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New biosensor for most serious form of Listeria food poisoning bacteria

New biosensor for most serious form of Listeria food poisoning bacteria

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Indiana are reporting development of a new biosensor for use in a faster, more sensitive test for detecting the deadliest strain of Listeria food poisoning bacteria. That microbe ...


UGA licenses invention that kills food-borne pathogens in minutes

UGA licenses invention that kills food-borne pathogens in minutes

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new technology that kills dangerous pathogens on food at home and in restaurants, grocery stores, beverage-manufacturing and food-processing facilities has been licensed to the maker of FIT Fruit and Vegetable ...





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The path to new antibiotics: Researchers find vulnerable enzyme in pathogens

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and University of Maryland have demonstrated that an enzyme that is essential to many bacteria can be targeted ...


Rapid test for pathogens developed by K-State researchers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 22, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Dangerous disease often spreads faster than it takes to diagnose it in the lab. To remedy that, researchers at Kansas State University have developed a test to bring that time from days down to hours.


Feta cheese made from raw milk has natural anti-food-poisoning properties

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created Apr 03, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Eating Feta cheese made from raw milk in small seaside tavernas when you are on holiday in Greece could be a good way to combat food poisoning, according to researchers speaking today at the Society for General Microbiology’s ...


Scientists discover a key protein regulator of inflammation and cell death

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created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reporting in the journal Nature, researchers led by Emad Alnemri, Ph.D., professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, discovered a key protein component involved in inflammation.


PANTHER sensor quickly detects pathogens

PANTHER sensor quickly detects pathogens

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 04, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory have developed a powerful sensor that can detect airborne pathogens such as anthrax and smallpox in less than three minutes.


Sperm's immune-protection properties could provide link to how cancers spread

Sperm's immune-protection properties could provide link to how cancers spread

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created Dec 14, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Sugar-based markers on human sperm cells which may prevent them from being attacked by the female immune system could provide a vital clue to how some cancers spread in the human body, according to new research ...


Test of bacteria toxin delivery system could pave way for new antibiotic drugs

Test of bacteria toxin delivery system could pave way for new antibiotic drugs

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created Jun 16, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have achieved a breakthrough in monitoring the toxin-delivery system of highly pathogenic bacteria – an accomplishment that could help pave the way for new ...


Scientists puzzled by sand bacteria

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created Jun 29, 2006 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

U.S. scientists say bacteria forcing the closure of many beaches may not be coming from people, animals, or sewage -- but might be produced in the sand.


Quick microchip test for dangerous antibiotic resistant bacteria

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created Sep 05, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Surrey have developed microchips capable of quickly and cheaply identifying dangerous and drug resistant bacteria in clinical samples, scientists announced today at the ...


Exposure to several common infections over time may be associated with risk of stroke

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cumulative exposure to five common infection-causing pathogens may be associated with an increased risk of stroke, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the January 2010 print issue of Archives of ...



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