Conceivable new anti-microbial created for drug-resistant pulmonary microorganism Kumar Jeetendra | December 9, 2020 Scientists from Johns Hopkins University and Medicine have developed a potential new antibiotic for a pathogen that is notoriously resistant to drugs and often lethal for people with cystic fibrosis and other lung disorders. The pathogen, called Mycobacterium abscessus, is related to some better-known bacterium that causes tuberculosis and leprosy but has recently emerged as …
Researchers give knowledge on how lung microorganisms secure against attacking microbes Kumar Jeetendra | December 9, 2020 New insight on how bacteria in the lungs protect against invading pathogens has been published today in the open-access eLife journal. The study in mice shows that a strain of lung bacteria called Lactobacillus provides a barrier against Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) colonisation in animals previously infected with influenza A virus when applied therapeutically following …
Colon lining discharges hydrogen peroxide to shield the body from gut microorganisms Kumar Jeetendra | December 10, 2020 Scientists at UC Davis Health have discovered that an enzyme in the colon lining releases hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) – a known disinfecting chemical – to protect the body from gut microbes. Their study, published Dec. 9 in the journal Cell Host and Microbe, sheds light on the way microorganisms are spatially organized in the colon. …
Researchers pick out new weapon to war the growing tide of antibiotic-resistant bacteria Kumar Jeetendra | December 24, 2020 As scientists around the globe wage war against a publication, deadly virus, one University of Colorado Boulder laboratory is working on new weapons to battle a distinct microbial threat: a rising tide of antibiotic-resistant bacteria which, if left unattended, could kill an estimated 10 million people annually by 2050. In a paper published Friday in …
Poisonous pesticide transformed into treatment against antibiotic-resistant bacteria Kumar Jeetendra | December 30, 2020 They are used as pesticides and fungicides. However, these substances could be poisonous to humans and cause mutations. As they aren’t frequently used, there’s little data about them in the medicinal chemistry literature. However, it has been suggested recently that the groups of substances that are traditionally avoided can help to fight pathogenic bacteria. Yet, …
Biomarkers can foresee how hereditarily identical cells act distinctively under pressure Kumar Jeetendra | January 10, 2021 A set of biomarkers not traditionally associated with cell fate can accurately forecast how genetically identical cells behave differently under pressure, according to a UT Southwestern study. The findings, published by Cell Reports as a Dec. 1 cover story, could eventually result in more predictable responses to pharmaceutical remedies. Groups of the same types of …
Scientists gives better comprehension of how antibiotic resistance emerges Kumar Jeetendra | January 11, 2021 Researchers at the Quadram Institute on the Norwich Research Park have shown how the development of antibiotic resistance by bacteria may have’side-effects’ for them including affecting their ability to induce disease. Antibiotic resistance is still one of the best challenges to global health with very few new antibiotics and widespread immunity. It’s been estimated that …
The Cancer Microbiome Atlas gives more clear picture of microbiota living in organs Kumar Jeetendra | January 14, 2021 Biomedical engineers at Duke University have devised an algorithm to remove contaminated microbial genetic information from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). With a clearer picture of the microbiota living in a variety of organs in both healthy and cancerous states, researchers will now have the ability to find new biomarkers of disease and better understand …
Analysts build up a little, yet successful technique for forestalling premature birth Kumar Jeetendra | January 14, 2021 In a study in mice and human cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say that they have developed a little, yet effective method for preventing premature birth. The vaginally-delivered treatment contains nanosized (billionth of a meter) particles of drugs that easily penetrate the vaginal wall to reach the uterine muscles and keep them from contracting. If …
Recently recognized supplement helps the gut review earlier diseases and execute attacking bacteria Kumar Jeetendra | January 17, 2021 Scientists studying the body’s natural defenses against bacterial disease have identified a nutritional supplement –taurine–that helps the gut recall prior infections and kill invading bacteria, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn). The finding, published in the journal Cell by scientists from five institutes of the National Institutes of Health, could help efforts seeking alternatives to antibiotics. …
Inflammation may add to the determination of C. diff disease, shows study Kumar Jeetendra | January 19, 2021 A new study from North Carolina State University indicates that the inflammation brought on by Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection gives the pathogen a two-fold advantage: by both creating an inhospitable environment for competing bacteria and supplying nutrients that enable C. diff to thrive. C. diff is a bacterium that causes diarrhea, often with severe …
Bacteria responsible for seafood related stomach disturbs can go torpid and “wake up” Kumar Jeetendra | January 20, 2021 Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a marine bacterium that can lead to gastroenteritis in humans when eaten in raw or undercooked shellfish such as oysters and mussels. Some of these bacteria have the ability to turn dormant in poor growth conditions such as cold temperatures – and can stay in that state of hibernation for long periods …
