tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66275695931010779892012-02-02T12:57:26.842-06:00This blog is meant for students enrolled in BIO 220 General Microbiology at Calhoun Community College. Posts will include current news and links to sites of interest related to microbiology.johncjones21http://www.blogger.com/profile/10344116830355218359noreply@blogger.comBlogger2191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627569593101077989.post-63267487866883213462011-10-22T22:09:00.000-05:002011-10-22T22:09:17.993-05:00

from ScienceDaily.com; posted Saturday, October 22, 2011"Raw sewage provides a perfect ecosystem for studying the diversity of viral populations that remain uncharacterized. A pioneering study, which applies metagenomics to the analysis of viral populations present in sewage, reveals that the viral universe is far larger than previously thought."

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted Friday; October 21, 2011"Waters polluted by the ordure of pigs, poultry, or cattle represent a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes, both known and potentially novel. These resistance genes can be spread among different bacterial species by bacteriophage, bacteria-infecting viruses, according to new research."

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from Discover.com; posted Saturday; October 15, 2011"For someone with severe peanut allergies, the tiniest trace of the nut makes their immune system go into overdrive, attacking what it perceives as an intruder so vehemently that the person can go into anaphylactic shock. Scientists may have found a way to calm that immune overreaction, a new study in rats shows, by tacking peanut proteins onto

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from Discover Health Medicine;posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2011 "In light of growing health care costs and the demographic reality of an aging profession stories like this one in The New York Times are both depressing and hopeful. Calling the Nurse ‘Doctor,’ a Title Physicians Oppose But while all physician organizations support the idea of teamwork, not all physicians are willing to

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from NewScientist.com; posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2011"Great Discoveries in Medicine shows that many of the treatments commonly used today were discovered in surprising ways"

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by Dan Nosowitz for PopSci.com; posted Monday, September 26, 2011 "Researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Oxford have pioneered a new technique to see exactly how our body's "natural killer" white blood cells actually do their dirty work. It's the first time we've ever been able to see how this element of the body's natural defenses actually works." Note: The article

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted on Thursday; September 22, 2011"A strain of genetically enhanced bacteria developed by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies may pave the way for new synthetic drugs and new ways of manufacturing medicines and biofuels, according to a new paper."

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From ScienceDaily.com; posted on Thursday; September 22, 2011"Many of the people who died from the new strain of H1N1 influenza that broke out in 2009 were suffering from another infection as well: pneumonia. A new study reveals how the two infections, pandemic influenza and pneumonia, interact to make to make a lethal combination."

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from ScienceDaily.com, posted Friday; September 16, 2011"Probiotic bacteria have the potential to alter brain neurochemistry and treat anxiety and depression-related disorders, according to a new study by researchers in Ireland and Canada."

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from ScienceDaily.com, posted Friday; September 16, 2011"Earth's most successful bacteria are found in the oceans and belong to the group SAR11. Researchers have now provide an explanation for their success and at the same time call into question generally accepted theories about these bacteria. In their analysis they have also identified a rare and hitherto unknown relative of mitochondria, the

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Warner Brothers and a couple of scientists create large Petri dishes to advertise the movie "Contagion".

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from NewScientist.com; posted Friday, September 09, 2011"DNA analysis suggests that the Black Death was caused by a strain of bubonic plague that is now probably extinct."

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted Friday, September 09, 2011"New research has identified a cellular protein that plays a critical role in Ebola virus infection. The findings suggest a possible strategy for combating one of the world's most deadly viruses."

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from Discover Magazine; posted Friday, September 09, 2011"Over the last three years, a group of scientists have been going round two suburbs of Cairns, Australia, and asking local people if they could release mosquitoes on their properties. Ninety percent said yes. These were no ordinary mosquitoes. They had been loaded with bacteria that stop them from passing on the virus that causes Dengue

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from NewScientist.com; posted Sunday; September 4, 2011 "A study of ancient bacteria preserved in Canadian permafrost confirms that antibiotic resistance genes have an ancient history."

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from ScienceDaily.com, posted on Sunday; September 4, 2011 "A team of scientists has successfully reengineered an important antibiotic to kill the deadliest antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The compound could one day be used clinically to treat patients with life-threatening and highly resistant bacterial infections."

