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NewsStudy finds widespread side effects from commonly overprescribed antibiotics for patients
A major new study finds that overprescribing and inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics is not only leading to antibiotic resistance – but also causing significant patient harm.
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Coastal ecosystem shows shifting bacterial extracellular hydrolytic systems
Scientists have found that a coastal ecosystem that experiences periodic phytoplankton blooms appears to have two distinct bacterial extracellular hydrolytic systems linked to shifts in bacterial community structure.
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AMI young scientist turns spotlight on government science policy
Applied Microbiology International member Shamik Roy was among a group of young scientists and engineers who quizzed government representatives at the Voice of the Future event this week.
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Careers
Is there such a thing as a failed experiment?
Elisa shares some advice for those who may be disheartened by their experiments not quite going to plan.
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Humps and bumps provide home for microbes jumpstarting soil formation in glacial moraine
Scientists have discovered how topographical irregularities in barren substrates exposed by a melting Himalayan glacier are driving the formation of a variety of pioneering microbial communities that will pave the way for soil formation.
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The scent of infection: how smells can help us spot disease
The smell of freshly mown grass. The sweet aroma of roses. The tang of a rubbish bin on a hot summer’s day. Scents are part of the backdrop of everyday life – but research is hoping they could be used to detect diseases.
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Breakthrough in protecting bananas from Panama disease
A study by scientists in Exeter has provided hope that Panama disease in bananas may be controlled by a specialised class of anti-fungal chemistries.
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Mushroom that grows on insects could help develop new anti-viral medications and cancer drugs
Scientists have discovered a way to grow Cordyceps fungus in the lab without losing the potency of its bioactive compound, cordycepin, which could potentially be developed into powerful new antiviral medications and cancer drugs.
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Scripps Research scientists map key protein structure of Hepatitis C virus
Scientists have mapped critical proteins that stud the surface of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and enable it to enter host cells.
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Cytoskeleton septins act as cell defence to block bacteria incursion
Researchers have identified a previously unknown, natural, defense mechanism that protects cells from Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, as revealed in a study published in Cell Reports.
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AMI pitches Government to develop pathway to phage therapy
Applied Microbiology International is urging the UK Government to launch an inquiry to explore the regulatory barriers and opportunities for bacteriophage therapy in the UK, in order to explore their potential as an alternative or addition to conventional antimicrobial drugs.
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Mellow yellow pigment keeps social amoebae clustering
The multicellular stage of the amoeba Dicyostelium discoideum is partially regulated by an intensely yellow natural substance, scientists have discovered.
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Sugar teams up with protein to help tardigrades survive drying out
University of Wyoming researchers have discovered how a sugar called trehalose works with proteins to allow tardigrades to survive a severe lack of water.
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119-million-year-old selfish genes discovered in yeast
Scientists who discovered 119-million-year-old selfish genes in yeast say the find potentially alters our understanding of how parasitic DNA impacts genome evolution.
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Climate change could make High Arctic fertile ground for emerging pandemics
Melting glaciers increase the risk of viral spillover, suggesting the impact of climate change could lead viruses to infect new hosts in the Arctic, according to researchers at the University of Ottawa who performed a novel genetic analysis.
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Methane-eating ‘borgs’ have been assimilating earth’s microbes
Scientists have described the curious collection of genes in so-called borgs, DNA packages that could help humans fight climate change.
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Attack on two fronts leads ocean bacteria to require carbon boost
The types of ocean bacteria known to absorb carbon dioxide from the air require more energy – in the form of carbon – and other resources when they’re simultaneously infected by viruses and face attack from nearby predators, new research has found.
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Researchers discover how bacteria make pancreatic cancer cells grow and move
Virginia Tech researchers from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Department of Biochemistry have discovered a characteristic of a common oral bacterium that relocates to pancreatic cancer tumours that may help guide future therapeutic interventions for treatment.
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Researchers detect monkeypox virus in testes of macaque survivors
For the first time, scientists have detected monkeypox virus in the testes of macaques during the acute phase of infection, according to research published in Nature Microbiology.
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New Omicron subvariant largely evades neutralizing antibodies, raising spectre of increased Covid infections this winter
A study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that the coronavirus variant BA.2.75.2, an Omicron sublineage, largely evades neutralizing antibodies in the blood and is resistant to several monoclonal antibody antiviral treatments.
