A new way to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria
At a time when scientists are quickly running out of options, McMaster researchers are using a new approach to fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Biochemistry
Sep 20, 2013
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News tagged with infectious bacterium
Researchers find antibiotic-resistant bacteria deep in one of the largest, unspoiled underground caves
McMaster University and University of Akron researchers are leading the way in understanding the origins of antibiotic resistance, a global challenge that is creating a serious threat to the treatment of infectious diseases.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2012
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Researchers discover why typhoid fever pathogen targets only humans
(Phys.org)—Salmonella typhi is a particularly nasty bacterium that targets only humans and causes typhoid fever, which kills hundreds of thousands of people annually. In a new study appearing in the Nov. 16 issue of the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 15, 2012
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Biologists uncover mechanisms for cholera toxin's deadly effects
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have identified an underlying biochemical mechanism that helps make cholera toxin so deadly, often resulting in life-threating diarrhea that causes people to lose as much ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 11, 2013
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Scientists uncover cause of mysterious deaths of elephants in Zimbabwe
A bacterium, closely associated with deadly septicemia, could have caused the deaths of six African elephants in Zimbabwe and possibly more in neighboring countries. The findings place infectious diseases on the list of pressures ...
Ecology
Oct 24, 2023
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How cranberries impact infection-causing bacteria
Consuming cranberry products has been anecdotally associated with prevention of urinary tract infections (UTIs) for over 100 years. But is this popular belief a myth, or scientific fact?
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 15, 2013
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Strep infections responsible for groper deaths
Researchers are in a race against time to save Queensland's protected groper fish, which are washing up dead along the beaches of Northern Queensland in increasing numbers.
Ecology
Jul 20, 2011
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Researchers release complete de novo E. coli O104 genome, details of their detection kit
Scientists worldwide have been working on the publicly available genomic sequences of the deadly E. coli O104 strain, which is causing the current health crisis in Germany and now spreading throughout Europe. To continue ...
Biotechnology
Jun 7, 2011
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Bacteria hijack host cell process, create their own food supply to become infectious
Bacteria that cause the tick-borne disease anaplasmosis in humans create their own food supply by hijacking a process in host cells that normally should help kill the pathogenic bugs, scientists have found.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 29, 2012
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Novel amyloid structure could lead to new types of antibiotics
The highly pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus bacteria is one of the five most common causes of hospital-acquired infections. In the US alone, approximately 500,000 patients at hospitals contract a staph infection. It is the ...
Biochemistry
Feb 24, 2017
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