotics used to treat regular staph infections.

18 Feb 2022

Researchers successfully isolate a new, rare bacterial strain

Certain types of bacteria are unable to survive and thrive outside host organisms. This makes their isolation and identification technically challenging.

From Tokyo University of Science 18 Feb 2022

Researchers engineer strains of nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium to produce ammonia

Researchers from Washington State University have engineered strains of the ubiquitous, nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii to produce ammonia and excrete it at high concentrations, transferring it into crop plants in lieu of conventional chemical fertilizers.

18 Feb 2022

Study shows how the commensal oral microbiome can regulate alveolar bone health

It is becoming increasingly clear that the human microbiome – the collection of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live on and within us – significantly contributes to our health.

17 Feb 2022

Legionella bacteria ancestors infected eukaryotic cells as early as two billion years ago

Researchers at Uppsala University have discovered that the ancestors of legionella bacteria infected eukaryotic cells as early as two billion years ago.

17 Feb 2022

Mucus-rich droplets extend aerosolized range of enveloped respiratory viruses

A modeling study raises questions about how far respiratory droplets, like those that transmit the virus that causes COVID-19, can travel before becoming harmless.

16 Feb 2022

Long-term use of antibiotics impacts microbiome diversity, Estonian Microbiome Project finds

Estonian Microbiome Project, using electronic health data from more than 2500 biobank participants finds long-term antibiotic usage, independent from recent administration, has an impact on the microbiome, partly explaining the common bacterial signatures overlapping between diseases.

16 Feb 2022

Study: Global human microbiome research is heavily biased in favor of wealthy countries

New studies emerge daily on the effect of the human microbiome on human health: colon cancer, ulcers, and cognitive conditions such as Alzheimer's disease have been associated with the communities of microbes that live in our bodies.

16 Feb 2022

Human nose organoids reveal the first events of SARS-CoV-2 and RSV infection

Preclinical models that recapitulate aspects of human airway disease are essential for the advancement of novel therapeutics and vaccines.

16 Feb 2022

Researchers develop and demonstrate new procedure for controlling directed evolution

A new procedure for controlling directed evolution in bacteria is developed and demonstrated by scientists at North Carolina State University.

16 Feb 2022

Intracellular pathogens trick the host’s immune system to evade destruction

A signaling mechanism that enables bacteria like Salmonella to escape destruction by the immune system of the host was discovered by scientists.

From The University of California, Davis 14 Feb 2022

Agricultural fungicides generate resistance to antifungal medications, study finds

For the first time, a new study has revealed that drugs, used to treat fungal illnesses in plants, are also generating resistance to antifungal medications used to treat people.

From University of Georgia 14 Feb 2022

Novel function of anti-HIV-1 antibodies discovered using robust microscopy techniques

Using cutting-edge imaging methods on in vitro virus cells, researchers from the Institut Pasteur, CNRS, VRI, and Université de Paris found a role of anti-HIV-1 antibodies.

From Institut Pasteur 14 Feb 2022

Experts explore the relationships between diet, gut bacteria, and metabolites

Researchers currently understand that the microorganisms that dwell in human intestines—the microbiome—have a wide range of effects on human health.

14 Feb 2022

Research reveals crucial details about how microbiome species are acquired

The gut microbiome is an ecosystem of hundreds to thousands of microbial species living within the human body. These populations affect our health, fertility, and even our longevity. But how do they get there in the first place?

10 Feb 2022

Sewer slime can accumulate SARS-CoV-2 RNA, study reports

During the COVID-19 pandemic, monitoring the levels of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater entering treatment plants has been one way that researchers have gauged the disease's spread.

10 Feb 2022

Expanded range of nucleic acid extraction kits for pathogens detection

AMSBIO announce the addition of several new products to its growing range of magnetic bead based nucleic acid extraction kits for pathogens detection.

From AMS Biotechnology 9 Feb 2022

Bacterial-fungal partnership leads to disease in humans

New research discovered that the fungus Rhizopus fights back against soil predators and human immune cells by partnering with a bacteria called Ralstonia in a two-way partnership.

From University of Exeter 8 Feb 2022

New method helps distinguish bacterial DNA from human and other non-bacterial cells

For decades, a small group of cutting-edge medical researchers have been studying a biochemical, DNA tagging system, which switches genes on or off. Many have studied it in bacteria and now some have seen signs of it in, plants, flies, and even human brain tumors.

4 Feb 2022

Microbiology

Experts identify a potential new target for antimalarial development

Discovery of chiral evasion could lead to more resilient inhibitors, better drug designs

Researchers successfully isolate a new, rare bacterial strain

Researchers engineer strains of nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium to produce ammonia

Study shows how the commensal oral microbiome can regulate alveolar bone health

Legionella bacteria ancestors infected eukaryotic cells as early as two billion years ago

Mucus-rich droplets extend aerosolized range of enveloped respiratory viruses

Long-term use of antibiotics impacts microbiome diversity, Estonian Microbiome Project finds

Study: Global human microbiome research is heavily biased in favor of wealthy countries

Human nose organoids reveal the first events of SARS-CoV-2 and RSV infection

Researchers develop and demonstrate new procedure for controlling directed evolution

Intracellular pathogens trick the host’s immune system to evade destruction

Agricultural fungicides generate resistance to antifungal medications, study finds

Novel function of anti-HIV-1 antibodies discovered using robust microscopy techniques

Experts explore the relationships between diet, gut bacteria, and metabolites

Research reveals crucial details about how microbiome species are acquired

Sewer slime can accumulate SARS-CoV-2 RNA, study reports

Expanded range of nucleic acid extraction kits for pathogens detection

Bacterial-fungal partnership leads to disease in humans

New method helps distinguish bacterial DNA from human and other non-bacterial cells

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