Bacteria use genetic switch to defend death by metals
Griffith University researchers have discovered a genetic switch in a common bacterium that helps defend itself against the human body's natural immune system.
Griffith University researchers have discovered a genetic switch in a common bacterium that helps defend itself against the human body's natural immune system.
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 2, 2022
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You don't have to be an engineer to know that water and electronics don't mix. But if you want to use a sensing circuit to study small-scale features in a community of cells, the electronics must find a way to accommodate ...
Biotechnology
May 26, 2022
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A growing body of evidence points to a link between iron-deficiency anemia and severe tooth decay. Whether the connection is correlative or causative is unknown, though both conditions are associated with poor diets and are ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 26, 2021
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a mechanism through which meningitis-causing bacteria can evade the immune system. In laboratory tests, they found that Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 29, 2021
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Streptococcus pyogenes is one of the most important bacterial causes of human skin infections. If S. pyogenes invades deep into the tissue, it can cause life-threatening illnesses, such as sepsis and toxic shock. With its ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 31, 2021
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An inter-disciplinary team of researchers led by Prof. Qian Peiyuan, Chair Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)'s Department of Ocean Science and Division of Life Science has unraveled how ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 16, 2021
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A team of infectious disease researchers has developed a new method to identify virulence genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae, the leading cause of bacterial pneumonia. Using this technique in a mouse model of pneumonia, they ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 28, 2020
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New Griffith University research has found that sugars decorating human cells allow toxins, produced by disease-causing bacteria, to bind to human cells and cause damage or death.
Cell & Microbiology
May 25, 2020
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Research has made it possible to detail for the first time the spreading of a bacterium through lymph vessels and not just blood vessels, thus being able to invade the digestive system of infected animals through this new ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 1, 2020
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Researchers from Sechenov University and their colleagues summarised the results of various studies devoted to a process that can be described as bacterial cannibalism. Why some microorganisms start to kill their relatives ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 3, 2020
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