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from NewScientist.com; posted Sunday; September 4, 2011 "Last year's swine flu pandemic may have triggered a surge in cases of narcolepsy – inappropriate sleepiness – in China the following spring"

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from ScienceDaily.com, posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 "Panda feces contains bacteria with potent effects in breaking down plant material in the way needed to tap biomass as a major new source of "biofuels" produced not from corn and other food sources, but from grass, wood chips and crop wastes, scientists report."

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from ScienceDaily, posted Wednesday, August 31, 2011 "Does the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, cause more deaths in hospitals than the bacteria that are sensitive to common antibiotics? Opinions have been varied, but now a worldwide study indicates that the mortality rate can be 50% higher for intensive care patients infected with MRSA."

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from ScienceDaily; posted Wednesday, August 31, 2011 "Ongoing research is exploring the use of virus-produced proteins that destroy bacterial cells to combat potentially dangerous microbial infections. Bacteriophages produce endolysin proteins that specifically target certain bacteria, and one team of scientists has been studying one that destroys Clostridium difficile, a common source of

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 "Researchers have discovered a key mechanism used by intestinal cells to defend themselves against one of the world's most common hospital-acquired bacterial infections -- a mechanism they think they can exploit to produce a therapy to protect against the effects of the antibiotic-resistant bacteria."

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted Friday; August 19, 2011 "Researchers have discovered a faster, cheaper method for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). A major barrier in TB prevention, especially in developing countries, is that diagnosis is slow and costly. Researchers have developed a method which could potentially decrease the time taken to make a diagnosis. Their method is also cheaper than the

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted on Friday; August 19, 2011 "Bacteria from fecal material -- in particular, dog fecal material -- may constitute the dominant source of airborne bacteria in Cleveland's and Detroit's wintertime air."

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from CBS News; posted on Wednesday; August 17, 2011 "Amoeba are being blamed for the brain infection that killed a Florida teen.  Courtney Nash, 16, fell ill and died of the rare disease after swimming in a river that harbored the infectious microbes, the CDC confirmed on Monday."

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from Discovery Health and Medicine News "In a lab in Singapore, scientists are designing and breeding suicide bombers. If their efforts pan out, they will be applauded rather than jailed, for their targets are neither humans nor buildings. They’re bacteria. Nazanin Saeidi and Choon Kit Wong have found a new way of killing Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an opportunistic species that thrives wherever

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from ScienceDaily.com "Thousands of tons of toxic mercury are released into the environment every year. Much of this collects in sediment where it is converted into toxic methyl mercury, and enters the food chain ending up in the fish we eat. New research showcases genetically engineered bacteria which are not only able to withstand high levels of mercury but are also able to mop up mercury from

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from NewScientist.com "A new drug now being tested can theoretically kill cells infected by any virus, from the common cold to HIV."

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from ScienceDaily.com "Viruses fill the ocean and have a significant effect on ocean biology, specifically marine microbiology, according to new research."

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from ScienceDaily.com "In the first published study to explain the role of microbes in breaking down the oil slick on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, researchers have found that bacterial microbes inside the slick degraded the oil at a rate five times faster than microbes outside the slick -- accounting in large part for the disappearance of the slick some three weeks after Deepwater

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from ScienceDaily.com "A new study has identified the recent emergence of a multidrug-resistant strain of Salmonella that has a high level resistance to ciprofloxacin, a common treatment for severe Salmonella infections."

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from ScienceDaily.com, posted Tuesday; August 16, 2011 "The number of multiresistant strains of bacteria in hospitals is increasing. Bacteria acquire resistance to antibiotics through mutations in their chromosomes and by incorporating new genes, either from the surrounding environment or from other bacteria. Now, researchers in Portugal have shown that, surprisingly, when both mechanisms of

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from ScienceDaily, posted Tuesday; August 16, 2011 "Researchers have diagnosed a complex sequence of movements that make-up the 'twitching' motility in bacteria with type IV pili (TFP). TFP act like Batman's grappling hooks that extend and bind to a surface to retract and pull the cell along. Using a high-speed camera and a novel two-point tracking algorithm, researchers also noticed the

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Gonorrhea Superbug is Resistant to Usual Treatments. Bad News, Sure, But Keep Your Pants On.: "Gonorrhea, known in earlier days as the clap, has generally been considered the training wheels of STDs: a young sailor on his first tour of duty would feel a slight burning while urination, get a big shot of penicillin in the infirmary, learn the error of his ways, and start carrying a condom in his

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Hot springs microbe yields record-breaking, heat-tolerant enzyme: "Scientists looking for unusual cellulose-digesting enzymes, called cellulases, have found one that works at a higher temperature, 109 Celsius, than any others found to date. The cellulase comes from an Archaea found in a Nevada hot spring. Enzymes like this may prove useful in reaction chambers where plant fiber (lignocellulose)

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New rapid test tells difference between bacterial and viral infections: "Scientists are reporting development and successful testing of a rapid and accurate test to tell the difference between bacterial and viral infections. Those common afflictions often have similar symptoms but vastly different treatments -- antibiotics work for bacterial infections but not for viruses."

