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Category Archives: Bacteria
Antibiotics release death sugars that help bad bugs to grow
In the 1940’s, antibiotics were hailed as wonder drugs. “Syphilis is now curable!”, ran the posters. Yet in modern times, several dark sides of these drugs have come to light. The widespread overuse of antibiotic therapy has driven the emergence … Continue reading
Posted in Bacteria, Disease, Evolution, Medicine, Microorganisms, Science
Tagged antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, bacteria, bugs, clostridium difficile, drugs, ecosystem, gut, microbiota, MRSA, salmonella enterica, therapy
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Pumping out Petrol with Bioengineered Bugs
One of the terribly tricky questions in this ol’ world of ours is how to sustain a species that likes to extract toxic crude oil from the ground and use it in a way that’s disturbingly damaging to the environment … Continue reading
Posted in Bacteria, Bioengineering, Genetics, Microorganisms, Science
Tagged acinetobacter, arabidopsis, bacteria, biofuel, clostridium, E. coli, energy, gasoline, genetic engineering, hydrocarbons, petrol, renewable, sustainable
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How to: boost resistance to tuberculosis
Most kiddies receive the very effective Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis during childhood, but as they grow up, the protection afforded by this vaccine wanes. Since cases of adult TB are on the rise, receiving an immune upgrade would … Continue reading
Posted in Bacteria, Disease, Immunology, Medicine, Microorganisms, Science, Vaccines
Tagged immunity, mycobacterium tuberculosis, protection, TB, tuberculosis, vaccine
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A Marvellous Month of Infectious Science
Cold weather helps to spread flu across the country A very cool new study from McMaster University researchers shows how weather patterns impact the spread of influenza A virus across Canada. Using outbreak data gathered over more than 13 years, … Continue reading
Posted in Bacteria, Disease, Immunology, Microorganisms, Science, Vaccines, Viruses
Tagged antibodies, bacteria, emergence, influenza, pain, rice, rotavirus, speed, T cell, vaccine
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Vaccine delivers an immune double whammy to fight tuberculosis
Vaccination is a hugely important public health intervention, perhaps the biggest in the history of mankind. While many childhood diseases are now effectively controlled by immunisation programs (as long as parents vaccinate their kids), there is still no effective vaccine … Continue reading
Posted in Bacteria, Disease, Immunology, Microorganisms, Science, Vaccines
Tagged adaptive, adenovirus, immunisation, immunity, innate, lung, pathogen, public health, tuberculosis, vaccination, vesicular stomatitis virus
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