By Michael Irving January 06, 2021 Scientists may have discovered new evidence explaining the cellular mechanism for how birds and other animals can navigate using the Earth’s magnetic fieldzizar/Depositphotos One of the most remarkable “sixth” senses in the animal kingdom is magnetoreception – the ability to detect magnetic fields – but exactly how it works...
by The Wistar Institute Bacteria image. Credit: The Wistar Institute Wistar Institute scientists have discovered a new class of compounds that uniquely combine direct antibiotic killing of pan drug-resistant bacterial pathogens with a simultaneous rapid immune response for combatting antimicrobial resistance (AMR). These finding were published today in Nature. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared AMR...
The discovery can help to cure bacterial infections without inducing resistance or causing harm to good bacteria. Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, have developed a method to produce customizable engineered lysins that can be used to selectively kill bacteria of interest...
By Krista Charles Bacteria from yogurt could help broken bones mend Implants coated in bacteria could be used during bone fracture surgery to help speed healing and prevent post-operative infections. When someone suffers a fracture, surgery is sometimes needed to help it mend correctly. A common technique is to use a metal implant to help broken bones stay...
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE COMMUNICATIONS A virus can stop bacteria from sharing genes for antibiotic resistance among themselves, Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have discovered. The results hint at new ways to treat infections and describe a new feature of a highly diverse, largely unexplored part of the biosphere. The study, published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of...
by Jackie Kruszewski, Virginia Commonwealth University A Virginia Commonwealth University researcher has published preliminary but striking evidence that shows the transplantation of gut bacteria may have implications for addiction disorders. Jasmohan Bajaj, M.D., a gastroenterologist and liver specialist, transplanted bacteria from another person’s stool into 10 volunteers with severe alcohol use disorder and cirrhosis. Nine...
A new therapy developed by researchers at the University of Toronto may bring us one step closer to effectively killing deadly drug-resistant superbugs. “The threat posed by pathogens that are increasingly becoming resistant to all known antibiotics is an alarming and pressing health care problem,” says Ruby Sullan, assistant professor in the department of physical...
At 11 million cases annually, urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common outpatient infections in the U.S., according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. At least half of all women will have a UTI during their lifetimes, and many of the infections — which have increasingly become resistant to a wide...
Flushing public restroom toilets or urinals can spew clouds of particles carrying viruses, including COVID-19 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS WASHINGTON, August 18, 2020 — Think you don’t need to worry about COVID-19 while using a public restroom? A group of researchers from Yangzhou University in China recently reported that flushing public restroom toilets can release...
by University of Calgary Researchers with the Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases at the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) have discovered which gut bacteria help our immune system battle cancerous tumors and how they do it. The discovery may provide a new understanding of why immunotherapy, a treatment for cancer that helps amplify the body’s...
