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HIV-Derived Antibacterial Shows Promise Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria
WASHINGTON, DC – June 19, 2013 – A team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh has developed antibacterial compounds, derived from the outer coating of HIV, that could be potential treatments for drug-resistant bacterial infections and appear to avoid generating resistance. These new agents are quite small, making them inexpensive...
06-19-2013
New Virus Discovered in Patients with Central Nervous System Infections: An Infection from Livestock?
WASHINGTON, DC – June 18, 2013 -- Patients in Vietnam and other locations with central nervous system infections may well be suffering from the effects of a newly discovered virus, according to a study to be published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.
06-18-2013
Microbial Changes Regulate Function of Entire Ecosystems
WASHINGTON, DC – May 31, 2013 – A major question in ecology has centered on the role of microbes in regulating ecosystem function. Now, in research published ahead of print in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Brajesh Singh of the University of Western Sydney, Australia, and collaborators show how changes in...
05-31-2013
Investigators Link Poultry Contamination on Farm and at Processing Plant
WASHINGTON, DC – May 31, 2013 -- Researchers at the University of Georgia, Athens, have identified a strong link between the prevalence and load of certain food-borne pathogens on poultry farms, and later downstream at the processing plant. They report their findings in a manuscript published ahead of print in the...
05-31-2013
Interleukin-22 Protects Against Post-Influenza Bacterial Superinfection
WASHINGTON, DC – May 30, 2013 -- Researchers from the Pasteur Institute, Lille, France have shown in a mouse model that interleukin-22 protects against bacterial superinfections that can arise following influenza. Their research is published in the June 2013 issue of the Journal of Virology.
05-30-2013
New Agent Inhibits HCV Replication in Mouse Models—No Resistance Seen
WASHINGTON, DC – May 30, 2013 – Treatments against hepatitis C virus have only been partially successful. A major problem is that antivirals generate drug resistance. Now Seong-Wook Lee of Dankook University, Yongin, Republic of Korea and his collaborators have developed agents that bind to the business end of a critical...
05-30-2013
Resistance to Last-Line Antibiotic Makes Bacteria Resistant to Immune System
WASHINGTON, DC – May 21, 2013 – Bacteria resistant to the antibiotic colistin are also commonly resistant to antimicrobial substances made by the human body, according to a study in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. Cross-resistance to colistin and host antimicrobials LL-37 and lysozyme, which help...
05-21-2013
Bacterial Spare Parts Filter Antibiotic Residue from Groundwater
DENVER, CO – May 21, 2013 – Researchers at University of Cincinnati have developed and tested a solar-powered nano filter that is able to remove harmful carcinogens and antibiotics from water sources – lakes and rivers – at a significantly higher rate than the currently used filtering technology made of activated...
05-18-2013
Intestinal Bacteria Protect against E. coli O157:H7
DENVER – CO – May 20, 2013 – A cocktail of non-pathogenic bacteria naturally occurring in the digestive tract of healthy humans can protect against a potentially lethal E. coli infection in animal models according to research presented today at the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. The research, conducted...
05-18-2013
Food Laboratory Accuracy Remains a Concern
DENVER, CO – May 20, 2013 – Food microbiology laboratories continue to submit false negative results and false positive results on a routine basis. A retrospective study of nearly 40,000 proficiency test results over the past 14 years, presented today at the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology,...
05-18-2013