University of Michigan scientists report highly encouraging evidence that a super-fine oil-and-water emulsion, already shown to kill many other microbes, may be able to quell the ravaging, often drug-resistant infections ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 4, 2009
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Resistance to antibiotics is on the rise worldwide. Fraunhofer scientists have joined forces with partners in the Phage4Cure project to explore alternatives to antibiotics. One objective is to vanquish multidrug-resistant ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 3, 2020
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A study of cystic fibrosis patients finds new evidence that infected bacteria lower resistance to antibiotics as they become 'more comfortable' in the body
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 6, 2018
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Cystic fibrosis patients have a wide variety of bacteria in their lungs, including two 'predators' not detected before, according to a new study of lung microorganisms published this week in mBio, an online open-access journal ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 26, 2017
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Michael Maiden, a Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine student and doctoral candidate in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, was recently awarded a traineeship from the Cystic Fibrosis ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 30, 2017
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Penn State biomaterials scientists have developed a new, inexpensive method for detecting salt concentrations in sweat or other bodily fluids. The fluorescent sensor, derived from citric acid molecules, is highly sensitive ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 7, 2016
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A new, inexpensive method for detecting salt concentrations in sweat or other bodily fluids has been developed by Penn State biomaterials scientists. The fluorescent sensor, derived from citric acid molecules, is highly sensitive ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 20, 2016
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Research by scientists at the University of York has revealed important new information about the dynamics of bacterial gels which could ultimately suggest new ways of helping prevent or better control diseases such as cystic ...
Soft Matter
Sep 24, 2015
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If you've ever suffered the misery of food poisoning from a bacterium like Shigella or Salmonella, then your cells have been on the receiving end of "nanoinjectors"—microscopic spikes made from proteins through which pathogens ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 14, 2014
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(Phys.org) —New research from a team led by Shahriar Mobashery, Navari Family Chair in Life Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, offers an insight into cell wall recycling and virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an ...
Biochemistry
Nov 11, 2013
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