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New Synthetic Compound Message to Drug-Resistant Bacteria: 'Resistance is Futile'
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Illinois have developed a smart new synthetic compound that not only targets some drug-resistant bacteria and kills them, but the ...
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'Evolutionary forecasting' for drug resistance
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Rice University biochemists are developing a system of "evolutionary forecasting" to better understand the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance.
'Non-trivial' Crystallization Reveals Antibiotic's Molecular Mode of Action (w/ Video)
Aug 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the "last resort" antibiotic Vancomycin now plagued by the first signs of bacterial resistance, a scientific collaboration centered at Duke University has identified how a candidate successor antibiotic ...
Prototype, 7-foot-tall sanitizer automates disinfection of hard-to-clean hospital equipment
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Johns Hopkins experts in applied physics, computer engineering, infectious diseases, emergency medicine, microbiology, pathology and surgery have unveiled a 7-foot-tall, $10,000 shower-cubicle-shaped device ...
Study of flies raises doubts about fasting leading to longer lives
Jul 14, 2009 |
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They're called "fruit flies" for a reason, and it sure isn't for lack of appetite. But like most animals, the pests typically lose their appetite when they get infected. We humans go them one better: Even when bug-free and ...
US 'super bugs' invading South America
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Two clones of highly antibiotic-resistant organism strains, which previously had only been identified in the United States, are now causing serious sickness and death in several Colombian cities including the capital Bogotá, ...
'Superbugs' on the rise in Canadian hospitals
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Although infection control has been substantially ramped up in Canadian hospitals since the SARS crisis of 2003, the number of resistant bacterial infections post-SARS have multiplied even faster, a new Queen's ...
Worms' nervous system shown to alert immune system in Stanford studies
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Oct 14, 2008 |
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The nervous system and the immune system have something in common. Each has evolved to react quickly to environmental cues. Because the nervous system is able to detect some of these cues - say, a characteristic odor signaling ...
Cancer-causing gut bacteria exposed
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Normal gut bacteria are thought to be involved in colon cancer but the exact mechanisms have remained unknown. Now, scientists from the USA have discovered that a molecule produced by a common gut bacterium activates signalling ...
Laser used to help fight root canal bacteria
Jul 12, 2007 |
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High-tech dental lasers used mainly to prepare cavities for restoration now can help eliminate bacteria in root canals, according to research published in the July issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) ...
Worms produce surprise insight into human fever
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Dec 13, 2006 |
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Give or take a few dozen trillions, a human adult has about 70 trillion cells. An adult Caenorhabditis elegans roundworm has exactly 959 cells.
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