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Fabrication of stitches only from bacteria
A US company modified the genes of the bacterium Escherichia coli thanks to DNA re-engineering techniques that made it a polymer used to make wound healing threads. This…
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Israel: a deadly virus
An antibiotic-resistant virus raged across Israeli hospitals and killed 120-200 people. Currently this information is making many Israelis worried when there are about 5…
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North American enteritis occurs in Japan
Recently, the Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases has warned that a dangerous type of inflammatory bowel bacterium that has caused many deaths in North Ameri…
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Campylobacter bacteria, the leading cause of food-borne illness in the United States, penetrates into cells like?
According to a report at the annual meeting of the American Society of Cell Biology held in San Diego last December, Yale University researchers now explain it.
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Yogurt can help women prevent HIV
Lactobacillus, a harmless bacterium that helps milk turn into yogurt, can be genetically engineered to produce substances that prevent HIV transmission. The special thin…
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New vaccines can fight common infections
A newly developed vaccine that can fight staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that causes a series of deadly infections and is resisting many antibiotics, according to US…
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Mechanism of fever in humans
Fever usually occurs when a virus or bacterium enters the body. The immune system then produces pyrogen, deceiving the brain area to control body temperature, making it…
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Hib is no less dangerous than HIV
You often hear about HIV but rarely heard of a bacterium with an abbreviated name, Hib, the leading culprit in meningitis in children under 5 years old and many serious…
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Use plants to create a plague vaccine
Researchers at the University of Arizona successfully turned tobacco into a vaccine factory to prevent plague. This vaccine has produced a good immune response in guinea…
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Fight AIDS with ... yogurt
A friendly bacterium in yogurt will be used as a raw material to produce drugs to prevent HIV infection. Laboratory testing has shown new and inexpensive methods.
Cancer
Helicobacter pylori bacteria may be the culprit causing Parkinson's disease
Brain cells may be victims of Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that has been identified as the culprit in ulcers and stomach cancer in humans.
Antibiotic resistance
The deadly bacteria in this day can explode when antibiotic resistance comes
A bacterium that doesn't seem to be very dangerous, but is now becoming a huge threat if humans don't find a way.
Antibiotic resistance
Deadly bacteria in chicken can resist antibiotics
The bacterium named scientific campylobacter is the main driver of about 280,000 food poisoning cases with more than 100 deaths in the UK each year.
Antibiotic resistance
Find out which compound helps kill 98% of an antibiotic-resistant bacterium from sponges
This finding could pave the way for finding a new, more effective antibacterial drug that saves tens of thousands of lives every year.
Antibiotic resistance
Bacteria resistant to two types of prophylactic antibiotics have been found in the United States
Colistin and carbapenem antibiotics are the last line of human beings, but perhaps not for long.