News tagged with bacterium
Related topics: bacteria , antibiotics , protein , strains , tuberculosis
Spain's typhus epidemic revealed by 18th century skeletons
By studying the dental pulp of skeletons buried in Douai (northern France), French researchers from CNRS and the Universite de la Mediterranee have identified the pathogenic agents responsible for trench fever ...
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Common stomach bacteria may fight off inflammatory bowel disease caused by Salmonella
Helicobacter pylori, a common stomach bacterium, reduced the severity of inflammation of the colon caused by Salmonella in mice, according to research from U-M Medical School scientists.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Plague came from China: scientists
The first outbreak of plague occurred in China more than 2,600 years ago before reaching Europe via Central Asia's "Silk Road" trade route, according to a study of the disease's DNA signature.
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Columbus cleared of bringing syphilis to Europe
(PhysOrg.com) -- A long-held theory has it that Christopher Columbus and his crew returned to Europe in 1493 from their trip to the Americas bringing syphilis with them, and research reported in PhysOrg in 2008 also suggested ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 27, 2010 |
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First TB vaccine booster unveiled by Seattle scientists
Seattle scientists have developed a tuberculosis vaccine that may boost the effectiveness of the only existing vaccine, extending immunity against the disease.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Tuberculosis protects itself against toxic agents sent to destroy it
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tuberculosis fights off the toxic agents, acidity and oxidants, that our immune system sends to destroy it, which is why the maddeningly drug-resistant bacterium can survive in harsh conditions in our bodies ...
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Genomic comparison of ocean microbes reveals East-West divide in populations
Much as an anthropologist can study populations of people to learn about their physical attributes, their environs and social structures, some marine microbiologists read the genome of microbes to glean information ...
Oct 11, 2010 |
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New tool in the fight against tuberculosis
Researchers at the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois have developed a way to harness the prodigious quantities of both genomic and metabolic data being generated with high-throughput ...
Oct 07, 2010 |
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Life-saving in the bacterial world: How Campylobacter rely on Pseudomonas to infect humans
Many a holiday is ruined by food poisoning, frequently caused by the bacterium Campylobacter jejuni. Although Campylobacter infections are rarely life-threatening they are extremely debilitating and have been linked with t ...
Oct 07, 2010 |
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Elderly might not benefit from TB vaccines in development
Elderly people might not benefit from some of the tuberculosis vaccines currently in development, recent research suggests.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Study finds possible 'persistence' switch for tuberculosis
(PhysOrg.com) -- An examination of a portion of the tuberculosis genome that responds to stress has allowed Rice University bioengineers Oleg Igoshin and Abhinav Tiwari to zero in on a network of genes that may "switch" the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Hong Kong man dies of rare flesh-eating disease
A Hong Kong man has died of a flesh-eating bug in the territory's second case of the rare disease in two months, the health department said Monday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 13, 2010 |
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hVISA linked to high mortality: study
A MRSA infection with a reduced susceptibility to the potent antibiotic drug vancomycin is linked to high mortality, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 12, 2010 |
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Invisibility cloak needed for cooperation? Unusual lipopolysaccharide enables symbiosis between bacterium, fungus
(PhysOrg.com) -- We and all other organisms must constantly grapple with bacteria. Whether for a necessary symbiosis or an infection, carbohydrate structures on cell surfaces play an important role in the ...
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Backstabbing bacteria: A new treatment for infection?
Selfish bacterial cells that act in their own interests and do not cooperate with their infection-causing colleagues can actually reduce the severity of infection.
Sep 06, 2010 |
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