News tagged with antibacterial activity

Nano rescues skin: Shrimp shell nanotech for wound healing and anti-aging face cream

Nanoparticles containing chitosan have been shown to have effective antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus saprophyticus and Escherichia coli. The materials could be used as a protective wound-healing material to a ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Antibacterial effect of phenolic compounds from peat moss and the polysaccharide chitosan

The polysaccharide (sugar substance) chitosan has a documented antibacterial effect. Hilde Mellegard's doctoral research shows that this antibacterial activity varies according to the chemical composition ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Honey as an antibiotic: Scientists identify a secret ingredient in honey that kills bacteria

Sweet news for those looking for new antibiotics: A new research published in the July 2010 print edition of the FASEB Journal explains for the first time how honey kills bacteria. Specifically, the research shows that b ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mineral studies advance antibacterial alternatives

Alternative approaches to medicine are stock-in-trade in the ASU laboratory of microbiologist Shelley Haydel. So when ASU senior Jenny Koehl joined Haydel's investigative team seeking firsthand knowledge of ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast




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Garlic constituent blocks biofilm formation, could benefit CF patients and others

E Pluribus Unum, the motto of the United States, could just as well apply to biofilm-forming bacteria. Bacterial biofilms are far more resistant than individual bacteria to the armories of antibiotics we have devised to combat ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

First-ever release of endangered burying beetles in Missouri

Beetle last seen in state in 1970s; Zoo has monitored for beetle since 2002. The Saint Louis Zoo's Center for American Burying Beetle Conservation; the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; the Missouri Department of Conservation; ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists use frogs to battle superbugs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nuclear scientists using frogs in a battle against superbugs might sound like some kind of 1980s computer game – but it’s actually scientific research underway right now.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Environmentally friendly cleaning and washing

More and more everyday products are based on renewable resources, with household cleaners now containing active cleaning substances made from plant oils and sugar. These fat and dirt removers are especially ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Protein assassin: Scientists find that the unfolded end of a protein can kill E. coli-like bacteria selectively

When bacteria wage a turf war, some of the combatants have an extra weapon. Certain strains of the bacteria E. coli produce proteins that kill competing E. coli and other like microbes, and researchers from Newcastle Uni ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blue light culprit in red tide blooms

Each year, phytoplankton blooms known as "red tides" kill millions of fish and other marine organisms and blanket vast areas of coastal water around the world. Though the precise causes of red tides remain a mystery, a team ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Copper iodide nanoparticles effective against 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus

Copper-iodide nanoparticles have long-lasting antiviral activity against the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, according to a paper in the February issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Polar growth at the bacterial scale reveals potential new targets for antibiotic therapy

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of microbiologists led by Indiana University researchers has identified a new bacterial growth process -- one that occurs at a single end or pole of the cell instead ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists answer how bacteria fight toxic flouride

Yale researchers have uncovered the molecular tricks used by bacteria to fight the effects of fluoride, which is commonly used in toothpaste and mouthwash to combat tooth decay.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New compound defeats drug-resistant bacteria

It's no wonder that medicine's effort to combat bacterial infections is often described as an arms race. When new drugs are developed to combat infections, the bacterial target invariably comes up with a deterrent.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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