News tagged with bacterial toxin

Triple threat: One bacterium, three plasmids

Researchers from Australia found something completely new while conducting a genetic study of the pathogenesis of an enteric disease in birds. They report what is believed to be the first bacterial strain to carry three closely ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study discovers how cancer-causing bacterium spurs cell death

Researchers report they have figured out how the cancer-causing bacterium Helicobacter pylori attacks a cell's energy infrastructure, sparking a series of events in the cell that ultimately lead it to sel ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hospital superbug debugged

An international team of scientists led by Monash University researchers has uncovered how a common hospital bacterium becomes a deadly superbug that kills increasing numbers of hospital patients worldwide and accounts for ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers discover path to blocking fatal toxins

A team of researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem says it has found a way to block a group of fatal bacterial toxins that have to date resisted all attempts to arrest them through the use of conventional drugs.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Children with congenital heart disease at risk from harmful toxins

Babies and toddlers with congenital heart disease are at an increased risk of having harmful toxins in their blood, particularly following surgery, according to research by a team at Imperial College London.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer developed

Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer may soon have an alternative therapy when they develop resistance to trastuzumab, also known as Herceptin, according to a laboratory finding published in Clinical Cancer Research.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bacteria poison themselves from within

(PhysOrg.com) -- The research group led by Anton Meinhart at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg has shown that proteins from the zeta toxin group trigger a self-destructive mechanism ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New vaccine hope in fight against pneumonia and meningitis

A new breakthrough in the fight against pneumonia, meningitis and septicaemia has been announced today by scientists in Dublin and Leicester.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Treatment for S. aureus skin infection works in mouse model

Scientists from the National Institutes of Health and University of Chicago have found a promising treatment method that in laboratory mice reduces the severity of skin and soft-tissue damage caused by USA300, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cholesterol-lowering drug shows promise against serious infections in sickle cell disease

New research suggests a family of widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs might help protect individuals from serious illness following bacterial infection, including the pneumococcal infections that pose a deadly threat to ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Knockouts in human cells point to pathogenic targets

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whitehead researchers have developed a new approach for genetics in human cells and used this technique to identify specific genes and proteins required for pathogens.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The tiny difference in the genes of bacteria

Every year, diarrhea causes around five million fatalities worldwide. Most people die due to pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria or viruses, which were ingested into the gastro-intestinal tract through contaminated ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers make significant strides in identifying cause of bacterial infections

Several bacterial pathogens use toxins to manipulate human host cells, ultimately disturbing cellular signal transduction. Until now, however, scientists have been able to track down only a few of the proteins that interact ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists discover dangerous new method for bacterial toxin transfer

Scientists have discovered a new way for bacteria to transfer toxic genes to unrelated bacterial species, a finding that raises the unsettling possibility that bacterial swapping of toxins and other disease-aiding factors ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0