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Belly button biomes begin to blossom: "A project to explore the bacteria present in the human navel has revealed over 600 microbes that may be new to science."

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 "New research suggests that cholesterol boosts resistance in Helicobacter pylori both to many antibiotics and to the endogenous antimicrobial peptide, LL-37. A complete understanding of the pathway of cholesterol uptake might lead to novel strategies thwarting H. pylori by blocking that pathway." Read more at Cholesterol boosts

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 "A potentially pathogenic fungus has found a home living in extreme conditions in some of the most common household appliances, researchers have found. A new paper shows that these sites make perfect habitats for extremotolerant fungi (which includes black yeasts). Some of these are potentially dangerous to human health." Read more at 'My

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from Discover News; posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 "Reporting on the latest news about vaccinations is frustrating. For every step forward we take a step back. First, the good: vaccination rate for measles in the UK has risen to its highest level in 13 years according to the UK Health Protection Agency. The rate — 90% among two-year-olds — is pretty good. I’ll note that this is for the first

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted Tuesday, June 28, 2011 "Scientists have tested a predatory bacterium -- Bdellovibrio -- against Salmonella in the guts of live chickens. They found that it significantly reduced the numbers of Salmonella bacteria and, importantly, showed that Bdellovibrio are safe when ingested, researchers say." Read more at Living antibiotic effective against Salmonella, study

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted Tuesday, June 28, 2011 "Top sirloin steaks have been getting a grilling in food safety studies. Microbiologists are conducting experiments to help make sure that neither the food-borne pathogen Escherichia coli O157:H7 nor any of its pathogenic relatives will ruin the pleasure of eating this popular entree." Read more at Does grilling kill E. coli O157:H7?

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from ScienceDAily.com; posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 "E. coli bacteria exposed to three common antibiotics were more likely to develop antibiotic resistance following low-level antibiotic exposure than after exposure to high concentrations that would kill the bacteria or inhibit their growth, according to a timely article." Read more at E. coli bacteria more likely to develop resistance

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 "Avoiding germs to prevent sickness is commonplace for people. Wash hands often. Sneeze into your elbow. Those are among the tips humans learn. But plants, which are also vulnerable to pathogens, have to fend it alone. They grow where planted, in an environment teeming with microbes and other substances ready to attack. Texas scientists

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted Tuesday, June 21, 2011 "The bacteria that cause Lyme disease appear to hide out in the lymph nodes, triggering a significant immune response, but one that is not strong enough to rout the infection, report researchers." Read more at Lyme disease bacteria take cover in lymph nodes

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted Tuesday, June 21, 2011 "Scientists have discovered a new type of cell in the immune system. The new cell type, a kind of white blood cell, belongs to a family of T-cells that play a critical role in protection against infectious disease. Their findings could ultimately lead to the development of novel drugs that strengthen the immune response against particular

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from Discover Magazine: Health; posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 "It’s been a while since I’ve mentioned antivax topics here, and a lot has happened in the past few weeks and it’s not good. Our old nemesis measles is roaring back in the US, with the CDC actually issuing a warning for travelers. Americans visiting other countries are bringing the disease back with them, and places where

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted Tuesday, June 21, 2011 "Deadly bacteria may be evolving antibiotic resistance by mimicking human proteins, according to a new study." Read more at Deadly bacteria may mimic human proteins to evolve antibiotic resistance.

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted Monday; June 13, 2011 "A group of proteins that act as the body's built-in line of defense against invading bacteria use a molecular trick to induce bacteria to destroy themselves, researchers have determined. The research could point the way toward new anti-bacterial treatments that could take on bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics." Read more at Innate

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from NewScientist.com; posted on Monday; June 13, 2011 "Tracking monthly temperature rises and rainfall can help to predict when a cholera outbreak is likely to hit. Read more at Weather records predict future cholera outbreaks.

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taken from NewScientist.com; posted Monday; June 13, 2011 "The strain of bacteria that has caused lethal food poisoning in Germany is carried by bean sprouts and may have been circulating in people for 10 years" Read more at Bean sprouts to blame for 'decade-old' E. coli.

