by Alex Viveros, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Small intestine at steady state. Credit: National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Trillions of bacteria and other microbes thrive in our gut microbiomes, and over the last decade, scientists have become increasingly aware of the vital role that they play in creating...
by Nanyang Technological University Pictured is a detection of Neisseria (N. subflava) in lung tissue from patients with bronchiectasis. Shown in red is the N. subflava detection and shown in blue is the airway cell nuclei. Credit: Cell Host & Microbe A team of international scientists led by the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has...
by Tel Aviv University Credit: CC0 Public Domain A scientific development from the Tel Aviv and Haifa Universities may facilitate speedy, objective and accurate diagnosis of people suffering from PTSD using saliva samples. As part of the study, the researchers characterized the psychological, social and medical conditions of about 200 participants, while at the same time...
by University of Melbourne The spray has been developed in a collaboration between the University of Sydney and University of Melbourne. Credit: Cesar Nicolas, University of Melbourne A first-of-its-kind sprayable coating that can prevent the surface spread of infection from bacteria and viruses, including COVID-19, over a sustained period has been developed by a team...
UNIVERSITY OF BASEL Intestinal flora plays an important role in health – including mental health. Researchers from the University of Basel and the University Psychiatric Clinics Basel (UPK) have shown that probiotics can support the effect of antidepressants and help to alleviate depression. When he was visited by what he called “the black dog”, Winston...
by Laurel Kelly, Mayo Clinic A medical illustration of Clostridioides difficile bacteria, formerly known as Clostridium difficile, presented in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publication entitled, Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019. Credit: CDC Clostridioides difficile is a bacterium that causes an infection of the large intestine. The bacterium is...
by Dipali Pathak, Baylor College of Medicine Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Though warmer temperatures bring excitement for more water activities, they also can bring worries about safety surrounding those activities. An infectious diseases expert at Baylor College of Medicine shares what you need to know about a rare but often feared health concern: flesh-eating bacteria....
by University of East Anglia Presence and composition of urine microbiota identify participants with a poorer prognosis. The figure presents an analysis of 16S OTU sequence from urine sediments. (A) Principal coordinate analysis (Manhattan distance) of family-level OTU data from urine sediments from 46 patients undergoing assessment for prostate cancer. Clustering with k-means suggested three...
by Emily Velasco, California Institute of Technology An artist’s depiction of a bacterial cell. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / James Archer Since its invention, chemotherapy has proven to be a valuable tool in treating cancers of many kinds, but it has a big downside. In addition to killing cancer cells, it can also...
by University of Queensland Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have discovered a way to kill a type of bacteria that causes millions of respiratory infections in children and the elderly, paving the way for more effective treatment. University of Queensland researchers were able to deactivate a protein critical to the survival of Haemophilus Influenzae bacteria, which...
