News tagged with harmful pathogen
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 ...
Oct 13, 2011 |
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New insight into immune tolerance furthers understanding of autoimmune disease
It is no easy task to preserve the delicate balance that allows us to maintain a strong immune system that can defend us from harmful pathogens, but that is sensitive enough to correctly identify and spare our own cells. ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Graduation contamination: Just how many germs are you spreading with a handshake?
Graduations are a celebration of achievement and growth, but could all the pomp and circumstance increase your risk of exposure to harmful bacteria? A team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public ...
May 16, 2011 |
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Could there be more than lunch lurking on your retainer?
Insufficient cleaning could allow build-up of microbes on orthodontic retainers, researchers at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute have found. Dr Jonathan Pratten and colleagues looked at the types of microbes which live on ...
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Males more considerate than imagined
Male worms plug females after copulation as a form of 'gift', rather than to prevent them from mating again, as had previously been thought. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Frontiers in Zoology found ...
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Antibiotics have long-term impacts on gut flora
Short courses of antibiotics can leave normal gut bacteria harbouring antibiotic resistance genes for up to two years after treatment, say scientists writing in the latest issue of Microbiology, published on 3 November.
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Eat safer: Novel approach detects unknown food pathogens
Technologies for rapid detection of bacterial pathogens are crucial to maintaining a secure food supply.
Oct 15, 2010 |
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Searching for brain's defenses to ward off infections, prevent memory loss
Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and School of Medicine will look for evidence within the brain for human beta defensin peptide function -- proteins important to the peripheral ...
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Computer model reveals where food pathogens grow
(PhysOrg.com) -- An outbreak of food-related illness, such as E. coli-tainted spinach, often leaves food safety experts scratching their heads over the source of the contamination.
Dec 03, 2009 |
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German researchers discover new target for tailored antibiotics
More and more strains of bacteria are developing resistance to previously life-saving antibiotics. Researchers at TUM, the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, have shed light on a metabolic step that appears in many aggressive ...
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Understanding plants' overactive immune system will help researchers build better crops
A plant's immune system protects the plant from harmful pathogens. If the system overreacts to pathogens, it can stunt plant growth and reduce seed production. Now, University of Missouri researchers have ...
May 27, 2009 |
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Researchers probe mechanisms of infection
A newly discovered receptor in a strain of Escherichia coli might help explain why people often get sicker when they're stressed.
Mar 09, 2009 |
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