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From Scientific America; posted Sunday; June 12, 2011Written by Rob Dunn "A new truth about Lady Gaga’s health has recently been revealed. She is covered in other life-forms—“her little monsters” you might call them. Contrary to statements otherwise in the media, these life-forms have nothing to do with Lady Gaga’s meat bikini." Read more at http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=

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from Science News; posted Sunday; June 12, 2011 "At least five Joplin tornado victims are being treated for a rare, aggressive fungal infection. The mucormycosis fungal infection can occur when dirt or vegetative material gets embedded underneath a person's skin." Read more at Joplin Fungus: Some Joplin Tornado Victims Suffering From Rare, Aggressive Fungal Infection.

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from NewScientist.com; posted on June 8, 2011 "A new strain of antibiotic-resistant MRSA found in cows' milk and humans will not be picked up by some screening tests." Read more at New MRSA superbug discovered in cows' milk.

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from NewScientist.com; posted June 8, 2011 "The bacterium that has killed 18 people in Europe is a previously unknown strain" Read more at German E. coli outbreak is a killer hybrid.

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted on June 8,2011 "Researchers in Spain are beginning to experiment with this new technique on the frescoes of Antonio Palomino from the 17th century in the Church of Santos Juanes in Valencia. They have shown that a certain type of micro-organism is capable of cleaning works of art in a fast, specific and respectful way as well as being non-toxic for the restorer and

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from ScienceDaily.com; posted June 8, 2011 "A potential life-saving treatment for severe E. coli food poisoning outbreaks -- developed more than a decade ago -- hasn't gone forward into clinical trials because of lack of commercial interest, Australian researchers say. They have produced a 'designer' probiotic bacterium which binds and neutralises the toxin produced by E. coli, which causes

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from ScienceDaily.com "A new computer model of the Gulf of Mexico in the period after the 2010 oil spill provides insights into how underwater currents may have primed marine microorganisms to degrade the oil." Read more at Gulf currents primed bacteria to degrade oil spill.

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from ScienceDaily.com, posted June 1, 2011 "A protein isolated from beneficial bacteria found in yogurt and dairy products could offer a new, oral therapeutic option for inflammatory bowel disorders, a new study suggests." Read more at Comfort food: Protein from probiotic bacteria may alleviate inflammatory bowel disorders.

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from ScienceDaily.com, posted June 1, 2011"A new bacterium that uses caffeine for food has been discovered. The bacterium uses newly discovered digestive enzymes to break down the caffeine, which allows it to live and grow."Read more at Bacteria use caffeine as food source.

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Taken from ScienceDaily.com, posted June 1, 2011"There is now a promising vaccine candidate for combating the pathogen which causes one of the most common and dangerous hospital infections. An international team of scientists has developed a vaccine based on a carbohydrate against the Clostridium difficile bacterium, which is known to cause serious gastrointestinal diseases mainly in hospitals.

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from ScienceDaily.com, posted June 1, 2011 "Cell phones used by patients and their visitors were twice as likely to contain potentially dangerous bacteria as those of health-care workers, according to a new study." Read more at Dangerous bacteria found on cell phones of hospital patients.

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from ScienceDaily.com, posted Thursday; May 26, 2011"People with severe asthma are more likely to have antibodies against the disease-causing bacteria Chlamydia pneumoniae than the general population and in some cases antibiotic treatment can greatly improve symptoms according to new research. Moreover, patients who were treated on the basis of asthma severity with antibiotics had significant

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form ScienceDaily.com, posted Thursday; May 26, 2011"Using bacteria to generate energy is a significant step closer following a breakthrough discovery. Researchers now demonstrate for the first time the exact molecular structure of the proteins which enable bacterial cells to transfer electrical charge."Read more at Using microbes to generate electricity?

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from Discover Magazine, posted Thursday; May 26, 2011 What’s the News: The bacterium that causes ulcers and some stomach cancers, Helicobacter pylori, could at least contribute to Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study in mice presented at a microbiology conference yesterday. Mice infected with H. pylori have shown Parkinson’s-like symptoms, building on earlier work that has suggested a

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from ScienceDaily.com. posted on Thursday; May 26, 2011 "After corn is processed to make ethanol, what's left of the corn looks something like slightly dampened cornmeal, though a somewhat darker yellow, and not as finely ground. Known as 'wet distiller's grains with solubles,' this byproduct is sometimes used as a cattle feed ingredient. Researchers are studying the pros and cons of that

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from NewScientist.com, posted on Thursday; May 26, 2011 "Microbes with tweaked DNA can convert sunlight and carbon dioxide into oil, but will it ever power our cars?" Read more at Renewable oil: Ancient bacteria could fuel modern life.

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from Nature News Thursday; May 19, 2011 by Erika Check Hayden All science students learn the 'central dogma' of molecular biology: that the sequence of bases encoded in DNA determines the sequence of amino acids that makes up the corresponding proteins. But now researchers suggest that human cells may complicate this tidy picture by making many proteins that do not match their underlying DNA

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from Discover Magazine "Global health officials are expected to decide whether to destroy the world’s last caches of smallpox at the 64th World Health Assembly this week. The disease was declared eradicated by the World Health Organization in 1979, but two small stores of the virus remain: one at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and one in a Russian government lab.

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from The NewScientist.com "The helpful bacteria that live in our guts fall into just three different groups – what does that mean for us?" Read more at Each human has one of only three gut ecosystems:

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from Discover Magazine "Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hGC), a hormone produced during pregnancy, is isolated from the urine of pregnant women and used to treat infertility. Since the 1950s, however, it’s also been used as a weight-loss aid—and still is, even though there’s no solid evidence showing it works. But taking hCG could be worse than just ineffective: A new study shows that doses of the

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from ScienceDaily.com "Investigators from Japan show in vitro that the bacterium Streptococcus salivarius, a non-biofilm forming, and otherwise harmless inhabitant of the human mouth, actually inhibits the formation of dental biofilms, otherwise known as plaque. Two enzymes this bacteria produces are responsible for this inhibition." Read more at Streptococcus enzyme could compete with

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from ScienceDaily.com "Scientists have produced 15 to 30 grams per liter of n-butanol by constructing a biochemical pathway and adding a driving force to E. coli, setting a record beyond current production practices." Read more at E. coli engineered to produce record-setting amounts of alternative fuel.

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from Nature News by Matt Kaplan Sunday; May 15, 2011 "Microbial mats might have functioned as oxygen oases for primitive multicellular life. Animals can use the pockets of oxygen trapped in mats of photosynthetic bacteria to survive in anoxic environments. Mats of plant-like bacteria dramatically increase local oxygen levels in the lakes where they are found, as a result of photosynthesis. That

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from Discover Health Medicine, Saturday; May 14, 2011: What’s the News: We know the bacteria living in our guts are important to our health—but the bacteria in mosquitoes’ guts could be too. Researchers have discovered a species of mosquito gut bacteria that destroys the malaria parasite, keeping the disease from spreading to humans. This explains why some Anopheles mosquitoes (the only genus

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ScienceDaily - Tuesday, April 27, 2010 "Researchers are developing and testing a broad-spectrum antiviral compound capable of stopping a wide range of highly dangerous viruses, including Ebola, HIV, hepatitis C virus, West Nile virus, Rift Valley fever virus and yellow fever virus, among others." read more ...

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ScienceDaily - Tuesday, April 27, 2010 "The rise of multi-drug resistance in gonorrhea-causing bacteria is threatening to make this sexually-transmitted infection extremely difficult to treat. Medical researchers have highlighted the very real possibility that strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae resistant to all current treatment options could emerge in the near future." read more ...

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ScienceDaily - Tuesday, April 27, 2010 "A new study has uncovered how bacteria recognize and develop resistance to a powerful antibiotic used to treat superbug infections. Researchers have identified the specific mechanism that triggers resistance to vancomycin." read more ...

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ScienceDaily - Monday, April 26, 2010 "The use of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections causes a continual and vicious cycle that leads to the emergence and spread of resistant strains. What if it didn't have to be this way? One researcher explains how it could work." read more...

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ScienceDaily Thursday, April 22, 2010"Laboratory research and clinical studies are beginning to demonstrate that DNA vaccines can be as effective as traditional vaccines. A number of factors are driving the growth of the field, especially new approaches to electroporation, vaccine formulation, and vector design."read more ...

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NewScientist - Monday, April 19, 2010 The New York Times reports that Wisconsin has just appointed the cheese-making bacterium Lactococcus lactis as its official state microbe. It's the first state to do so, which got us thinking: what should the other states' microbes be? Read more ...

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ScienceDaily - Monday, April 19, 2010"Researchers have found that many metropolitan Milwaukee child care directors would unnecessarily send children with mild illnesses home."read more ...

