Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) researchers have developed a promising antibiotic candidate against MRSA. Behind the discovery lies a methodology that may be important in the fight against antimicrobial ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 15, 2023
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(Phys.org) —When hijacking a garbage truck, one might as well make use of the trash. That logic drives how tuberculosis-causing bacteria feed, say Cornell scientists.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 11, 2013
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Bacterial sex drives evolution of microbes to conquer and colonize the gut. This discovery constitutes a paradigm shift and opens the possibility to design phage-targeted therapies capable of dealing with the aftermath of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 22, 2019
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Since 1983, the bacteria Pantoea ananatis has been known to infect several important crops including onions, rice, and corn. It was unclear, however, what molecules were involved. A new study, published in mBio, has identified ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2021
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DNA molecules called plasmids—some of which protect bacteria from antibiotics—can spread rapidly through bacterial "communities" that are treated with antibiotics, new research shows.
Cell & Microbiology
May 26, 2022
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Few will have missed the warnings about the increasing threat from antibiotic resistance and the dire predictions of a looming "post-antibiotic apocalypse". And we're right to worry: bugs that are resistant to commonly used ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 8, 2016
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A transporter which some bacteria use to recycle fragments of their cell wall has been discovered by researchers at Umeå university, Sweden. They found that the transporter controls resistance to certain kinds of cell-wall ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 25, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have found how gene expression that may contribute to drug resistance is ramped up in unusual types of breast tumors. Their findings may offer new therapy ...
Biochemistry
Oct 8, 2010
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Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered that antibiotics can continue to be effective if bacteria's cell-to-cell communication and ability to latch on to each other are disrupted.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 31, 2016
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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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