… senior author and professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. “We think it’s important for researchers and vaccine manufacturers in low- and middle-income countries such as Brazil or …
Category: Microbiology
SBP researchers identify new regulator of innate immune response to foreign invaders
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have identified a new regulator of the innate immune response – the immediate, natural immune response to foreign invaders. The study, published recently in Nature Microbiology , suggests that therapeutics that modulate the regulator – an immune checkpoint – may represent the next generation of antiviral drugs, vaccine adjuvants, cancer immunotherapies, and treatments for autoimmune disease.
Why Men Are Much Worse At Being Sick Than Women
… Sabra Klein, associate professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “It isn’t always the presence of the microbe or the presence of the virus that makes us sick,” says Klein. “It’s our immune …
An antibiotic-resistant strain of the E. coli bacteria. Photo: Centres for Disease Control
Drug resistant bacteria can be found easily in China’s poultry production chain – from hatcheries to supermarkets – according to recent research by scientists from China, the US and Europe, underscoring the need for Beijing to control the use of antibiotics. Superbugs are bacteria that are resistant to antibiotic drugs.
Study finds new bacterial strain can contaminate shellfish
… sick or just a couple making people sick?” She partnered with the federal Food and Drug Administration and public health and with shellfish management agencies in five states on the study to discover the new strain. “We were surprised to learn that …
Sex scare – Drug-resistant strain of gonorrhoea and other STIs could be in Ja
… as some STIs have become immune due to misuse and overuse of the drugs in recent the years. Last August, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued new guidelines for the treatment of three common STIs in response to the growing threat of antibiotic …
What does it take for an AIDS virus to infect a person?
Upon sexual exposure, the AIDS virus must overcome some mighty barriers to find the right target cell and establish a new infection. It must traverse the genital mucosa and squeeze through tightly packed epithelial cells meant to keep invaders out.
Replacement found for late SCC biology teacher
A local chiropractor will take over spring semester classes for the late biology professor Ross Teal, at Southeastern Community College in West Burlington. Chris Bassler of Absolute Wellness Center will begin teaching three microbiology classes and an anatomy and physiology classes at the start of the semester Wednesday.
Study provides clues to improving fecal microbiota transplantation
… this is caused by a dysbiosis or microbial imbalance of the gut. Microbiota are integral to human physiology and health, and exposure to antibiotics can alter the composition and activity of microbiota, sparking many common health problems. In the …