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Putting the brakes on a bacterium that is a major cause of GI distress

Scienmag

July 1, 2022) – As we head outdoors this summer, scientists are working to clip the long, flexible appendages that enable the common bacterium Campylobacter jejuni to make its way from undercooked poultry and natural waterways into our intestinal tract where it makes millions of us sick each year. AUGUSTA, Ga.

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US researchers decipher how one gut bacterium influences immunity

Drug Discovery World

A team led by researchers at HMS and the Broad has just accomplished the rare feat of connecting those dots for one important gut bacterium. In this case, versions of TLR2 and TLR1 bound together in a way scientists hadn’t seen before. You can change the bacterium and apply the same set of tests,” said Clardy.

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Scientists make critical progress toward preventing C. diff infections

Medical Xpress

diff infection caused by multiple strains of the bacterium, including those that cause serious illness. Each year, about 500,000 people in the U.S. deal with gastrointestinal infections from Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), and more than 20,000 die from these infections. diff infections in people.

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Swiss scientists identify a virus that kills dormant bacteria

Drug Discovery World

How phages work still a mystery In 2019, the team isolated a new, previously unknown virus that infects Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium that can cause serious respiratory diseases like pneumonia. However, you need to know exactly how a phage attacks a bacterium before you can select the right phages for a particular treatment.

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Citrus greening disease can infect an entire tree weeks before symptoms appear

Scienmag

For the first time ever, scientists have been able to measure the speed of a bacterium that causes the incurable citrus greening disease. Citrus greening disease (also known as Huanglongbing) is the most devastating citrus disease in the world.

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How two different types of immune cells help two billion people keep tuberculosis in check

Medical Xpress

Yet, as many as two billion people are infected with Mycobaterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis, and are otherwise healthy and asymptomatic. Scientists who study TB look at those individuals who can tolerate and contain the infection in hopes of developing better treatments and vaccines. million deaths.

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Treating TB: uOttawa scientists collaborate to identify new drug for unique therapeutic approach

Scienmag

The disease is caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium […].