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NewsNew 'superbug' approach relies on decoy DNA
A team of scientists in the UK have designed a genetic tool that can disable genes equipped with antibiotic resistance, an approach that could scuttle superbugs like Read more...
Clues shed light on fighting lethal MRSA strain
A team of researchers from the U.S. and Germany has found that community associated MRSA, a particularly virulent strain of staph infection, Read more...
Studies ponder powers of a plant derivativeA biochemist at Rutger's Biotechnology Center says that the plant derivative Aframomum melegueta may include the most powerful anti-inflammatory known. Scientist Ilya Raskin was attracted to the rare derivative, which grows in West Africa, during her studies of plant-derived therapeutics. Aframomum figures into a number of home remedies in Africa and its absence in the diet of zoo gorillas is considered a possible cause of various diseases. One species of the plant has also been shown to … Read more...ALSO NOTED: White blood cells overwhelm cancer; Bacteria used to create vaccine;More Research A line of cancer-resistant mice rely on white blood cells that can detect and overwhelm the defenses of cancer cells, according to researchers at Wake Forest University Medical Center. "Apparently, the mutation in the cancer-resistant mice renders the white blood cells capable of sensing unique diffusible and surface signals from cancer cells and responding to those signals by migration and physical contact," they said. … Read more...ALSO NOTED: New sequencing project in cancer; Researchers increase potency of antibiotics; Nano-napkin to ID pathogens;More Research The NIH has begun a new project to sequence all the genetic changes that occur in brain, ovarian and lung cancer. Their work is intended to highlight new genes that will be the target of a new generation of cancer drugs. Report By switching sugar molecules using a class of enzymes … Read more... | Press ReleasesPRESS RELEASE: Scientists Identify Factor Key to Severity of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staph Infections Scientists Identify Factor Key to Severity of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staph Infections Newly described proteins in drug-resistant strains of the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium Read more... PRESS RELEASE: CDC estimates 94,000 invasive drug-resistant staph infections occurred in the U.S. in 2005 CDC estimates 94,000 invasive drug-resistant staph infections occurred in the U.S. in 2005 Study establishes baseline for MRSA infection estimates Methicillin–resistant staph aureus (MRSA) caused Read more... |
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