A sneaky form of antibiotic resistance called "heteroresistance" is more widespread than previously appreciated, scientists at the Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center report.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 17, 2019
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Medical professionals may soon be able to detect bacteria in patient samples in minutes rather than days thanks to a new approach that traps and tests single cells, according to a team of biomedical engineers.
Biotechnology
May 6, 2019
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Viruses plague bacteria just as viruses like influenza plague humans.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 28, 2019
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A team of researchers have solved a 20-year riddle of how a crucial step in the biosynthesis of 'last-resort' antibiotics occurs.
Biochemistry
Jan 28, 2019
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In the fight against drug-resistant bacteria, MIT researchers have enlisted the help of beneficial bacteria known as probiotics.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 17, 2018
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Some 50 million years before humans figured it out, agriculture arrived in the world in a seemingly unlikely place: an ant hill.
Plants & Animals
Oct 1, 2018
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Antibiotics can be lifesaving for people suffering from serious bacterial infections such as pneumonia and meningitis. The drugs are lethal to bacteria—but some bacteria fight back by developing resistance to antibiotics, ...
Biochemistry
Apr 30, 2018
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A team of researchers with members from the U.S., Germany and Sweden has discovered that the cellulose found in bacterial biofilms differs from the cellulose in plants. In their paper published in the journal Science, the ...
MIT researchers have discovered a way to make bacteria more vulnerable to a class of antibiotics known as quinolones, which include ciprofloxacin and are often used to treat infections such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 8, 2017
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Modern cutting-edge research generates enormous amounts of data, presenting scientists with the challenge of visualizing and analyzing it. Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 30, 2024
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