Bacteria have long been thought to develop antibiotic resistance largely due to repeated exposure through over-prescribing. But could much bigger environmental pressures be at play?
Environment
May 21, 2018
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Stanford researchers have developed a deep-learning algorithm that evaluates chest X-rays for signs of disease.
Computer Sciences
Nov 16, 2017
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A large-scale genetic and modelling study of Streptococcus pneumoniae has provided new insight into how recently-introduced vaccines have eliminated many strains from the species, and the diverse ways in which the remaining ...
Ecology
Oct 18, 2017
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If you get pneumonia, or even an infected cut, your body is now a war zone.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 13, 2016
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The overuse of antibiotics gives harmful bacteria the opportunity to evolve into drug resistant strains that threaten health care. To help tackle the problem, scientists in China have begun a pilot study examining biomarkers ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 7, 2016
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Scientists from the University of Leicester have for the first time created a detailed image of a toxin - called pneumolysin - associated with deadly infections such as bacterial pneumonia, meningitis and septicaemia.
Biochemistry
Nov 24, 2015
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To fight a pathogen that's highly resistant to antibiotics, first understand how it gets that way.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 16, 2015
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Researchers from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio today revealed the molecular structure of the cytotoxin from Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a widespread, highly contagious bacterium ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 7, 2015
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Research that provides a new understanding of how bacterial toxins target human cells is set to have major implications for the development of novel drugs and treatment strategies.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 24, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Australian researchers have found that zinc can 'starve' one of the world's most deadly bacteria by preventing its uptake of an essential metal.
Biochemistry
Nov 11, 2013
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