Bio Pharma Dive

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The company’s shot targets 21 strains of pneumococcal bacteria and, if approved, would compete with Pfizer’s Prevnar 20.

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Bio Pharma Dive

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Despite the growing threat of drug-resistant bacteria, few new antibiotics are reaching the market because of hurdles that biotech executives and experts say stand in the way.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 24, 2024

Learn how specific bacterial species in a capsule can inhibit pathogenic bacteria growth. Discover the groundbreaking patent by Seres Therapeutics Inc for a unique composition targeting dysbiosis in mammals.

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BioSpace

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While many microbiome therapies rely on adding bacteria, like probiotics, Israel-based BiomX takes a somewhat unique approach of removing harmful bacteria.

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a growing threat to global public health, challenging the effectiveness of antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs, medical experts suggest whole genome sequencing as a viable option to identify and characterize the bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites, along with their transmission pattern.

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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.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Bacteria are known for breaking down lactose to make yogurt and sugar to make beer. Now researchers led by Northwestern University and LanzaTech have harnessed bacteria to break down waste carbon dioxide (CO2) to make valuable industrial chemicals.

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Bio Pharma Dive

JULY 22, 2021

A pill made of gut bacteria wasn't effective at treating ulcerative colitis in a closely watched study that was viewed as a proof point for the emerging field.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 29, 2023

For a team of Canadian and French researchers, dark clouds on the horizon are potentially ominous not because they signal an approaching storm—but because they were found in a recent study to carry drug-resistant bacteria over long distances.

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Restricting our food intake can result in a range of health benefits, including reducing the risk of obesity. But when the dieting stops, the weight often piles back on, and a new study in mice may have identified why. link] Scientists from the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and the Chinese Academy of Sciences think they […].

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Pharma Times

AUGUST 27, 2024

The spread of multiple bacteria could be tracked simultaneously through sequencing method

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 26, 2023

New research examines the effectiveness of activated carbon cartridges in air-handling units for the filtration of bacteria and viruses. Covid-19 and its mutations have prompted numerous studies to assess the impact of ventilation on transmission rates.

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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 […].

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified the bacteria most commonly found in severe oral infections. Few such studies have been done before, and the team now hopes that the study can provide deeper insight into the association between oral bacteria and other diseases.

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Do bacteria mutate randomly, or do they mutate for a purpose? In 1943, microbiologist Salvador Luria and physicist turned biologist Max Delbrück invented an experiment to argue that bacteria mutated aimlessly. Using their test, other scientists showed that bacteria could acquire resistance to antibiotics […]

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 1, 2023

A new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School details the step-by-step cascade that allows bacteria to break through the brain's protective layers—the meninges—and cause brain infection, or meningitis, a highly fatal disease.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 5, 2023

Multiple sclerosis patients do not have the same bacteria in their intestines as healthy people. There are also differences in the composition and function of the bacteria in the intestines of multiple sclerosis patients, depending on whether their illness is active, and whether they are in treatment.

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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.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 20, 2023

Gut bacteria that break down a sugar called fucose could be dampening our immune response to the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, according to a study led by researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST).

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Bio Pharma Dive

JULY 27, 2023

The pharma said its latest shot, which covers 21 strains of bacteria, cleared two Phase 3 trials and in some cases spurred a stronger immune response than Pfizer’s Prevnar 20.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 8, 2023

In recent years, interest in bacterial agents as anticancer therapeutics has grown, due to the ability of some bacteria to selectively grow inside hypoxic tumors, i.e., these cells do not receive rich oxygen supply. Researchers are constantly looking for new therapies with improved anticancer activity, fewer side effects, and lower costs.

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Fierce Pharma

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Drugs tainted with impurities ranging from bacteria and particulates to likely cancer agents have triggered multiple FDA recalls in recent years. Drugs tainted with impurities ranging from bacteria and particulates to likely cancer agents have triggered multiple FDA recalls in recent years.

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Scienmag

JULY 21, 2022

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 of Australian researchers.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

An international research team have discovered a specific type of gut bacteria in bees that can improve memory. An international research team have discovered a specific type of gut bacteria in bees that can improve memory.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Many have studied it in bacteria and now some have seen signs of it in, plants, flies, and even human brain tumors. For decades, a small group of cutting-edge medical researchers have been studying a biochemical, DNA tagging system, which switches genes on or off. However, according to a new study by researchers at the […].

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

MAY 1, 2024

Scientists have developed a vaccine against a notorious drug-resistant superbug, targeting molecules on its surface that are also found on other bacteria and fungi.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Sugar substitutes found in many supermarket foods have been shown to kill off antibiotic-resistant bacteria that cause pneumonia and sepsis. Three artificial sweeteners used in products such as diet drinks, yogurts and desserts dramatically halt the growth of multidrug-resistant priority pathogens.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

coli (UPEC), the type of bacteria that cause urinary tract infections (UTIs) in humans. A team of researchers at Duke University has developed a vaccine against uropathogenic E. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes how they made their vaccine and its performance when tested in mice and rabbits.

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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 (..)

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 31, 2023

Carriers of a specific hidden bacteria have a 14% chance of developing an antibiotic resistant infection with 30 days of hospitalization, according to researchers from Amsterdam UMC.

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Scienmag

MAY 12, 2021

May 12, 2021) – A Rutgers study finds that symbiotic bacteria that colonize root cells may be managed to produce hardier crops that need less fertilizer. Bacteria stimulate root hair growth in all plants that form root hairs, so the researchers […]. Credit: Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, N.J.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 1, 2023

has discovered some of the ways gut bacteria can positively impact treatments for cancer. A large team of cancer researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Germany, working with a colleague from the U.S.,

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

JULY 23, 2024

The eye is exposed to the elements so it’s a window for bacteria and viruses to enter the body – potentially causing death. Ultra long, thick eyelashes might be in vogue but are they worth the expense – and the risk to health? Our natural eyelashes perform important functions. Eyelashes protect our eyes by diverting […]

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Some counterfeits contain bacteria and have high impurity levels or different chemical structures to Lilly's FDA-approved medicines.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 8, 2023

Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) was brought into the ICU, in Hangzhou, on multiple occasions as patients were admitted, creating a large 'reservoir' of the bacteria which contaminated beds and equipment.

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XTalks

MAY 11, 2023

Cronobacter sakazakii , the bacteria linked to recent baby formula shortages and the Abbott infant formula recall, could soon join the federal disease watchlist. Also known as Enterobacter sakazakii , Cronobacter sakazakii is a bacteria that can cause severe infections, particularly in infants, and is associated with high mortality rates.

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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.

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