Research – Page 55
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NewsLess tea, vicar - fruit juice offers a fresh take on kombucha
Researchers studying kombucha brews made from apple and passion fruit juices found that the apple beverage contained high levels of bioactive compounds called flavonoids and ranked highly among taste testers, signaling its promise as a kombucha alternative.
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NewsResearchers identify antibodies against Klebsiella pneumoniae
Researchers have identified 29 novel antibodies against the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae, an important cause of drug-resistant infections.
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NewsResearchers to develop a new method for preserving microbial samples
The project aims to develop a new method for preserving microbial samples without refrigeration/cooling requirements through integrating innovations in microfluidics, biomaterials, protein engineering, and synthetic biology.
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NewsPresence of bacteria in soil makes flowers more attractive to pollinators
Bacteria that live in soil and help roots fix nitrogen can boost certain plants’ capacity to reproduce by enhancing the attractiveness of the plant’s flowers to pollinators via a relationship known as mutualism that is widespread in plants and animals.
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NewsRole of hydrogen sulfide in the expression of iron uptake genes is unveiled
Researchers have established the role of YgaV, a hydrogen sulfide dependent transcription factor, in regulating iron uptake dynamics in Escherichia coli.
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NewsStudy unveals a novel protective mechanism in bacterial cell wall
Researchers from Umeå University, Sweden, and Cornell University, USA, have discovered a widespread mechanism in bacteria that enhances the bacteria’s defense against environmental threats. Source: Umeå University Sara Hernandez and Laura Alvarez, two of the researchers behind the study in the lab. The discovery, which may be ...
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NewsProkaryotic Argonautes use phospholipase D family proteins to strengthen immunity against invaders
Researchers carried out a systematic investigation of available haloarchaeal genomes in NCBI was conducted to fully clarify the evolutionary link between ago and agaP genes in haloarchaea.
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NewsMMR vaccine still best protection against measles - modelling study suggests level of protection decreases slightly over time
A new study shows the MMR vaccine remains the best protection against measles. The modelling study in England suggests level of protection decreases slightly over time.
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NewsResearchers discover new bacterium that causes gut immunodeficiency
The new findings lay the groundwork for potential new treatments for variety of inflammatory and infectious diseases including inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis.
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NewsClimate change likely to increase diarrhoeal disease hospitalizations by 2100s
By 2100, hospitalizations from diarrhoeal diseases are predicted to increase in the city of Dhaka in Bangladesh as a result of climate change, even if global warming stays under 2 degrees Celsius.
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NewsResearch reveals surprising impact of gut microbiome on hormone levels in mice
Researchers have shown that the balance of bacteria in the gut can influence symptoms of hypopituitarism in mice, and that aspirin was able to improve hormone deficiency symptoms in mice with this condition.
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NewsCampylobacter jejuni-specific antibody gives hope to vaccine development
An Osaka Metropolitan University-led team has recently uncovered what could be an important step toward preventing, diagnosing, and treating a species of Campylobacter bacteria.
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NewsStudy reveals the hidden complexity of bacterial biofilms
Research reveals insights into the development of bacterial biofilms, highlighting how these communities adapt to environmental stress through complex interactions between physical and biological processes occurring in the surrounding environment.
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NewsBacteria involved in gum disease linked to increased risk of head and neck cancer
More than a dozen bacterial species among the hundreds that live in people’s mouths have been linked to a collective 50% increased chance of developing head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), a new study shows. Some of these microbes had previously been shown to contribute to ...
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NewsPigs may be transmission route of rat hepatitis E to humans
New research suggests that pigs may function as a transmission vehicle for a strain of the hepatitis E virus (HEV) common in rats that has recently been found to infect humans.
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NewsBiofuel breakthrough: Rhodococcus strain N1-S transforms succinic acid production
A new study reveals that Rhodococcus aetherivorans strain N1-S boosts succinic acid yields by 6.5 times, promising a more efficient path to sustainable biofuels.
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NewsStudy probes industrial scale lactoferrin production with synthetic biological systems
A new study explores the innovative technologies developed to increase lactoferrin production in order to meet market demand in food, pharma, and cosmetics.
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NewsBacterial ‘flipping’ allows genes to assume different forms
A new study has shown that inversions, which cause a physical flip of a segment of DNA and change an organism’s genetic identity, can occur within a single gene, challenging a central dogma of biology — that one gene can code for only one protein.
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NewsStudy IDs novel small-molecule inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 with chemical genetics
A new article discusses the identification of novel small-molecule inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 by chemical genetics.
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NewsResearchers zoom in for a viral close-up of HTLV-1
Scientists provide new details into the architecture of a virus called HTLV-1 using Cryo-Electron Tomography (Cryo-ET), a method to analyze the structures of biomolecules in high resolution.