News tagged with mycobacteria
Captive turtle found to have infectious disease
Oct 05, 2009 |
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An Australian veterinary student said Monday she has documented the country's first known case of a bred-in-captivity turtle acquiring a highly infectious disease which could potentially spread to humans.
Genome sequencing reveals genetic diversity of the bacteria that cause Buruli ulcer
Sep 11, 2009 |
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A new study lays the groundwork for development of a cost-effective tool for studying the population structure and spread of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer. Researchers at the Swiss Tropical Instit ...
Toward an explanation for Crohn's disease?
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Twenty-five per cent of Crohn's disease patients have a mutation in what is called the NOD2 gene, but it is not precisely known how this mutation influences the disease. The latest study by Dr. Marcel Behr, of the Research ...
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Unexpected discovery can open a new chapter in the fight against tuberculosis
Jun 08, 2009 |
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A close relative of the microorganism that causes tuberculosis in humans has been found to form spores. This is a sensational finding because researchers have long been convinced that these kinds of bacteria-the mycobacteria-were ...
Study finds nontuberculous mycobacteria lung disease on the rise in the United States
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are environmental organisms found in both water and soil that can cause severe pulmonary (lung) disease in humans. Pulmonary NTM is on the rise in the United States, according to a large ...
Better and faster: Distinguishing non-TB pulmonary disease from TB
Apr 01, 2008 |
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A diagnostic kit shows new promise for distinguishing between tuberculosis (TB) and its infections from disease caused by related mycobacteria family, which mimic TB and other lung disease in symptoms but require distinctly ...
Researchers identify new leprosy bacterium
Nov 24, 2008 |
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A new species of bacterium that causes leprosy has been identified through intensive genetic analysis of a pair of lethal infections, a research team reports in the December issue of the American Journal of Clinical Pathology.
Scientists find how bacteria in cows' milk may cause Crohn's disease
Dec 10, 2007 |
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Crohn’s is a condition that affects one in 800 people in the UK and causes chronic intestinal inflammation, leading to pain, bleeding and diarrhoea.
The 'MIP-MAP' game: Indian bug is the ancestor of Crohn's disease pathogen
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Oct 03, 2007 |
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An Indian team of researchers led by Seyed E. Hasnain of the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), University of Hyderabad, India has found that a seemingly unknown mycobacterial organism Mycobacterium indicus pranii (MIP) could ...
Coenzyme rare to bacteria critical to Mycobacterium tuberculosis survival
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Coenzyme F420, a small molecule that helps certain enzymes transfer electrons, is found in microorganisms known as methane-producing archaea, some of which thrive in extreme environments. It also helps the bacterium that ...
Drug fools immune system to fight allergy
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 29, 2006 |
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A Swiss company is testing a hay fever drug that tricks the human immune system into acting as if it has been exposed to an infectious agent found in dirt.
Instrument designed for biological pathogen monitoring can detect tuberculosis surrogate
Jul 16, 2008 |
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An instrument originally designed for detecting the malicious use of biological pathogens has potential for use in the public health sector to rapidly screen people for tuberculosis.
Vitamin D supplements may offer cheap and effective immune system boost against TB
May 15, 2007 |
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Scientists have shown that a single 2.5mg dose of vitamin D may be enough to boost the immune system to fight against tuberculosis (TB) and similar bacteria for at least 6 weeks. Their findings came from a study that identified ...
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