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Study reveals potential of manganese in neutralizing deadly Shiga toxin

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have discovered that an element commonly found in nature might provide a way to neutralize the potentially lethal effects of a compound known as Shiga toxin. New results ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The tangled NETs of the immune system

When scientists can’t believe their eyes, it is very likely that they are on to something quite extraordinary. This was precisely the case for Arturo Zychlinsky and his colleagues at the Max Planck Institute ...

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created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Egg Processing Plant Carts Can Harbor Bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plywood-shelved carts that are used to transport eggs into processing plants can harbor Enterobacteriaceae, according to a microbial survey conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Was it the chicken salad or the swim?

A new study finds swimming, having a private well or septic system, and other factors not involving food consumption were major risk factors for bacterial intestinal infections not occurring in outbreaks.

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created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Scientists urge balance in the war on antimicrobial resistance

Scientists are urging policymakers to reconsider priorities in efforts to understand and control antimicrobial resistance. The new research, published today, was led by Royal Veterinary College Principal Professor Stuart ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The pros and cons of Helicobacter pylori

(Medical Xpress) -- The debate over the bacteria Helicobacter pylori continues as a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases shows that people carrying H. pylori have a reduced risk of diarrhea from other bacterial ...

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created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Can you stomach the festivities?

(Medical Xpress) -- Christmas and the New Year is the time of over-indulgence - and long may it continue. But is the season of festive feasting and making merry taking its toll on your body?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human cells build protein cages to trap invading Shigella

In research on the never-ending war between pathogen and host, scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris have discovered a novel defensive weapon, a cytoskeletal protein called septin, that humans cells deploy to cage ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 04, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Indian public water supply

Disease-causing bacteria carrying the new genetic resistance to antibiotics, NDM-1, have been discovered in New Delhi's drinking water supply.

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created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study helps explain how pathogenic E. coli bacterium causes illness

Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have shown how the O157:H7 strain of Escherichia coli causes infection and thrives by manipulating the ho ...

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created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Food workers should stay home when they are sick

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research article published in the February issue of the Journal of Food Protection presents disturbing findings to consumers, according to a food-safety expert in Penn State's College of ...

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created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

26 percent of herbs eaten in Spain are contaminated with bacteria

A research team from the University of Valencia has discovered that up to 20% of spices and 26% of herbs sold in Spain are contaminated by various bacteria, reducing their quality. The study, which is the ...

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created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tactics to safeguard catfish and tilapia fillets from foodborne pathogens explored

(PhysOrg.com) -- On a chilly winter night, quick and easy-to-prepare broiled catfish or tilapia fillets -- seasoned with ginger and garlic -- might make a tasty and satisfying choice for your evening meal. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It takes a village: Mechanism alerts neighbors to amplify immune response

New research reveals a clever strategy that enables a host organism to outsmart an invading bacterium by counteracting its efforts to suppress the innate immune response. The study, published by Cell Press in the November ...

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created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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