Bacteria-killing nano-drills get an upgrade: Visible light triggers molecular machines to treat infections
Molecular machines that kill infectious bacteria have been taught to see their mission in a new light.
Molecular machines that kill infectious bacteria have been taught to see their mission in a new light.
Bio & Medicine
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Antibiotic overuse can lead to antibiotic resistance, but classic antibiotic resistance might not completely explain why antibiotics sometimes fail. Sub-populations of bacteria called persister cells can survive in the presence ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 10, 2024
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When viruses infect a cell, changes in the cell nucleus occur, and these can be observed through fluorescence microscopy. Using fluoresence images made in live cells, researchers at the University of Zurich have trained an ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 21, 2021
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New research from scientists at Imperial College London unravels how so-called bacterial persister cells manipulate our immune cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 7, 2018
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'Sleeper cells', which can survive doses of antibiotics and lie resting in a dormant state, may hold a key to understanding antibiotic resistance, research has found.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 21, 2017
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new approach for manipulating the behavior of cells on semiconductor materials, using light to alter the conductivity of the material itself.
Nanomaterials
May 3, 2017
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A WSU research team has successfully used a mild electric current to take on and beat drug-resistant bacterial infections, a technology that may eventually be used to treat chronic wound infections.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 29, 2016
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Scientists call them toxins. But these bacterial proteins don't poison us, at least not directly.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 26, 2015
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Inflammation is a normal and often beneficial response to injury or infection. The swelling, heat and even pain are the body's attempts to protect its soft tissue, remove offending objects, substances or microbes and initiate ...
Biochemistry
Jan 7, 2015
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(Phys.org) —We face an urgent global health problem because scientists are not developing new antibiotics as fast as bacteria are developing antibiotic resistance.
Biochemistry
Sep 30, 2014
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