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Feb 15, 2017 · But now we can finally test for these infections. Researcher Byron Caughey , a biochemist at Rocky Mountain Laboratories (a part of the NIH Intramural Research Program ), and his colleagues, have developed a rapid and sensitive test that can detect Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease using cerebrospinal fluid or nasal brushing samples (scrapings taken at a spot where the nose is separated from the brain by a small tissue divider).
May 13, 2017 · Bioluminescence — the ability of an organism to produce and emit light — is nature's light show. Plants, insects, fish, and bacteria do it, and scientists understand how. Until now, though, we didn't know how fungi glow. Now, thanks to research led by Zinaida Kaskova in the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry at Russian Academy of Sciences, we've figured out how some mushrooms glow. The researchers published their work in the journal Science Advances.
Jan 28, 2017 · As a result, we've identified a new mechanism and paradigm for inter-species signaling. — Jacqueline Humphries, UCSD As other research teams work to develop biofilm-resistant surfaces, and chemicals and processes to penetrate the biofilm barrier, study lead Gürol Süel , of the Division of Biological Sciences at UCSD , San Diego Center for Systems Biology , and Howard Hughes Medical Institute , suggests:
Aug 11, 2017 · Unfortunately, the very places we go to receive health care put us at risk for becoming infected with superbugs, bacteria exposed to so many antibiotics that they have become immune to their effects. Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is one such bacteria. It causes inflammation of the colon and rampant diarrhea that can have life-threatening consequences. Part of its virulence lies in the tough spores formed by the bacteria. They are responsible for starting infections in the colon and for spre...
Jul 13, 2017 · Colorectal cancer — cancer of the colon or rectum — is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the US. To reduce the chances of a diagnosis we are all urged to stop smoking, keep our weight down, decrease our intake of alcohol and red meat, keep active, and get screened for colon cancer. But, new research has found something that participates in the development of colorectal cancer that might not be as easy to control: A strep bacteria that promotes tumor growth.
Jan 17, 2017 · A young child becomes very thirsty very often and seems tired all the time. A visit to the pediatrician determines she has type 1 diabetes. The onset of type 1 diabetes may seem sudden, and it can be, but the disease may actually have been triggered by common childhood viruses years earlier.
Jan 21, 2017 · We Aren't Giving Up Lucy & Bruce. That was a long list of zoonotic infections, but it probably wasn't enough to discourage anyone from owning a pet—and certainly not enough for us to consider giving up pet ownership. When it comes to vices we love, our pets top the list. We are willing to kiss, sleep with, and snuggle our pets.
Jun 19, 2017 · When the drugs no longer work, infections we used to be able to treat become life-threatening. About two million Americans a year develop antibiotic-resistant infections, and at least 23,000 of those people die. In February 2017, the World Health Organisation published their list of bacteria for which we desperately need new antibiotics to ...
Jun 19, 2017 · That soil under your feet is not just dirt. It is teeming with life that may not change as fast as we would like when challenged by global warming. The warming climate has people wondering about the future. But soil scientists have found a way to look forward — by looking back. In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a group of researchers took a look at regional soil microbes and how they historically react to environmental factors that change around them.
Jul 10, 2017 · Windborne microbes shifting in the snows of the great ice sheet of Greenland may be able to neutralize some of the industrial contaminants oozing out of the melting ice. Greenland is a long way off, and we tend to dismiss what happens there as not impacting us here — out of sight, out of mind, as they say. But the problem — and the possibility of microbial help — has significance for anyone on the planet.
