More UK & Europe News – Page 85
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NewsHarnessing the power beneath our feet
Dr Nicola Holden, from Applied Microbiology International’s Food Security Scientific Advisory Group, reports back on the AMI conference ’The Power of Microbes in Sustainable Crop Production’, recently held at the John Innes Centre in the UK.
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NewsMarine biota births new atmospheric particles in the South Pacific Ocean
Scientists have found that nocturnal nanoparticle bursts that contain nitrogenous compounds originate when marine micro-organisms in the South Pacific Ocean apparently shield themselves from UV radiation.
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NewsRNA trickery disarms the antiviral CRISPR defenses of bacteria
Bacteria-attacking viruses, known as bacteriophages, use small RNAs to disarm the CRISPR-Cas immune systems of bacteria.
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NewsHuman case of flu seen in pigs found in UK for first time
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has detected a single confirmed human case of influenza A(H1N2)v.
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NewsResearchers make sense of bacterial Babel
An improved understanding of bacterial languages brings us closer to controlling and coordinating the behaviour of bacteria.
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NewsStudy links deprivation with risk of dying from sepsis
The most socioeconomically deprived groups in society are nearly twice as likely to die from sepsis within 30 days, researchers have found.
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NewsVaccine created to prevent dangerous tropical disease receives FDA approval
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the world’s first vaccine against the chikungunya virus – Ixchiq.
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NewsCOVID vaccination before infection strongly linked to reduced risk of developing long covid
Unvaccinated individuals are almost four times as likely to be diagnosed than those vaccinated before first infection, new research shows.
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NewsSophisticated swarming: bacteria support each other across generations
When bacteria build communities, they cooperate and share nutrients across generations. Researchers have demonstrated this for the first time using a newly developed method that enables the tracking of gene expression.
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NewsSkin bacteria weapons can battle AMR and save lives
Researchers have found a new bacteriocin, in a very common skin bacterium. Bacteriocin inhibits the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are often the cause of disease and can be difficult to treat.
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NewsResearchers create molecule to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Researchers at Maynooth University, working as part of an international team, have created a new molecule that could help in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria. Source: Ella Maru Studios Researchers have created a new molecule to fight drug-resistant bacteria Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi ...
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NewsChlorine disinfectant is no more effective than water at killing off hospital superbug
Research explores the impact of using recommended chlorine chemicals to tackle Clostridioides difficile, the most common cause of antibiotic associated sickness in healthcare settings globally.
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NewsStep forward in understanding how to tackle chronic infections in cystic fibrosis patients
Scientists have engineered a living material resembling human phlegm, which will help them to better understand how a certain kind of infection develops on the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis.
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NewsFeeding dogs raw meat increases the risk of antibiotic-resistant E. coli
Feeding dogs raw meat increases their risk of excreting E. coli that cannot be killed by a widely used antibiotic - ciprofloxacin - researchers have found from a study of 600 healthy pet dogs.
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NewsBacteria lay the foundations for their descendants
Researchers investigating a sea anemone microbiome found that the bacterial community is primarily controlled by the host organism during the early stages of life, while bacteria-bacteria interactions play the lead role in subsequent development.
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NewsResearchers develop new approaches in the fight against drug resistance in malaria
Researchers have combined the anti-malaria drug artemisinin with coumarin, which, like artemisinin, is also found in plants, and developed an auto-fluorescent compound from both bioactive substances.
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NewsDr Christopher Stewart named as winner of WH Pierce Prize
Dr Christopher Stewart of Newcastle University in the UK has been named as this year’s winner of the WH Pierce Prize for microbiology.
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NewsResearchers use AI to detect antibiotic resistance faster than gold-standard testing
To mark World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, researchers have reported advances towards a novel and rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test that can return results within as little as 30 minutes.
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NewsSilver nanoparticles guarantee antimicrobial safe-tea
Researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) have demonstrated green tea-silver nanoparticles as a powerful tool against pathogens such as bacteria and yeast.
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NewsEvidence of climate change in the North Atlantic can be seen in the deep ocean
Evidence of climate change in the North Atlantic during the last 1,000 years can be seen in the deep ocean, according to a newly published paper.