Ulcer-causing pathogen uses hydrogen for energy
...," Olson said. "Now we have a whole new target for antibiotics for this particular bacteria." The research is described in a paper published in the Friday, Nov. 29 edition of Science. The study was performed at the University of Georgia, where Olson was a member of the research faculty before joining the microb...An unlikely new weapon against a deadly bacteria in oysters: A virus
...urred in part by the increasing ineffectiveness of antibiotics in killing ever-more-resistant bacteria, he and ot...United States since the early 20th century because antibiotics have worked pretty well," he said. "That's changing now, and there is more interest in investigating...Mutation in DKC1 gene can cause rare aging disease and cancer
...bosome targets have been key to the development of antibiotics for specific bacterial infections. This is the first example that shows that a defect in ribosome function may cause cancer, said Davide Ruggero, Ph.D., of the Molecular and Developmental Biology Laboratory at Memorial Sloan-Kettering and first auth...Scripps scientists discover rich medical drug resource in deep ocean sediments
...at this environment may be a huge resource for new antibiotics and drugs for the treatment of cancer," said Fenical. The first paper, published in the October, 2002 issue of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, highlights the discovery of new bacteria, called actinomycetes, from ocean sediments. For more th...New drug lead fights bacteria that can be lethal by disrupting quorum sensing and biofilms
...orum-sensing function differently from traditional antibiotics by attenuating pathogenicity, and therefore could prove very effective against resistant strains. Suga explained that the quorum-sensing system is responsible for regulating a number of genes, including those that control the production of virule...Research reveals how strep bacterium evades immune system
...itably spur the discovery of vaccine therapies and antibiotics that can prevent and treat invasive and noninvasive strains of this bacterium....Insect antibiotics Resistance is futile!
...ng control of their genetic machinery. While most antibiotics kill bacteria by attacking critical enzyme systems...dings challenge conventional thinking on how these antibiotics function, and may aid in turning antimicrobial peptides like Cecropin A into therapeutic agents. "Fo...Discovery of iron-acquisition pathway suggests new treatments for drug-resistant Staph. infections
...tibiotic but vancomycin, one of the most expensive antibiotics available. In 2002, the Centers for Disease Control reported the first two documented cases of vancomycin-resistant Staph. aureus....Combination therapy improves anthrax survival
...3 Treating anthrax patients with a combination of antibiotics and antibodies could greatly improve their likelih...nt for inhalation anthrax beyond administration of antibiotics shortly after exposure," says Vladimir Karginov of Advanced Biosystems, Inc. in Manassas, Virginia, ...Anthrax threat needs aggressive government action plan, say researchers
.... "There is still no substitute for getting people antibiotics and medical care as fast as possible," he said. In...hows symptoms and is promptly diagnosed, must take antibiotics to survive. However, by the time all of the drugs are distributed, within four days, 123,000 people ...New proteomic techniques reveal workings of bacteria linked to cystic fibrosis
...cent studies indicate that early intervention with antibiotics can possibly eradicate the bacteria. The UW research team analyzed samples of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from the airways of children ages 6 to 36 months, the first time samples have been so thoroughly analyzed among patients so young. These samples were...Genome analysis sheds light on drug-resistant pathogen
...calis to acquire stubborn resistance to a range of antibiotics including a drug of last resort that is used agai...tion is critically important in the search for new antibiotics and vaccines to combat infections diseases. E. faecalis lives in the gastrointestinal tracts of huma...Physics tip sheet #34 - April 1, 2003
...l colonies exposed to non-lethal concentrations of antibiotics exhibit drastic changes in their growth patterns. Seeing as this behavior has not yet been seen in laboratory, the authors suggest that these observing these structural transitions may give important information about treatment efficacy. The authors ...UW researchers find second anthrax toxin receptor
...cientists do know that to prevent anthrax disease, antibiotics must be administered immediately to kill anthrax bacteria that typically enter the body as spores via the skin, lungs or gastrointestinal tract. Once activated, the spores become bacteria and soon release toxins consisting of three components. One t...Virginia Tech inventions, creations can improve lives
... have been constructed with resistance to multiple antibiotics used to treat the disease. Although rarely fatal, ...hogen or mutate, and does not retain resistance to antibiotics used in the treatment of brucellosis. The patent also provides methods for diagnosis of Brucellae in......ington state and his team wanted to test different antibiotics to find those which would eliminate the bugs from ... animals' guts should not be affected. Also, while antibiotics are expensive and must be given to every animal, infecting just one animal with the CEV1 phage is li...Bread mold yields a genome first for filamentous fungi
...s called"secondary metabolites," such as pigments, antibiotics and toxins. The fungal world, with more than 250,000 species and inhabitants in every ecosystem on earth, produces a vast array of these small, bioactive compounds. Fungi--slime molds and mushrooms among them--are used for food and for the productio...UC Riverside scientists contribute to study that unveils genome sequence of bread mold
...g of filamentous fungi for the production of novel antibiotics and other secondary metabolites. Neurospora , commonly known as the orange bread mold, was first described during an infestation of French bakeries in 1843. Domesticated as an experimental organism in the 1920s, Neurospora has been an important m...Team jams bacteria 'talk' to boost bio-product yields
... may form spores when they reach a quorum, or make antibiotics to fight off neighboring microbes. But studies of cell-to-cell 'talking' in E. coli, so important to industrial biotechnology, have lagged behind somewhat. Scientists at Princeton University discovered signaling molecules in E. coli in 1998. Bentle......pounds. The research may inform the development of antibiotics that either evade or inhibit these pumps, allowing...rge cavity capable of binding with a vast range of antibiotics and other molecules. But precisely how this cavity accommodates so many shapes and sizes remained un...