News tagged with pathogenic strain
Feasibility of using mycoherbicides to control illicit drug crops is uncertain
The effectiveness of using specific fungi as mycoherbicides to combat illicit drug crops remains questionable due to the lack of quality, in-depth research, says a new report from the National Research Council.
Nov 30, 2011 |
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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.
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Tuberculosis researchers discover potential new target for treatments
(PhysOrg.com) -- Colorado State University researchers have discovered an enzyme that is critical to the survival and replication of the bacterial pathogen that causes tuberculosis. The enzyme may become a key target for ...
Nov 21, 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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Scarlet fever pathogen draft genome sequence released
Scarlet fever has revealed unusual high infect rate in Hong Kong this year. So far, 466 children were infected and 2 of them dead. Scarlet fever is caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a gram-positive pathogen that can be tra ...
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Deadly Germany E. coli strain found mainly in humans: report
Germany's deadly E. coli strain is found mainly in humans rather than animals, the Taggesspiegel newspaper reported Tuesday citing scientific research.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 07, 2011 |
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A sweet defense against lethal bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- There is now a promising vaccine candidate for combating the pathogen which causes one of the most common and dangerous hospital infections. An international team of scientists from the Max ...
May 31, 2011 |
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Sugar synthesis hits the sweet spot
A new strategy for synthesizing the kind of complex molecules that certain bacteria use to build their protective cell walls has been developed by Akihiro Ishiwata and Yukishige Ito from the RIKEN Advanced ...
May 06, 2011 |
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New technique may help quell cholera outbreak
A new technique honed by University of Florida scientists can track rapid molecular changes that occur in cholera strains during epidemics and researchers hope the genetic analysis will help stamp out such outbreaks.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 31, 2011 |
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Detecting pathogens in waterways: An improved approach
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have come up with a way to detect pathogenic Escherichia coli and Salmonella bacteria in waterways at lower levels than any previous method. Similar methods have been developed ...
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Cholera strain evolves new mechanism for causing disease
New clinical strains of cholera appear to have evolved a distinctly different mechanism to cause the same disease according to research published in the current issue of the online journal mBio.
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Keeping your water safe
Although drinking water is monitored more strictly than almost anything, our water supply network is still not immune to accidents, wear and tear or targeted attacks. A one-minute warning system for toxins ...
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Stanford investigators decipher how dangerous food-borne pathogen evades body's defenses
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have pushed into place another piece of the puzzle of how Listeria monocytogenes, a dangerous food-borne pathogen, slips through the intestine's defenses and causes ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 13, 2010 |
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Strep steps up in urinary tract infections
Research suggests pathogenic strains of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) are an under-recognised cause of urinary tract infections.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 23, 2010 |
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Compound found to safely counter deadly bird flu
The specter of a drug-resistant form of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza is a nightmare to keep public health officials awake at night.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 21, 2009 |
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