Antimicrobial peptides: new weapons to fight infection
...d animal kingdoms, are inspiring the design of new antibiotics that may help conquer the growing problem of resis... by animals in their defense? As our need for new antibiotics becomes more pressing, could we design anti-infective drugs based on the design principles these mol...Study reveals new information on how viruses enter cells
...lls and suggest ways for developing a new class of antibiotics and other drugs to prevent illnesses caused by viral pathogens. Scientists at Purdue University have solved the three-dimensional structure of the bacteriophage T4 virus, a virus that resembles a lunar lander in both its looks and intricate worki...Research uncovers new treatment target for cystic fibrosis patients lung infection
...ith antibiotic therapy for cystic fibrosis in that antibiotics that were very promising in the laboratory did not... Using the new approach, researchers would create antibiotics to disrupt specific enzymes critical for maintaining Pseudomonas in the oxygen-depleted mucous layer...New understanding of complex virus nano-machine for cell puncturing and DNA delivery
...esistance of infectious bacteria to pharmaceutical antibiotics like penicillin, new antibiotic tools are needed. Bacteriophages may play a future role in controlling disease-causing bacteria. "Knowing the exact mechanism of T4 bacteriophage infectivity is a significant breakthrough. This information could eve...E. coli bacteria make Alzheimers-linked fibers
...ofilms. Bacteria in biofilms are more resistant to antibiotics and to the bodys immune defenses. The discovery marks the first time that amyloid has been found in bacteria. Previously, amyloid was thought to be made only by cells of higher organisms. Even then, their presence was regarded as a mistake, a bio...2002 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases
...d reemerging infectious diseases. In recent years, antibiotics have become less effective against many bacterial infections, sparking debate among the infectious disease community of the possibility of a post-antibiotic era and igniting fears of the development of superbugs that resist all known antibiotic medic...Discovery of bacterial 'touch sensor' could lead to biofilm treatments
...r as a biofilm, they become much more resistant to antibiotics than when they were free-floating, said Silhavy. M...s many different strains, gives protection against antibiotics and other hazards, and at the same time allows the efficient transport of nutrients. "It's not just ...Bacteria's iron-absorbing mechanisms may open gates for new types of antibiotics
...ant bacteria, scientists may be able to design new antibiotics that physically resemble the natural iron carriers...transporters recognize. Because these Trojan Horse antibiotics would be specifically recognized and actively pumped into the cell, they may eventually provide an a...Statistical analysis of anthrax attack shows outbreak could have been twice as large
...ting anthrax after completing the 60-day course of antibiotics is very small," says Dr. Brookmeyer. "This level of risk should be considered when determining if someone should be treated for exposure beyond the 60-day antibiotic regimen, such as with the anthrax vaccine." "This study really underscores the need ...Darwin's Time Machine: Scientists begin predicting evolution's next step
...a and subjecting the newly evolved bacteria to new antibiotics will show if and how a species of bacteria will li...h certain bacteria were likely to evolve to thwart antibiotics that had not yet reached the market. "Fighting bacteria with antibiotics has always been done the sa...Report supports sustainable food production
...ndustrial agriculture. The use of growth-promoting antibiotics in animal agriculture is thought to be one of the factors driving the increase in antibiotic resistance disease in humans. Animal crowding in factory farms and high-speed processing of food animals have been blamed for an increased incidence of foodb...Australian frog is first to make its own chemical weapons
... development of drugs, including heart stimulants, antibiotics and pain killers. Of the over 500 alkaloids they have characterized from frog skin, most are still believed to have originated from an insect food source. Frogs are the only vertebrates known to obtain alkaloids from the diet. While snakes and othe...UNC scientist finds chief AIDS cancer needs trauma and virus to get started
...t the biopsy site, she said. We sent him home with antibiotics to make sure the growth didnt become super-infected, but it continued to grow and soon extended outward to his chin. A second biopsy revealed it to be Kaposis sarcoma. The rapidly growing tumor required radiation treatments and finally disappeared si...Anthrax drugs used to treat adults can treat children, too
... he said. "So the use of these antibiotics can be recommended despite the lack of adequate efficacy and safety studies in children." The researchers analyzed nearly 20 studies that examined the safety and efficacy...A new weapon to disable bacteria discovered
..., may allow the development of a new generation of antibiotics that would rely on neutralizing the virulent proteins of disease-causing bacteria rather than indiscriminately killing microbes....Mathematical model provides new tool to assess mail-borne spread of anthrax
...d middle aged; Rapid and widespread application of antibiotics among postal workers and the people in the immedia...odel is correct, the rapid and widespread usage of antibiotics among postal workers and persons in the immediate environment of the received original letters proba...Ramoplanin beats antibiotic resistance by fighting the battle on its own terms
...om ramoplanin may aid in developing new classes of antibiotics for treatment of antimicrobial resistance. Ramoplanin is more effective than front line antibiotics such as vancomycin. In comparison to vancomycin, ramoplanins relatively simplistic chemical architec...Mechanics of bacteriums toxin being unraveled
... you have a toxin disease no longer treatable with antibiotics even if you have completely removed the bacterium from the body.In her talk, Wilson announced the construction of a tool that allows us to visualize the pathway a toxin takes into a cell. Her unpublished technique utilizes a synthetic green-fluoresc...Dietary component kills bacterial cause of ulcers and stomach cancer
...5 to 20 percent of cases, combinations of powerful antibiotics can kill helicobacter pylori, the bacterium that w...ion is most common are the same places where using antibiotics is most economically and logistically difficult. "In some parts of Central and South America, Africa...UT Southwestern researchers discover better tests to detect congenital syphilis in newborns
...nts, those whose mothers had not been treated with antibiotics while pregnant, 17 were found to have central nervous system invasion by Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes syphilis, Sanchez said. While traditional physical exams, spinal taps, arm- and leg-bone X-rays, and blood-cell counts identified u...