News tagged with host resistance

Using viruses to beat superbugs

Viruses that can target and destroy bacteria have the potential to be an effective strategy for tackling hard-to-treat bacterial infections. The development of such novel therapies is being accelerated in response to growing ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Decoding the molecular machine behind E. coli and cholera

Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered the workings behind some of the bacteria that kill hundreds of thousands every year, possibly paving the way for new antibiotics that could treat infections ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers learn how pathogen causes speck disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered how the structure of a protein allows a certain bacteria to interfere with the tomato plant's immune system, causing bacterial speck disease.

Biology / Biotechnology

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

Oviposition behaviour of pest insects keeps Bt-cotton durably resistant

The oviposition behaviour of insect pests results in an improved durability of insect resistance in so-called Bt-crops, while promoting the survival of pest insects elsewhere in nature. This is the result ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hardy New Corn Lines Released

(PhysOrg.com) -- Six new inbred maize lines with resistance to aflatoxin contamination have now been registered in the United States by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). ARS plant pathologist Robert ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Potato blight plight looks promising for food security

Over 160 years since potato blight wreaked havoc in Ireland and other northern European countries, scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) finally have the blight-causing pathogen ...

Biology / Other

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new mechanism regulates type I interferon production in white blood cells

A study from a team of researchers led by Dr. Andrew P. Makrigiannis, Director of the Molecular Immunology Research Unit at the IRCM, has identified a new mechanism regulating interferon production. This discovery, co-authored ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0