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Category Archives: Microorganisms
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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Turning insect viruses into cancer therapies
Gene therapy is a pretty promising approach for lots of different diseases, and has already overcome a huge hurdle with the approval of the very first gene therapy product, Glybera, by the European Commission in 2012. At its core, gene … Continue reading
Posted in Disease, Medicine, Microorganisms, Science, Viruses
Tagged baculovirus, cancer, DNA, gene therapy, immune, insect, prostate, tumour
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Fish parasite inspires sticky surgical tissue patch
Surgeons still find it tricky to quickly and reliably stick a wet, slippery organ back together during invasive procedures. The currently available selection of ‘stick-you-together’ products – staples and chemical glues – do a decent job, but make a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Bioengineering, Marine, Microorganisms, Parasites, Science
Tagged adhesive, fish, glue, microneedle, parasite, patch, Pomphorhynchus laevis, spiny-headed worm, staples, surgical
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How to survive the bacterial antibiotic revolution
These days, we have a pretty serious problem when it comes to our ability to kill resistant bacteria causing serious illness. People petition governments to urge action, while drug companies lament over how those pesky bacteria evolved to defeat their … Continue reading
Posted in Bacteria, Disease, Microorganisms, Science
Tagged allicin, antibiotic, antimicrobial, bacteria, clostridium difficile, defensin-1, E. coli, garlic, honey, manuka, microbes, MRSA, probiotics, pseudomonas aeruginosa, resistance, salmonella, shigella, superbug, yoghurt
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