In a study published in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers have shown that bacteria may be used to deliver "smart nanoparticles" into a cell to precisely position sensors, drugs or DNA for...
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CABI's fungal collection will be screened by the University of Strathclyde for potential lead compounds against MRSA, cancers and other diseases. CABI houses one of the world's largest...
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Researchers are exploring the use of crab and lobster shells to power microbial fuel cells beneath the sea, which are used to power sensors for such measurements as temperature, pressure, salinity,...
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Scientists have discovered that fungi which harbors melanin may be able to thrive ionic radiation and thus convert radioactivity into biomass. Aside from the potential in environmental clean-up,...
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Researchers have engineered a protein which may be counter enterotoxin B, a toxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus, which can cause potentially fatal food poisoning. The purified form of the toxin...
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Researchers from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences report of a new approach in identifying unculturable microorganisms from marine environments. "We present a novel approach to studying...
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Scientists have made progress in using bacteria as a therapeutic tool in treating cancer. Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig were able to demonstrate that a...
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Researchers have confirmed that viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus, a deadly virus causing anemia and hemorrhaging in fish has spread to 19 other species and has already reached epidemic proportions....
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In a study published online in the April 6 issue of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, scientists report of identifying more than 200 species of petroleum-degrading bacteria from the Rancho La...
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Scientists may have found a way to kill Burkholderia cenocepacia, a multi-drug resistant plant pathogen that causes severe infections in people with cystic fibrosis. The team of researchers has...
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According to a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting, chaetocin, a by-product of a common wood mold, may hold promise as a new therapeutic against myeloma, an...
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Dubbed as the Micro'be' project, researchers have explored the use of a fabric made by microorganisms. The cellulosic material is produced by the Acetobacter bacterium with red wine as...
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A mixture of green tea or jasmine tea extract and wildflower dark honey can be used to reduce pathogenic bacteria in meats. Such were the findings of a research by the Food Safety Consortium at the...
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ImQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has recently been awarded a development grant from the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) for the advanced preclinical evaluation of the pyrimidinediones...
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Scientists have developed a resin filter that can remove prion proteins from the blood of an infected animal. In a study published in Lancet, blood from scrapie-infected hamsters were filtered using...
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A natural soil bacterium called Bacillus pasteurii can be used to steady buildings against earthquakes. These microbes (together with additional nutrients and oxygen) can turn a sand pile into...
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The use of Botox, a toxin produced by Botulinum bacteria, is most popularly used in dermatological procedures as an anti-wrinkle treatment. Since its discovers, however, more applications have been...
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Scientists have developed a new diagnostic device that can potentially identify thousands of different pathogens from human samples. Called the "GreeneChip," this device consists of a glass...
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Fosfomycin is a member of a class of compounds called phosphonic acids, a natural antibiotic approved by the FDA to control pathogens against which penicillin and vancomycin are no longer effective....
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