Scienmag

AUGUST 7, 2020

UNC School of Medicine researchers describe in detail the different weaponry bacteria use to establish infection in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis, depending on their age Credit: Cotter lab, UNC School of Medicine Several different kinds of bacteria can cause lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF).

Bacteria 91

Bacteria Scientist Medicine Research 91

Bio Pharma Dive

AUGUST 24, 2022

The New York biotech will invest in and develop up to three drugs with Gensaic, an emerging startup aiming to use the viruses that infect bacteria to deliver genetic medicines.

Gene Therapy 277

Gene Therapy Bacteria Gene Drugs 277

Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Changes in a single gene open the door for harmful gut bacteria to set off the inflammation that drives Crohn's disease, according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. These findings could one day help doctors better select targeted treatments for patients with this immune disorder.

Bacteria 75

Bacteria Genetics Doctors Doctor 75

Scienmag

JANUARY 19, 2021

Credit: University of Exeter Bioimaging Unit Scientists have discovered how bacteria commonly responsible for seafood-related stomach upsets can go dormant and then “wake up” Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a marine bacterium that can cause gastroenteritis in humans when eaten in raw or undercooked shellfish such as oysters and mussels.

Bacteria 98

Bacteria Bacterium Scientist Medicine 98

Scienmag

MAY 4, 2021

Scientists have revealed how an antibiotic of ‘last resort’ kills bacteria. Credit: IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON Scientists have revealed how an antibiotic of ‘last resort’ kills bacteria. The antibiotic colistin has become a […].

Bacteria 98

Bacteria Scientist Medicine 98

Scienmag

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A forgotten antibiotic, temocillin, led to lower selection of resistant bacteria than the standard treatment for febrile urinary tract infection, in a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Bacteria 80

Bacteria Medicine 80

Scienmag

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Potential new antibiotics work by disrupting bacterial membrane and summoning immune cells in animal models PHILADELPHIA–A team led by scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has engineered powerful new antimicrobial molecules from toxic proteins found in wasp venom.

Bacteria 40

Bacteria Engineer Scientist Medicine 40

Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 12, 2023

Blood cancer patients with E coli infection are at risk of bacteria infecting the bloodstream. The research team has designed four bacterial viruses which use CRISPR technology to kill the unwanted bacteria precisely. A mixture of four of these phages, dubbed as SNIPR001, was found to effectively target the bacteria in biofilms.

Development 246

Development Bacteria Research Gene Editing 246

Scienmag

AUGUST 12, 2020

Credit: Purdue University photo/Mark Simons Your gut bacteria could say a lot about you, such as why you’re diabetic or how you respond to certain drugs. But scientists can see only so much of the gastrointestinal tract to study the role of gut bacteria in your health. What comes out of you is just a […].

Bacteria 98

Bacteria Scientist Drugs Engineer 98

Roots Analysis

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Bacteria plays a crucial role in maintaining the ecosystem balance. However, there are few species of bacteria that can cause several infectious diseases ( such as strep throat, salmonellosis, tuberculosis, whooping cough ). This discovery led by Alexander Fleming, started a new era in medicine, and eventually saved millions of lives.

Bacteria 40

Bacteria Production In-Vivo In-Vitro 40

Scienmag

MARCH 19, 2021

A new study shows how microplastics found in our daily personal care products can also host pathogens and boost antibiotic-resistant bacteria by up to 30 times once they wash down household drains and enter municipal wastewater treatment plants Credit: NJIT It’s estimated that an average-sized wastewater treatment plant serving roughly 400,000 (..)

Bacteria 104

Bacteria Production Medicine 104

Scienmag

APRIL 12, 2021

Increases in “bad” bacteria and decreases in “good” bacteria in gums associated with amyloid beta Older adults with more harmful than healthy bacteria in their gums are more likely to have evidence for amyloid beta–a key biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease–in their cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), according to new (..)

Bacteria 70

Bacteria Research Medicine 70

Scienmag

JUNE 28, 2021

Traditional folk remedies in rural Italy inspired the research Credit: Quave Lab Scientists isolated a molecule, extracted from the leaves of the European chestnut tree, with the power to neutralize dangerous, drug-resistant staph bacteria. Frontiers in Pharmacology published the finding, led by scientists at Emory University.

Bacteria 84

Bacteria Scientist Research Drugs 84

Scienmag

JANUARY 6, 2021

Credit: The Medina Group/Penn State Drug-resistant bacteria could lead to more deaths than cancer by 2050, according to a report commissioned by the United Kingdom in 2014 and jointly supported by the U.K. government and the Wellcome Trust.

Bacteria 79

Bacteria Drugs Research Medicine 79

Scienmag

AUGUST 14, 2020

– Scientists have found clear indicators for how the interaction of poor hygiene and antibiotic use contribute to the colonization of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria in humans, a problem that contributes to hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. Allen School for Global […].

Bacteria 86

Bacteria Scientist Research Development 86

Scienmag

AUGUST 17, 2020

The research advances understanding of bacteria vulnerability and opens the door to new methods of fighting drug-resistant bacteria Credit: Russell Cothren FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.

Bacteria 55

Bacteria Research Drugs Engineer 55

XTalks

AUGUST 26, 2020

Increasing research into the gut microbiome has revealed new and emerging roles for the ‘good bacteria’ in our bodies, with the latest being a new study that shows how they can help the immune system attack cancer cells. Related: Characterizing the Tumor Microbiome: Bacteria Found in Tumors May Predict Response to Therapy.

