News tagged with virulence
Short, sharp shock treatment for E. coli
A short burst of low voltage alternating current can effectively eradicate E. coli bacteria growing on the surface of even heavily contaminated beef, according to a study published in the International Journal of Food Safe ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Germany to limit antibiotic use in farming amid food scare
Germany's agriculture minister Tuesday submitted draft legislation to limit the use of antibiotics in livestock amid a food warning that has made waves in the country's media.
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Guidelines stress caution when combining anti-epileptic, HIV drugs
New guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology will help physicians better choose seizure drugs for people on HIV/AIDS medication, avoiding deadly drug interactions and preventing critical anti-HIV ...
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Jan 04, 2012 |
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New leads on mechanisms that confer virulence to E.coli-type bacteria
A team headed by scientists from the IRB Barcelona reports how the protein Ler, which is found in pathogenic bacteria, interacts with certain DNA sequences, thereby activating numerous genes responsible for ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Coral reefs in warming seas
Disease outbreaks are often associated with hot weather. Because many bacteria typically multiply more rapidly in warmer conditions, it's a commonly held notion that warm-weather outbreaks are a straightforward consequence ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Infectious fungus, thought to be asexual, isn't: More evidence of sex in the Candida genus
The fungi of the Candida genus, known to millions of patients worldwide for their ability to cause serious infections, were once all thought to be asexual. Even after scientists discovered that the mating habits of Candid ...
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Triple threat: One bacterium, three plasmids
Researchers from Australia found something completely new while conducting a genetic study of the pathogenesis of an enteric disease in birds. They report what is believed to be the first bacterial strain to carry three closely ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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An antibiotic effect minus resistance
After 70 years, antibiotics are still the primary treatment for halting the spread of bacterial infections. But the prevalence of antibiotic resistance is now outpacing the rate of new drug discovery and approval.
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Stem cells repair lung damage after flu infection
Guided by insights into how mice recover after H1N1 flu, researchers at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, together with researchers at A*STAR of Singapore, have cloned three distinct ...
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Researchers reconstruct genome of the Black Death
led by researchers at McMaster University and the University of Tubingen in Germany -- has sequenced the entire genome of the Black Death, one of the most devastating epidemics in human history.
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Can antivirulence drugs stop infections without causing resistance?
Antivirulence drugs disarm pathogens rather than kill them, and although they could be effective in theory, antivirulence drugs have never been tested in humans. A new study to be published in the online journal mBio on Tue ...
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Experimental vaccine protects monkeys from blinding trachoma
An attenuated, or weakened, strain of Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria can be used as a vaccine to prevent or reduce the severity of trachoma, the world's leading cause of infectious blindness, suggest findings from a Nati ...
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Multi-omics strategy gives systems-level insight toward Salmonella pathogenesis
Researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Oregon Health & Science University combined extensive ‘omics measurements with a novel computational network analysis approach to better understand ...
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Salmonella uses similar mechanism to infect plants and humans
In recent years, it has become clear that food poisoning due to Salmonella typhimurium can be contracted not only by uncooked eggs and meat but also through eating contaminated raw vegetables and fruit. So ...
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Researchers uncover mechanisms of plant infection
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech and a team of international colleagues have identified the functions of a large family of virulence proteins used by a dangerous ...
Aug 24, 2011 |
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