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Researchers examine bacterial rice diseases, search for genetic solutions
Apr 01, 2009 |
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As a major food source for much of the world, rice is one of the most important plants on earth.
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Breakthrough in the treatment of bacterial meningitis
May 13, 2009 |
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It can take just hours after the symptoms appear for someone to die from bacterial meningitis. Now, after years of research, experts at The University of Nottingham have finally discovered how the deadly meningococcal bacteria ...
Shining a light on disease -- tracking light-emitting bacteria during infection
Sep 09, 2009 |
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By attaching light-emitting genes to infectious bacteria in an experimental system, researchers at University College, Cork, Ireland, have been able to track where in the body the bacteria go - giving an insight into the ...
Modified crops reveal hidden cost of resistance
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Genetically modified squash plants that are resistant to a debilitating viral disease become more vulnerable to a fatal bacterial infection, according to biologists.
How probiotics can prevent disease
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Using probiotics successfully against a number of animal diseases has helped scientists from University College Cork, Ireland to understand some of the ways in which they work, which could lead to them using probiotics to ...
Red alert! How disease disables tomato plant's 'intruder alarm'
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Dec 04, 2008 |
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How a bacterium overcomes a tomato plant's defences and causes disease, by sneakily disabling the plant's intruder detection systems, is revealed in new research out today (4 December) in Current Biology.
Rapid DNA Detection Quickly Diagnoses Infections
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Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new portable device can detect bacteria and help prevent the spread of infectious diseases. This new tool takes from 15 minutes to 2 hours to diagnose a patient for infectious diseases and ...
Was it the chicken salad or the swim?
Jan 26, 2009 |
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A new study finds swimming, having a private well or septic system, and other factors not involving food consumption were major risk factors for bacterial intestinal infections not occurring in outbreaks.
Researchers discover new mode of how diseases evolve
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Feb 16, 2009 |
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Researchers of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research have discovered a new way that bacteria evolve into something that can make you sick.
E. coli engineered to produce important class of antibiotic, anti-cancer drugs
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Dec 22, 2008 |
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Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have taken a major step forward in the field of metabolic engineering, successfully using the bacterium Escherichia coli to synthesize a clas ...
Experimental TB drug explodes bacteria from the inside out
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 27, 2008 |
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An international team of biochemists has discovered how an experimental drug unleashes its destructive force inside the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB). The finding could help scientists develop ways to treat dormant ...
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