All articles by Linda Stewart – Page 140
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NewsZooplankton go ‘Eew!’ to cleaning feces-contaminated water
Scientists were recently surprised to find that the natural community of zooplankton — tiny, aquatic animals known to graze on bacteria — present in freshwater and saltwater do not clean water that is contaminated with fecal microorganisms.
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NewsStudy identifies potential novel drug to treat tuberculosis
A new study demonstrates that a novel semi-synthetic compound can be derived from natural compounds to produce potent activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, including multi-drug resistant strains.
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NewsWastewater bacteria can break down plastic for food
Researchers have discovered how cells of a Comamonas bacterium break down plastic for food. First, they chew the plastic into small pieces, then secrete an enzyme that breaks down the plastic further, and finally use a ring of carbon atoms as a food source.
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NewsFerring Pharmaceuticals bolsters global gene therapy supply chain with European manufacturing facility
Ferring Pharmaceuticals launches state-of-the-art global manufacturing hub in Finland for the drug substance of its intravesical non-replicating gene therapy Adstiladrin® (nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg), an adenovirus vector-based gene therapy.
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NewsPlant compound used in traditional medicine may help fight tuberculosis
A compound found in African wormwood — a plant used medicinally for thousands of years to treat many types of illness — could be effective against tuberculosis, according to a new study.
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NewsFilament structure activates and regulates CRISPR-Cas ‘protein scissors’
Researchers have revealed the structure of the CRISPR-Cas ‘protein scissors’ found in bacteria and provided mechanistic details on how they function.
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NewsPeptide acts as molecular shield to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from infecting cells
The synthetic peptide was inspired by ACE2, the protein to which the virus that causes COVID-19 binds to invade human cells. The results point to a route for the development of novel antivirals.
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NewsScientists study how a bacterium becomes a permanent resident in a fungus
To study the beginnings of endosymbiosis between two organisms, a team of researchers initiated such partnerships in the laboratory and observed what exactly happens at the beginning of a possible endosymbiosis.
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NewsNSF to invest $5 million to Biofoundries project
The U.S. National Science Foundation and partner agencies in the U.S., Canada, Finland, Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and the United Kingdom have announced funding awards in their Global Centers competition. One of the centers, the Reliable and Scalable Biofoundries for Biomanufacturing and Global Bioeconomy, includes researchers from the ...
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NewsResearchers unravel mystery of dormancy in food pathogens for more effective elimination
The detection tests commonly used to check for the absence of microbes in hospitals or the agri-food industry are based on microbial growth, i.e. the laboratory cultivation of microorganisms from a sample to be checked. If no micro-organisms appear during culturing, the sample is considered safe. Source: INRAE ...
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NewsBacterial contamination and microplastics threaten Colombia’s largest and most productive coastal lagoon
A study warns of the presence of potentially pathogenic bacteria in microplastics extracted from water, sediments and the digestive tract of fish in the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, the largest and most productive coastal lagoon system in the Colombian Caribbean.
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NewsPlankton bloom off Madagascar linked to drought in South Africa
Researchers show that dust from drought-stricken Southern Africa caused a bloom of marine phytoplankton off the southeast Madagascar coast from November 2019 through February 2020.
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NewsAntibodies in breast milk provide protection against common GI virus
A study has found that breast milk provides protection against rotavirus, a common gastrointestinal disease that causes diarrhea, vomiting and fever in infants.
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NewsVaccinating the young can save the old in the Tropics
A model suggests that vaccinating children and teens against the flu can help protect the elderly in tropical countries.
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NewsNew mouse models offer valuable window into COVID-19 infection
Scientists have developed six lines of humanized mice that can serve as valuable models for studying human cases of COVID-19 because their cells were engineered to include two important human molecules that are involved in infection of human cells.
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NewsGut microbiome and tumor cachexia: New European research network
EU project ‘MiCCrobioTAckle’ aims to investigate the complex interactions between the gut microbiome and the human body in order to find ways of slowing down muscle breakdown in tumor cachexia, while promoting young scientists for microbiota medicine.
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NewsNew images of RSV may expose stubborn virus’s weak points
Using cryo-electron tomography, researchers have revealed details of molecules and structures essential to RSV’s form and function.
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NewsHigh-throughput modular click chemistry synthesis of catechol derivatives to target Covid protease
Researchers performed high-throughput synthesis of catechol derivatives from the bioactive catechol-terminal alkyne scaffold A4, by using modular click chemistry, in a bid to target the Covid virus’s 3C-like protease (3CLpro).
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NewsCentre for Microbial Interactions at Norwich Research Park is launched
The Centre for Microbial Interactions at Norwich Research Park is launched to promote and support ground-breaking research by one of world’s largest communities of microbiologists, with more than 100 microbiology research groups on one site.