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Information Today
October 9, 2014 |
Annual Review of Virology Debuts The Annual Review of Virology captures and describes advances in the medical community's understanding of viruses in animals, plants, bacteria, archaea, fungi, and protozoa.   |
Science News
March 1, 2003
Ben Harder |
Bacteria-Stocked Beverage Clears Pathogens from Nose Considerable evidence indicates that ingesting certain bacteria, called probiotics, can maintain or improve intestinal health. Some researchers have also examined whether these bacteria could aid health in other parts of the body. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Germ Cesspools Acknowledging these filthy microbial hangouts, and following some suggested precautionary measures might just keep you a tad healthier and away from winter sicknesses. |
Chemistry World
June 24, 2014
Elisabeth Ratcliffe |
Human protein cleans drinking water Researchers in Japan have shown that they can remove Escherichia coli from drinking water using tiny tubes made of human serum albumin. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
A Study on Antibiotic Resistance Shows That Bacteria Aren't Just Out To Help Themselves Microbes that are resistant to the drug protect their weaker kin in the colony, HHMI researchers have found. The discovery upends traditional notions of antibiotic resistance and offers a target for new drugs against bacterial infections. |
Chemistry World
March 3, 2009
Lewis Brindley |
Sweet-toothed bacteria make their own vaccine With careful feeding, bacteria can produce vaccines against themselves, scientists in the US and China have found. |
National Defense
November 2010
Eric Beidel |
To Counter Bioterrorism, The Key is Boosting Immunity That's why Texas A&M University researchers are investigating ways to arm Americans against attacks involving toxins, viruses and bacteria. |
Fast Company
May 2009
Elizabeth Svoboda |
Biotechs Wage War on Superbugs With antibiotic resistance on the rise, three biotechs are developing new ways to wage war on superbugs. |
Technology Research News
July 30, 2003 |
Munching microbes feed fuel cell Researchers from the Ernst Moritz Arndt University in Germany have found a way to harvest the energy needed to power a fuel cell from chemical reactions that occur when E. coli bacteria consume sugar. |
Chemistry World
October 16, 2012
Ian Le Guillou |
Night of the living surfaces Researchers from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, have developed a film that contains penicillin-releasing fungi, which could cover work surfaces in hospitals, food preparation areas or wherever microbial contamination must be avoided. |
Chemistry World
April 10, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Silicon chip spots dangerous pathogens in human blood Scientists in China have developed a silicon chip doped with silver nanoparticles that can rapidly detect different pathogens in blood samples. |
Chemistry World
June 30, 2011
Laura Howes |
Chemically evolved bacteria European scientists have created an Escherichia coli strain with a separate genome using chlorinated DNA. |
Chemistry World
April 3, 2008
Philip Ball |
Antibiotic-Eating Bacteria Found in Soil Scientists in the US have found that soil is full of bacteria that will feed and grow on antibiotics the very compounds created to kill them. |
Science News
January 15, 2005
Christen Brownlee |
The Beef about UTIs E. coli from beef cattle or other livestock may be causing drug-resistant urinary tract infections in women. |
American Journal of Nursing
December 2011
Hubner et al. |
Original Research: Survival of Bacterial Pathogens on Paper and Bacterial Retrieval from Paper to Hands: Preliminary Results Paper is omnipresent on hospital units, but few studies have examined the possible role of paper in the spread of nosocomial pathogens. |
Chemistry World
March 5, 2012
Harriet Brewerton |
Picturing Bacteria on Your Phone US scientists have developed a device that, when attached to a mobile phone, can detect small amounts of Escherichia coli in liquid samples. |
Chemistry World
July 1, 2013
James Urquhart |
Antibiotic research hits a sweet spot UK researchers have found a way to weaken the molecular armour of Escherichia coli to allow the host's immune system to attack and kill the pathogen. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2000 |
Antibiotics: When They Can and Can't Help Antibiotics are strong medicines that can stop some infections and save lives. When they aren't used the right way, antibiotics can cause more harm than good. You can protect yourself and your family by knowing when you should use antibiotics and when you should avoid them... |
Wired
September 25, 2007 |
Three Smart Things You Should Know About Bacteria The benefits of bacteria. |
Chemistry World
December 4, 2009
Lewis Brindley |
Potent two-pronged antibiotic provides hope for future drugs A two-headed compound obtained from soil bacteria may hold the key to developing the next generation of antibiotics, researchers in the UK report. |
Food Engineering
May 1, 2005
Kevin T. Higgins |
A better germ-detecting mousetrap A quick test designed for combat soldiers under attack from biological weapons could make life easier for food companies concerned about pathogens in their plants and products. |
Technology Research News
May 21, 2003 |
DNA sensor changes color University of Rochester researchers have designed a simple, inexpensive sensor that can detect specific sequences of DNA on-the-fly. |
Fast Company
February 2015
Jon Gertner |
What's Lurking In Your Microbiome? Possibly, a Cure for Disease Second Genome is a small company that focuses on the microbiome: the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that people carry around with them from birth until death. |
AskMen.com
May 24, 2012
Dave Golokhov |
Germs At Work A new study has found that there are far worse bacteria-infested areas in the workplace than the bathroom. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Gut Bacteria Do More Than Digest Food Someone can blame their diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease on the churning mass of bacteria that lives inside their intestines, but there's no magic pill to change the dynamics of that complicated world of the human microbiome. |
Chemistry World
July 3, 2007
Michael Gross |
Virulence from the deep sea Life surrounding hydrothermal vents and hot springs in the deep sea relies on chemosynthetic bacteria. Now, genome sequences of two of these symbionts have revealed surprising similarities with common bacterial pathogens of humans, including Helicobacter and Campylobacter. |
Food Engineering
August 3, 2009 |
Lab provides growth measurement of micro-organisms Iowa State University's Discovery Lab allows researchers to test various plant, microbial or animal sources to determine whether they have antimicrobial or prebiotic properties. |
BusinessWeek
April 12, 2004
Catherine Arnst |
Killer Staph Is Hitting The Streets For the past 30 years, hospitals have been battling a mutant form called methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) that is resistant to penicillin-related antibiotics and is especially lethal. Now it's showing up in the general population. |
