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Bacteria linked to autoimmune disease
Farmington :: NM :: USA | about 3 hours ago
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Factors from common human bacteria may trigger autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, U.S. researchers said. Researchers at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington said their animal study found a unique type of lipid known as...
Tags: autoimmune disease, human bacteria, Farmington, Health Medical Pharma, Bacteria, Multiple sclerosis, Immune system, Immunology, Autoimmune diseases, Lipid, Autoimmunity
Alzheimer's study may help develop new drugs for urinary tract infections
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | about 10 hours ago
Credibility Louis have revealed that amyloids, known to be responsible for causing Alzheimer�s disease, have been found to play a critical role in urinary tract infections. The new discovery may help develop new drugs to fend off infections. Some of the infectious...
Tags: urinary tract, helps develop, tract infections, India, Thiruvananthapuram, Health Medical Pharma, Bacteria, Urinary tract infection, Environmental soil science, Biofilm, Microbiology, Antibiotic, Environmental microbiology, Bacteriology
Neckties Can Spread The Flu
N.J.-A hospital in New Jersey is cutting ties out of its dress code. The new policy took effect Tuesday. The hospital said the harmful bacteria can remain on clothing,such as neckties and can spread infection.
Tags: neckties, spread, flu.hospital, New Jersey, policy, effect, Tuesday, bacteria, clothing, dress, code
Ant farmers use bacteria to make their gardens grow
Mumbai :: India | 5 days ago
Credibility The finding documents a previously unknown symbiosis between ants and bacteria and provides insight into how leaf-cutter ants have come to dominate the American tropics and subtropics. The partnership between ant and microbe permits leaf-cutters to be...
Tags: Cameron Currie, Garret Suen, India, Mumbai, Fungus-growing ants, Mutualism, Bacteria, Microorganism, Trophic mutualism, Environment, Symbiosis, Ant, Leafcutter ant
Dangerous bacteria found in cigarettes: Study
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility A U.S. study suggests that as bad as you think they are, cigarettes may be even worse for your health than you feared. Researchers at the University of Maryland have discovered hundreds of strains of bacteria dwelling within cigarettes, some of which...
Tags: Baltimore, Microbiology, Kool, Camel, Bacteria, Passive smoking, Tobacco, Cigarettes, Smoking, Health Medical Pharma, Microorganism, Pathogenic microbes, Bacteriology, Disaster Accident
Synthetic Bacteria Can Reveal Landmines [Mad Science]
Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | 5 days ago
Credibility Tailor-made microbes could save thousands of lives a year in poor nations, but not in the way you would think. A new breed of bioengineered bacteria can spot buried explosives. A group of students at the University of Edinburgh have engineered a bacteria...
Tags: buried explosives, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, Land mine, Bacteria, IGEM, BioBrick, Microorganism, Soil, Microbiology, Synthetic biology, Genetic engineering
Vicks Recalls Nasal Sprays In Health Alert
Cincinnati :: OH :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility The company said it was taking the precautionary step after finding the bacteria in a small amount of product made at its plant in Gross Gerau, Germany. A statement on Vicks' website said the company was recalling three lots of its Sinex nasal spray in...
Tags: Vicks Sinex, nasal sprays, sinex nasal, Germany, Cincinnati, Pulmonology, Cystic fibrosis, Procter & Gamble, Immune system, Nasal spray, Nose, Pharmacology, Bacteria, Vicks, Microbiology, Decongestants, Health Medical Pharma
Viral attack opens up new ways to treat bacterial infections
Shanghai :: China | 6 days ago
Credibility Potentially, that opens up new ways to treat bacterial infections, says a new study. Texas A&M University researchers are exploring how hungry viruses, armed with transformer-like weapons, attack bacteria. The attackers are called phages, derived from...
Tags: China, Shanghai, Bacteria, Transformation, Phage therapy, Lysogenic cycle, Microbiology, Bacteriophages, Virus, Health Medical Pharma, Medical emergencies, Molecular biology, Saliva, Immune system, Biomarker, Nutrition, Proteins, Proteomics, Hepatitis B, Occupational safety and health, Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Viruses, Gastroenterology, Hepatology
Back in Time, a Diary from Mexico - Day One of H1N1/Avian/Swine Flu: April 24, 2009: A Strange Brew of Swine Flu
I was in Mexico at the end of April and have decided to go back in time to share the journal I wrote. Thoughts and serious research at the very beginning of Swine Flu from Mexico -- where it all began. Or did it? JOURNAL ENTRY # ONE, April...
Tags: h1n1, swine flu, avian, bird, mexico, outbreak, pandemic, bacteria, virus, death, sick, ill, policy, baxter, pharmaceutical, vaccine
Infectious hospital bacterial waste runoff is polluting USA beaches - MRSA bacteria on those digging or covered in sand
At most public beaches in the USA, don't cover people in sand or let your family dig in the sand. They'll probably come out covered with MRSA bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus that's resistant to treatment, and possibly coming from hospital...
Tags: MRSA, bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, sand, hospital waste, beach pollution
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