[ad_1] DURHAM, NC – The bacterium that causes tularemia, the tick-borne disease, is a lean and mean infecting machine. It carries a relatively small genome and a unique set of infectious tools, including a collection of chromosomal genes called the “island of pathogenicity”. A team of researchers from Duke University, …
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[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 18, 2020 For a slow-growing microbe that multiplies infrequently, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes tuberculosis (TB) has long puzzled researchers as to how it develops resistance to antibiotics so quickly, within weeks or months. Now, TB researchers at San Diego State University have …
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[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 18, 2020 It is bacterial changes in the gut that increase levels of imidazole propionate, the molecule that makes the body’s cells resistant to insulin in type 2 diabetes. This result emerges from a European study, MetaCardis. The gut and its bacteria are considered …
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[ad_1] 14:36 Wednesday 18 November 2020 I wrote: Nourhan Muhammad Your body makes you sneeze when you feel something in your nose that isn’t normal. This can include bacteria, dirt, dust, or smoke. You may feel an itchy, uncomfortable feeling in your nose and after a while you will sneeze. …
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[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 16, 2020 Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. Still incurable, it directly affects nearly one million people in Europe and indirectly millions of family members and society as a whole. In recent years, the scientific community has suspected that the gut …
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[ad_1] Loading… JAKARTA – Spaceit becomes a challenge for humans who want to explore it. In addition to the absence of oxygen, it also affects people human health. Interestingly, this condition doesn’t apply to bacteria. (Read also: 20 years in business, the ISS is dirty and astronauts have taken over …
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[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 12, 2020 A team of researchers has for the first time found a correlation between the levels of bacteria and fungi in the gastrointestinal tract of children and the amount of common chemicals present in their home environment. The work, published this month in …
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[ad_1] Speed is important when it comes to detecting antibiotic resistant bacteria in the blood – the sooner these superbugs are found, the sooner doctors can prescribe the correct treatment. In addition to significantly improving the outlook for patients and limiting the spread of these insects, faster diagnosis also means …
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[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 11, 2020 CONCLUSION: Lung enrichment with oral commensal microbes was associated with advanced disease, poorer prognosis, and tumor progression in lung cancer patients. Journal in which the study was published: Discovery of cancer, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research Author: Leopoldo …
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[ad_1] Getting minerals in space may be a little easier than we thought, with the help of some of the smallest inhabitants on Earth. Experiments aboard the International Space Station have shown that bacteria can improve space mining efficiency by more than 400 percent, offering a much easier way to …
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