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Student brings home new expertise to answer question in antibiotic resistance

Working out the structure of a complex formed when a protein binds to DNA has proved to be key in understanding how an antibiotic-producing organism controls resistance to its own antibiotic, and may be an ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New drugs from mutant bugs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the Universities of Birmingham and Bristol have discovered how marine bacteria join together two antibiotics they make independently to produce a potent chemical that can kill ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Gutsy germs succumb to baby broccoli (w/Videos)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A small, pilot study in 50 people in Japan suggests that eating two and a half ounces of broccoli sprouts daily for two months may confer some protection against a rampant stomach bug that ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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Light-induced delivery of nitric oxide eradicates drug-resistant bacteria

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a novel approach for eradicating drug-resistant bacteria from wounds and skin infections, using light to trigger the controlled release of nitric oxide. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rapid identification of superbugs and new drugs to combat them

(Phys.org) -- Synthetic biology is playing a key role in creating new tools for rapid detection of potentially fatal bacterial infections such as E. coli and allowing scientists to create novel molecules that may provide ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds how bacteria resist a 'Trojan horse' antibiotic

A new study describes how bacteria use a previously unknown means to defeat an antibiotic. The researchers found that the bacteria have modified a common "housekeeping" enzyme in a way that enables the enzyme ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Killer silk: Making silk fibers that kill anthrax and other microbes in minutes

A simple, inexpensive dip-and-dry treatment can convert ordinary silk into a fabric that kills disease-causing bacteria — even the armor-coated spores of microbes like anthrax — in minutes, scientists ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Soil bacteria and pathogens share antibiotic resistance genes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Disease-causing bacteria’s efforts to resist antibiotics may get help from their distant bacterial relatives that live in the soil, new research at Washington University School of Medicine ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Powerful fungal infection drug amphotericin kills yeast by simply binding ergosterol

With one simple experiment, University of Illinois chemists have debunked a widely held misconception about an often-prescribed drug.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stinky frogs are a treasure trove of antibiotic substances

Some of the nastiest smelling creatures on Earth have skin that produces the greatest known variety of anti-bacterial substances that hold promise for becoming new weapons in the battle against antibiotic-resistant ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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

Development of non-natural flavanones as antimicrobial agents

As microbes grow increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics, scientists are looking in new directions for drug development. A new paper, published Oct. 19 in the online journal PLoS ONE, reports the synthesis and testin ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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