All University of Alabama at Birmingham articles
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NewsStructural biology analysis of a Pseudomonas bacterial virus reveals a genome ejection motor
Bacterial viruses, known as phages, are the most abundant biological entities on the planet and are increasingly used as biomedicines to eradicate antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacteria.
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NewsNIH grant establishes UAB’s Global Research Resource for Human Tuberculosis
A $5.8m grant led by Adrie Steyn, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Africa Health Research Institute, or AHRI, in Durban, South Africa, will provide user-requested infected human lung tissue and analytical services to tuberculosis researchers worldwide.
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NewsGut microbes from aged mice induce inflammation in young mice
New findings suggest that changes to the gut microbiome play a role in the systemwide inflammation that often occurs with aging, and also revealed that antibiotics caused longer-lasting disruptions in gut microbiomes of aged mice than in young mice.
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NewsResearchers take step toward development of universal COVID-19 antibodies
Scientists have developed a promising new human monoclonal antibody that appears a step closer to a universal antibody cocktail that works against all strains of SARS-CoV-2.
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NewsKey role found for gut epithelial cells in the defense against deadly diarrheal infections
A newly identified subset of intestinal epithelial cells act as both the major target and a key responder in a mouse model of gut infection by the bacteria Citrobacter rodentium.
