All articles by Linda Stewart – Page 124
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NewsNew disease testing component facilitates lower-cost diagnostics
Biomedical researchers have developed a new, less expensive way to detect nuclease digestion – one of the critical steps in many nucleic acid sensing applications, such as those used to identify COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
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NewsIVI to open Africa Regional Office in Rwanda
The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), an international organization with a mission to discover, develop, and deliver safe, effective, and affordable vaccines for global health, and the Ministry of Health of Rwanda have announced that IVI will open its Africa Regional Office in Kigali this year. The IVI ...
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NewsArtificial intelligence has huge potential in infection control, as long as the right questions are asked and safeguards are in place
Artificial intelligence can help prevent infectious disease outbreaks including ensuring staff wear personal protective equipment correctly and managing day-to-day hospital activities such as medication prescription and cleaning.
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NewsAI could improve speed and accuracy of response to infectious disease outbreaks in hospitals
A research review will highlight the potential artificial intelligence (AI) has to improve speed and accuracy of investigations into infectious disease outbreaks in hospitals, and potentially provide real time information to stop or prevent them.
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NewsAMI unveils plans to launch educational series The Microbiologist Masterclass
Applied Microbiology International has announced it will be launching a new series of educational online content called The Microbiologist Masterclass. AMI will be teaming up with industry partners to present this series of educational assets including webinars, ‘how-to’ guides and the latest product information, plus practical tips and tricks to ...
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NewsBiodiversity of gut bacteria is associated with sexual behavior
Researchers demonstrated a significantly higher biodiversity of the gut microbiome in men who had sex with men.
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News‘Artificial tongue’ detects and inactivates common mouth bacteria
Researchers have designed a chemical sensor array, or an artificial tongue, that distinguishes dental bacteria and can inactivate them.
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NewsAustria isolates and genotypes Leptospira bacteria for the first time
The serological diagnostic test used to detect antibodies against the bacterium responsible for leptospirosis performs better when local variants are used but no locally circulating strain has been available in Austria - until now.
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NewsMosquito thermal adaptation could shift patterns of disease spread under climate change
Thermal adaptation can determine their risk of transmitting mosquito-borne diseases and how this risk might change in the future as they respond to climates warming.
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NewsLow-temperature plasma used to remove E. coli from hydroponically grown crops
A group led by researchers at Nagoya University and Meijo University in Japan has developed a disinfection technology that uses low-temperature plasma generated by electricity to cultivate environmentally friendly hydroponically grown crops. This innovative technology sterilizes the crops, promoting plant growth without the use of chemical fertilizers. Their findings appear ...
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NewsVaping can increase susceptibility to infection by SARS-CoV-2
Vapers are susceptible to infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that spreads COVID-19 and continues to infect people around the world, a new study has found.
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NewsEffects of primer pairs, PCR conditions, and peptide nucleic acid clamps on plant root fungal diversity assessment
A new study evaluates the combined effects of primer pairs, associated annealing temperature (Ta), and PNA clamps in determining the fungal community diversity and composition associated with plant roots.
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NewsBCG mechanism extends protection to beat influenza A
A new study uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that extends the BCG vaccine’s shield to combat influenza A virus—the most prevalent flu strain.
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NewsResearchers team up to publish bile acid breakthrough
Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown way that the microbes living in our gut help to make bile acids.
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NewsFusion protein reveals a conservative antigenic domain across herpesviruses
A new study proposes that the gB DII domain within the herpesvirus family constitutes a broadly conserved neutralizing epitope structural domain.
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NewsBlindness from some inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria
Sight loss in certain inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria, and is potentially treatable by antimicrobials, finds a new study in mice co-led by a UCL and Moorfields researcher. The international study observed that in eyes with sight loss caused by a particular genetic ...
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NewsSpace-grown antiviral drug successfully brought back to earth in private Varda Space capsule
Space-grown crystals of an antiviral drug have been brought to earth following the successful recovery of the capsule from Varda Space Industries’ W-1 mission.
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News‘Dynamic duo’ defences in bacteria ward off viral threats
Scientists have discovered that bacteria can pair up their defence systems to create a formidable force, greater than the sum of its parts, to fight off attack from phage viruses.
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NewsCOVID vaccine during pregnancy improves neonatal outcomes
A study has found that neonates of booster-vaccinated mothers had less risk of being infected with COVID-19 compared to those of unvaccinated mothers. Neonates of unvaccinated mothers died twice as frequently as those of vaccinated mothers.
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NewsStreams connected to groundwater show improved detoxification and microbial diversity
Streams with ample connections to shallow groundwater flowpaths have greater microbial diversity and are more effective at preventing toxic forms of metals—often products of upstream mining—from entering and being transported downstream.