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Novel research to root out how microbes affect rice plants
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Plants that live in the soil don't live alone -- a mere teaspoon of soil teems with an estimated billion microscopic organisms.
DNA of good bacteria drives intestinal response to infection
Oct 02, 2008 |
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A new study shows that the DNA of so-called "good bacteria" that normally live in the intestines may help defend the body against infection.
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Pharmacists improve care of diabetics while cutting costs, research shows
Dec 29, 2009 |
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The role of pharmacists hasn't received much attention in the debate on the cost of health care. But national and regional studies show that when pharmacists directly participate in patient care, they significantly reduce ...
Scientists Show How Bacteria Move Electrons Across a Membrane
Dec 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of East Anglia, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Pennsylvania State University have demonstrated for the first time the mechanism by which some bacteria ...
Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture
Dec 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The mystery started the day farmer Russ Kremer got between a jealous boar and a sow in heat.
Simplest bacteria unravelled at the cellular level
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Even the simplest cell appears to be far more complex than researchers had imagined. In a series of three articles in the journal Science, researchers including Vera van Noort at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) ...
Small molecules found to protect cells in multiple models of Parkinson's disease
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Several structurally similar small molecules appear capable of protecting cells from alpha-synuclein toxicity in multiple models of Parkinson's disease, according to Whitehead Institute researchers. Misfolded copies of the ...
Molecular chaperone keeps bacterial proteins from slow-dancing to destruction
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Just like teenagers at a prom, proteins are tended by chaperones whose job it is to prevent unwanted interactions among immature clients. And at the molecular level, just as at the high school gym level, it's a job that usually ...
A 'fountain of youth' for stem cells?
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of Hong Kong and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have published a study in the current issue of Cell Transplantation, that explores ways to successfully keep stem cells "forever young" ...
Drug-resistant urinary tract infections spreading worldwide
Dec 28, 2009 |
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A sudden worldwide increase in an antibiotic-resistant bacterium is cause for concern, according to a review in f1000 Medicine Reports.
Disinfectants may promote growth of superbugs
Dec 27, 2009 |
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Using disinfectants could cause bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics as well as the disinfectant itself, according to research published in the January issue of Microbiology. The findings could have important implic ...
First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US
Dec 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.
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