Bacteria 52

Bacteria Research Immune Response Scientist 52

Scienmag

MARCH 11, 2021

A new clinical study has shown that supplements of a lactic acid bacterium may have positive effects by increasing the diversity of intestinal bacteria in these infants. Extremely preterm infants can suffer from a life-threatening inflammation of the gut.

Bacteria 72

Bacteria Bacterium Research Clinical Trials 72

Scienmag

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Credit: UM photo MISSOULA – University of Montana researchers and their partners have discovered a slimy strategy used by bacteria to defeat antibiotics and other drugs used to combat infections afflicting people with cystic fibrosis. The research was published Feb. 23 in the journal Cell Reports.

Bacteria 67

Bacteria Research Drugs Medicine 67

Scienmag

JULY 7, 2021

The first-in-human, controlled infection study showed the strategy was safe, as no side effects were reported and the volunteers didn’t transmit the commensal bacteria to bedroom-sharers over the 90-day study. Neisseria lactamica […].

Bacteria 75

Bacteria Bacterium Vaccination Vaccine 75

Scienmag

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

A Canadian team from INRS has demonstrated the effectiveness of an inexpensive molecule to fight antibiotic-resistant strains of the bacteria responsible for gonorrhea and meningococcal meningitis Credit: INRS A team from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has demonstrated the effectiveness of an inexpensive molecule to fight (..)

Bacteria 52

Bacteria Development Medicine 52

Scienmag

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The cocktail of beneficial bacteria passed from mother to infant through breast milk changes significantly over time and could act like a daily booster shot for infant immunity and metabolism. […].

Bacteria 52

Bacteria Genome Genomics Scientist 52

Scienmag

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The discovery of an “Achilles heel” in a type of gut bacteria that causes intestinal inflammation in patients with Crohn’s disease may lead to more targeted therapies for the difficult to treat disease, according to Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. In a study published Feb.

Bacteria 41

Bacteria Medicine 41

Scienmag

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

International travellers are particularly vulnerable to virulent strains of drug-resistant bacteria – often picking up several different types during a trip through spending time in the company of other tourists, a new study reveals.

Bacteria 44

Bacteria Drugs Medicine 44

Scienmag

JULY 7, 2021

Johns Hopkins Medicine study uncovers enzyme inhibitor that boosts immune system to fight MRSA and other dangerous skin infections Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In what turned out to be one of the most important accidents of all time, Scottish bacteriologist Alexander (..)

Bacteria 97

Bacteria Allergies Medicine Dermatology 97

Scienmag

MARCH 8, 2021

Credit: Shutterstock Researchers have identified a critical mechanism that allows deadly bacteria to gain resistance to antibiotics. The findings offer a potential new drug target in the search for effective new antibiotics as we face the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and infections caused by bacterial pathogens.

Bacteria 52

Bacteria Research Drugs Genetics 52

Scienmag

JULY 10, 2021

New research being presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), held online this year, reveals raw dog food to be a major source of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, making it an international public health risk.

Bacteria 56

Bacteria Containment Research Medicine 56

BioSpace

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Proof of concept for the Genetically Engineered Microbial Medicines (GEMM) platform came in a recent first-in-human, Phase I trial.

Genetic Engineering 89

Genetic Engineering Bacteria Engineer Genetics 89

Scienmag

APRIL 15, 2021

American Heart Association Scientific Statement DALLAS, April 15, 2021 – Maintenance of good oral health is more important than use of antibiotics in dental procedures for some heart patients to prevent a heart infection caused by bacteria around the teeth, according to a new American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement published today (..)

Bacteria 59

Bacteria Cardiology Medicine 59

Scienmag

JUNE 19, 2021

Washington, DC – June 20, 2021 – Researchers from the Miami University in Ohio have optimized a new technique that will allow scientists to evaluate how potential inhibitors work on antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Bacteria 59

Bacteria Scientist Drugs Research 59

Scienmag

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The action of metformin, the classic drug used to treat diabetes by stabilizing blood sugar, can be blocked by a molecule from the bacteria in our intestines, a University of Gothenburg study shows. Credit: Photo by Johan Wingborg.

Bacteria 52

Bacteria Drugs Medicine 52

Scienmag

MAY 9, 2021

Credit: Dani Machlis/BGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel May 10, 2021 – Researchers from Ben-Gurion University (BGU), together with American and German colleagues, have developed new “molecular tweezers” to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Their recently announced findings were published in Cell Chemical Biology.

Bacteria 53

Bacteria Development Research Medicine 53

Scienmag

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Droplets of fat inside our cells are helping the body’s own defence system fight back against infection, University of Queensland researchers have discovered.

Bacteria 123

Bacteria Research Medicine 123

Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 17, 2022

“In the last 20 years, this is the biggest buzz in the vaccine market for Lyme disease,” said Yale School of Medicine associate professor Sukanya Narasimhan, PhD, about the Phase III VLA15 trial. Lyme disease is also known as borreliosis, which refers to the borrelia bacteria that cause the condition.

Vaccination 299

Vaccination Vaccine Bacteria Protein 299

Scienmag

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Credit: University of Groningen Bacteria in the small intestine can deaminate levodopa, the main drug that is used to treat Parkinson’s disease. Bacterial processing of the unabsorbed fractions of the drug results in a metabolite that reduces gut motility.

Bacteria 56

Bacteria Drugs Scientist Medicine 56

Scienmag

MAY 26, 2021

The […].

Bacteria 75

Bacteria Medicine Research Genetics 75

Drug Discovery World

JULY 26, 2023

An industry overview of the role of the microbiome in precision medicine, and its interplay with research tools, diagnostics, and therapeutic development. But what advancements are taking place within microbiome-based precision medicine and how is it being used within oncology?

Medicine 52

Medicine Genome Genomics Bioinformatics 52