An Interview with Pf Neil Woodford Kumar Jeetendra | June 5, 2015 As we introduce our readers each month with Scientists/Academician, this month Microbioz India team performed an Interview with one of eminent Scientist and famous Microbiologist from England, named Pf.Neil Woodford, Head, Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections Reference Unit (AMRHAI), Public Health England. Here are few interesting points of interview with Pf.Woodford are given. Microbioz …
Antibiotics Give Rise to New Communities of Harmful Bacteria Kumar Jeetendra | February 23, 2015 Most people have taken an antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection. Now researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of San Diego, La Jolla, reveal that the way we often think about antibiotics — as straightforward killing machines — needs to be revised. The work, led by Elizabeth Shank, …
Camel Alpaca Antibodies Target Anticancer Viruses Directly to Tumors Kumar Jeetendra | February 18, 2015 Using antibodies from camels and alpacas, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a way to deliver anticancer viruses directly to tumor cells, leaving other types of cells uninfected.The research appears Feb. 18 in Molecular Therapy—Oncolytics. The scientists showed that unlike human antibodies or those of most other animals, the …
Mothers Can Pass Traits to Offspring Through Bacterias DNA Kumar Jeetendra | February 16, 2015 It’s a firmly established fact straight from Biology 101: Traits such as eye color and height are passed from one generation to the next through the parents’ DNA But now, a new study in mice by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has shown that the DNA of bacteria that live …
A Newly Discovered Bacterial Family May Become a Weapon in The Fight Against Malaria Kumar Jeetendra | February 16, 2015 A new family of bacteria that are common in malaria mosquitoes has been described by researchers at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Uppsala University in Sweden, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany, and the Veterinärmedizinische Universität, Austria. Now, attempts are made to use these bacteria in the fight against malaria. A brand new bacterial family, which …
Diabetic Foot Disorders: The Inherent Risk in Diabetic patients Kumar Jeetendra | February 1, 2015 Diabetic foot disorder (abnormalities) is clearly one of the most important complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) and is the leading cause of hospitalization with substantial morbidity , impairment of quality of life and engender high treatment costs[1]. The term diabetic foot disorders DFDs refers to a group of disorders which clinically present with one or …
