All Research News articles – Page 178
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NewsSpread of AMR bacteria linked to patient hand contamination and antibiotic use in nursing homes
Nursing home residents have an increasing diversity in the level of care required and this has coincided with an increase in the spread of drug resistant bacteria within these settings.
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NewsStatins team up with azoles to battle fungal infections
Researchers evaluated the antifungal efficacy of the pitavastatin-azole combination in silkworm models, suggesting its potential as an effective clinical treatment.
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NewsGut bacteria protects against diarrhoeal disease
A new study shows that large animals – including primates - with fewer different kinds of bacteria in their gut are the more severely affected by Cryptosporidiosis. Introducing more diverse gut bacteria can improve outcomes.
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NewsStudy to analyze how coronavirus spreads between wildlife and humans
The data will be used to create predictive models that can be used to prepare and protect human health for future variants and diseases.
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NewsAnti-fire blight bacterium shows potential as biocontrol agent to reduce Salmonella contamination of produce
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have isolated a microbe that can prevent the growth of Salmonella enterica on cantaloupe melons during the pre- and post-harvest periods.
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News Bacteria-virus arms race provides rare window into rapid and complex evolution
Researchers documenting rapid evolutionary processes in simple laboratory flasks show that intricate ecological networks emerge from simple beginnings that feature repeating patterns of evolutionary development.
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News Crowd-sourced potent SARS-CoV-2 antiviral lead compound announced by COVID Moonshot Consortium
More than 200 scientists and students, triggered by a Twitter appeal, have identified and developed novel compounds with excellent antiviral activity against a key enzyme of the SARS-COV-2 virus, the main protease (Mpro).
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NewsZooplankton in ocean and freshwater rapidly escalating the global threat of plastics
Rotifers, a kind of microscopic zooplankton, are able to chew apart microplastics, breaking them down into even smaller, and potentially more dangerous, nanoplastics. Each rotifer can create between 348,000 and 366,000 per day.
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NewsEarly life exposure to broccoli sprouts protects against colitis in IBD
High fiber diets, like those that include broccoli sprouts or other cruciferous vegetables, may reduce disease symptoms and improve quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study conducted in mice.
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NewsLive shingles vaccine still protecting 10 years on - despite waning effectiveness
The effectiveness of live zoster (shingles) vaccine is highest in the first year after vaccination and then wanes substantially, but it continues to provide some protection against shingles ten years after vaccination.
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NewsHospital superbugs with hypervirulence and carbapenem resistance rise in China
A new bacterial threat, the carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-hvKP), is rapidly spreading in clinical environments in China, posing a significant public health challenge.
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NewsFirst evidence of how Asian malaria mosquito spreads drug-resistant malaria in Africa
Researchers have discovered the role played by the Asian malaria mosquito (Anopheles stephensi) in the spread of drug and diagnosis-resistant malaria in Africa.
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NewsLink revealed between gut microbiota and prostate inflammation in aging men
A new study suggests that the gut microbiota can act to prevent or create an inflammatory microenvironment in the prostate gland.
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NewsBacteria use organic phosphorus and release methane in the process
Researchers have investigated how bacteria inadvertently release methane in order to obtain phosphorus – with significant effects on atmospheric greenhouse gases.
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NewsTemperature increase triggers the viral infection
Researchers have mapped on an atomic level what happens in a virus particle when the temperature is raised.
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NewsEducation key to curbing antimicrobial resistance in cats
Better education for cat owners, more communication from veterinarians, increased drug choices and cheaper, rapid diagnostic tools can help improve antimicrobial use in cats.
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NewsLong COVID in women may be linked to inflammation levels at peak of infection
Women who have mild inflammation in the acute stages of COVID-19 infection may be more likely to experience a particular set of Long Covid symptoms, according to new research.
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NewsInfection with common cat-borne parasite associated with frailty in older adults
Toxoplasma gondii has previously been associated with risk taking behavior and mental illness. A new study suggest it may also contribute to frailty.
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NewsClimate crisis could trigger outbreak of new and lethal infectious diseases
Researchers have identified Candida orthopsilosis, a hybrid microorganism that originated from two other parental fungi in a marine environment, as a potential pathogen that could pose a future threat to human health.
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NewsStudy confirms protective role of bacterium in chronic rhinosinusitis
Scientists investigate how microbes in the nasal mucosa may influence the pathophysiology of chronic sinusitis.