All articles by Linda Stewart – Page 87
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NewsGenomic surveillance studies reveal circulation of multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales in Europe
Two studies indicate warning signs about spread of bacteria resistant to the same group of antibiotics (carbapenems) in both healthcare and community settings across Europe.
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NewsStudy probes effects of livestock-keeping on transmission of mosquito-borne diseases
A new study examines the effects of livestock husbandry on mosquito population density and the spread of mosquito-borne diseases (MBDs), to raise public awareness of how to protect against MBDs.
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NewsSimple COVID-19 vaccine can be stored at room temperature and administered as a nasal spray
Researchers have developed an effective, inexpensive, and simple COVID-19 vaccine that can be stored at room temperature and administered as a nasal spray.
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NewsDr Helen Onyeaka named as winner of Basil Jarvis Food Security and Innovation Award 2024
Dr Helen Onyeaka, an industrial microbiologist at the University of Birmingham, has been named as the newest winner of the Basil Jarvis Food Security and Innovation Award.
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NewsGut feelings: Social connections change our microbiomes
Friends tend to share common interests, tastes, lifestyles, and other traits, but a new Yale-led study demonstrates that similarities among buddies can also include the makeup of the microbes lining their guts. The study, published Nov. 20 in the journal Nature, examined the relationship between the structure ...
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NewsStudy uncovers key heart responses to viral infection
Researchers at the University of Virginia have made a significant discovery that could change how doctors treat viral infections of the heart. Source: UVA Engineering Kevin Janes, University of Virginia John Marshall Money Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics. The ...
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NewsScientist developing probiotics to combat bovine respiratory disease
A new research project aims to develop probiotics derived from healthy cattle to prevent bovine respiratory disease, which is estimated to be responsible for about 70 to 80 percent of feedlot illnesses, and between 40 and 50 percent of all feedlot deaths in the US.
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OpinionCOP29: Doomism is turning audiences off climate action - so let’s share the success stories
With governments under pressure to deliver on Net Zero targets, doomism in climate communication threatens to backfire and deter audiences from taking action. But microbiology’s stories of hope could be the inspiration we need.
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NewsResearchers catalog the microbiome of US rivers
River microbes found near wastewater treatment plants expressed high levels of antibiotic resistance genes, reveals a study of the presence and function of microbes in rivers covering 90% of the watersheds in the continental U.S.
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NewsProbiotic delivers anticancer drug to the gut
Researchers have engineered a probiotic that delivers immunotherapy directly to the gut to shrink tumors in mice, offering a potentially promising oral drug for hard-to-reach cancers.
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NewsHuman antibodies could prevent the malaria parasite from causing life-threatening infections
Malaria, particularly in its severe forms, remains a global health and economic burden. It causes the deaths of more than 600,000 people every year – most of them African children under five. In a new study, published in the journal Nature, researchers from EMBL Barcelona, the University of Texas, the ...
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NewsCigarette smoke alters microbiota and aggravates flu severity
New research has shown that cigarette smoke can induce disordered oropharyngeal microbiota that aggravates the severity of influenza A virus infection.
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NewsInnovative antibiotic shows promise for drug-resistant bacteria
Researchers have demonstrated a potential antibacterial treatment from a modified darobactin, reporting proof-of-concept animal trials on infections caused by bacteria, including E. coli, that are known to develop drug resistance.
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Careers‘It’s been an eye-opener’: Thomas Thompson on his year as a Junior Editor
One year into our first Junior Editor training programme with Letters in Applied Microbiology, Dr Thomas Thompson of Queen’s University Belfast tells us how he is getting on.
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NewsWomen’s health company Freya Biosciences announces key $10.4m strategic investment
Freya Biosciences, a transatlantic biotech company specializing in women’s health, has announced a major strategic investment which will be used to develop microbial immunotherapies for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis.
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NewsBuilding roots in glass, a bio-inspired approach to creating 3D microvascular networks using plants and fungi
Researchers have developed a new and convenient technique for building complex 3D microfluidic networks, using plants and fungi which grew their roots into a ‘soil’ medium of nanoparticles of glass (silica) and a cellulose based binding agent.
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NewsResearchers reveal HIV latency reversing properties in African plant
Scientists have uncovered mechanisms of a medicinal plant with anti-HIV potential. Croton oligandrus Pierre & Hutch is a species of tree used in traditional healing in Cameroon to treat a variety of diseases and conditions including cancers and diabetes.
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NewsNew clinical study confirms the anti-obesity effects of kimchi
A clinical trial on the body fat-reducing effects of kimchi indicates that a steady consumption of kimchi is effective in alleviating obesity symptoms through the modulation of the gut microbiota.
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NewsNew research could pave way for vaccine against deadly wildlife disease
A researcher has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study the cause of Bang’s disease, Brucella abortus.
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NewsTherapeutic proven to reduce advanced-stage influenza viral loads faster, more thoroughly in preclinical studies
Eradivir, a preclinical biotech company, has developed a patent-pending antiviral therapeutic that reduces lung viral loads of advanced-stage influenza in preclinical studies quicker and more effectively than currently available therapies.