Bacteria provide a well-known playground for scientists and the evolution of these earliest life forms has shed important perspective on potential therapies for some of the most common, deadly diseases. Researchers at Case ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 26, 2012
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A clever protein inside the immune system could be used as a "weapon" against a common bacteria that in extreme cases is responsible for causing deadly flesh-eating disease, scientists from the Australian National University ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 20, 2023
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It's "lights out" for antibiotic-resistant superbugs as next-generation light-activated nanotech proves it can eradicate some of the most notorious and potentially deadly bacteria in the world.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 16, 2023
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Researchers have discovered how Gram-negative bacteria—which cause drug-resistant pneumonia, bloodstream infections, and surgical site infections in hospitalized patients—finish building a crucial component of their outer ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 8, 2022
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Researchers from the University of Southampton, working with colleagues at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), have developed a new technology based on nanoparticles to kill dangerous bacteria that hide ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 16, 2021
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Using some of the world's most powerful microscopes, three international research teams—from Australia, the Czech Republic and a German/US/Finnish consortium—have discovered a unique molecular mechanism that allows pathogenic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 22, 2020
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Molecular drills have gained the ability to target and destroy deadly bacteria that have evolved resistance to nearly all antibiotics. In some cases, the drills make the antibiotics effective once again.
Bio & Medicine
Dec 12, 2019
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Dead zones within the world's oceans—where there is almost no oxygen to sustain life—could be expanding far quicker than currently thought, a new study suggests.
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2019
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Bacteria do not simply perish in hunger phases fortuitously; rather, the surrounding cells have a say as well. A research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now discovered that two factors, above all, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 17, 2019
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Bacteria living on the skin of frogs could save them from a deadly virus, new research suggests.
Ecology
Jun 21, 2019
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