All Asia & Oceania articles – Page 51
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NewsLAMP assay for WHO priority pathogen cuts time and is more sensitive
A new LAMP assay technique cuts the time it takes to detect the WHO priority pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii and is also more sensitive than conventional methods.
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NewsRIPE researchers add plant protein mechanism into bacteria
A team from the Australian National University (ANU) has modified the protein folding properties of bacteria by adding multiple components from the chloroplast of plants.
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NewsSifting through sewage can forecast COVID-19 infections 5 days in advance
A new mathematical model uses wastewater samples to effectively forecast the number of clinical COVID-19 cases in a community five days in advance.
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NewsEU-funded PANDASIA project reduces risk of pandemics in Thailand and Europe
An international team of scientists will investigate how infectious diseases are transmitted between animals, humans and environment and how potential pandemics emerge, as part of the PANDASIA project w potential pandemics emerge.
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NewsProbiotic spray boosts piglets’ gut microbiota - and growth performance
Early-life intervention by spraying compound probiotics can reshape the microbiota composition of the delivery room environment and significantly improve the growth performance and immune function of piglets, a new study shows.
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NewsAutoPLP designs nucleic acid probes to detect rapidly mutating bacteria and viruses
Researchers have developed a procedure that could help researchers catch up to rapidly mutating microbes with an “AutoPLP” technique that designs nucleic acid probes to detect new variants quickly, accurately and easily.
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NewsVillainous pairing makes superbugs more deadly and drug-resistant
Some of the world’s most deadly and drug-resistant pathogens work collaboratively to become more powerful and infectious, a new study has found.
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NewsCellular evidence reveals why men are at higher risk from COVID-19
Researchers from Osaka University provide cellular evidence for the observed differences between the response to COVID-19 infection in male and female patients.
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NewsProbiotic blend may deliver double whammy of health benefits when added to animal feed
Researchers have discovered a blend of organisms that not only act as a probiotic in animal feed, but can also inhibit the toxic effects of a mycotoxin in the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line.
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NewsResearch team unlocks the secrets to Strep A virulence
Researchers have unlocked one of the secrets as to why some forms of Strep A are associated with severe invasive infection.
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NewsNew bacterial product found to inhibit flu virus replication
Researchers have identified a derivative of a bacterial natural product that inhibits the body’s own methyltransferase MTr1, thereby limiting the replication of influenza viruses.
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News PhoQ gene supports the survival of beneficial rhizobacterium in acidic soil
Scientists have identified a gene in a plant-growth promoting rhizobacterium that can be manipulated to allow the bacterium to thrive in acid soils.
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NewsDose of antibiotic during labour can cut sepsis risk in developing countries
New findings suggest that a single dose of azithromycin given to women planning a vaginal delivery significantly reduces the risk of maternal death or sepsis.
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NewsTwo Chinese anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs conditionally approved for marketing
Two innovative Chinese oral anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs, Xiannuoxin (simnotrelvir/ritonavir) and VV116 (deuremidevir hydrobromide), were conditionally approved for marketing by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in late January after urgent review and approval under the Special Examination and Approval of Drugs Policy.
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NewsFunding backs world-first test to detect ‘insidious’ malaria infections
Research to develop and deploy a world-first diagnostic test that could accelerate malaria eradication has been bolstered with over $1.3 million in new funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) in the US.
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NewsSmall molecules lock Covid spike proteins in harmless closed configuration
Researchers report that they have discovered small molecules that successfully target segments of the Covid spike protein that mutate less, locking the protein in a harmless configuration.
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NewsGamechanging team-up sees Halomonas turn out three products in single fermentation process
For the first time, researchers have managed to produce three products in three separate phase states in a single process carried out by a microbe.
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NewsResearchers create ‘undercover agent’ tool to track bacterial assassins in real time
Researchers have developed a novel chemical tool to reveal how bacteria adapt to the host environment and control host cells and which can be used to investigate bacterial interactions with the host in real-time during an infection.
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NewsResearchers synthesise light-harvesting nanorings found in photosynthetic bacteria
Scientists find a way to synthesize an elusive ring-shaped nanostructure via the self-assembly of chlorophyll derivatives.
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NewsNew species of microalgae found in home aquarium could deliver food, cosmetics and biofuel
Researchers analyzing DNA from a microalgae found in water from a home aquarium have discovered Medakamo hakoo, whose DNA sequence didn’t match any on record.