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ScienceDaily April 2010 "Tapeworm infections of the brain, which can cause epileptic seizures, appear to be increasing in Mexico and bordering southwestern states, researchers report." read more ...

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ScienceDaily April 2010 "A new study finds that reports of a neurologic disease called Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) have been low after 2009 H1N1 vaccination." read more ...

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ScienceDaily March 2010 "Many children have long-term problems with fluid in the middle ear, and sometimes surgery is the only way to shift it. However, a bacterial nasal spray can have the same effect in some children, new research reveals." read more ...:

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ScienceDaily March 2010 "Bile secretions in the small intestine send signals to disease-causing gut bacteria allowing them to change their behavior to maximize their chances of surviving, according to new research. The findings could allow us to better protect food from contamination by these harmful bacteria, as well as understand how they manage to cause disease." read more ...

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ScienceDaily - Feb 2010"Researchers have conducted a study on prion disease and found that transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) can be induced without an outside catalyst like a virus."read more ...

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ScienceDaily - Feb 2010"Oncogenic retroviruses are a particular family of viruses that can cause some types of cancer. Scientists have now identified a 'virulence factor' that inhibits the host immune response and allows the virus to spread throughout the body. This factor is a sequence of amino acids that is located in the envelope protein of the virus."read more ...:

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by Andrew PollackMonday, March 1, 2010A growing threat in antibiotic resistance is a group of Gram negative bacteria becoming more prevalent. read more ...

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CNN.comTuesday; February 23, 2010"More than 300 passengers aboard a U.S. cruise ship came down with a gastrointestinal illness during what should have been a relaxing vacation through the Caribbean, a cruise line said."read more ...:

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ScienceDailyMonday, February 22, 2010"Infectious diseases in the general population depend to a large extent on underlying genetic vulnerabilities, an expert in innate immunity says. While microbes are required for infection, he says, one's genetic background could make the difference between fighting an infection and succumbing to it."read more ...:

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CNN.comThursday; February 18, 2010"The Food and Drug Administration says Chilean salmon is still safe to consume despite a virus that has killed scores of fish."read more ...:

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Science DailyThursday; February 18, 2010"A common bacteria found in many healthy adult females that can cause life-threatening infections when passed to newborns could be introduced to some women through frequent contact with cows, according to a new research. Group B streptococcus could be a zoonotic disease -- transmitted between different species -- which may have significant public health

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ScienceDaily - 02/15/10"It is thought that the sleep disorder narcolepsy is an autoimmune disorder -- that is, it is caused by the individual's immune system attacking certain cells in the body -- but this had not been proven definitively. But now, researchers have now identified autoantibodies (immune molecules that target a natural protein in the body rather than a protein from an infectious

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"The first head-to-head comparison of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies produced from plants versus the same antibodies produced from mammalian cells has shown that plant-produced antibodies can fight infection equally well. Scientists conducted the comparison as a test of the potential for treating disease in developing nations with the significantly less expensive plant-based production

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from ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News"We all have at one time or another experienced the typical signs of an infection: the fever, the listlessness, the lack of appetite. They are orchestrated by the brain in response to circulating cytokines, the signaling molecules of the immune system. But just how cytokines' reach extends beyond the almost impenetrable blood-brain barrier has been the

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from ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News"It's been implicated as the bacterium that causes ulcers and the majority of stomach cancers, but new studies have found that Helicobacter pylori also may play a protective role -- against the worldwide killer, tuberculosis."read more ...

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from ScienceDaily: Microbe NewsScientists have long pondered the seeming contradiction that taking broad-spectrum antibiotics over a long period of time can lead to severe secondary bacterial infections. Now researchers may have figured out why. They show that "good" bacteria in the gut keep the immune system primed to more effectively fight infection from invading pathogenic bacteria. Altering

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from ScienceDaily"A study shows that antiviral proteins called type I interferons (IFNs) are needed to fend off infection with an exotic mosquito-borne virus called Chikungunya virus. This pathogen, which causes high fevers and severe joint pain, triggered a recent epidemic in Southeast Asia, infecting more than 30 percent of the population in some areas."read more ...

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Here is a look at some parasite you definitely want to avoid. 9 Human Parasites You Dont Want Along for the Ride: http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2010/01/9-human-parasites-you-dont-want-along-for-the-ride.php Posted via email from johncjones21's posterous

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from ScienceDaily: Microbe News1/18/10"Bacteria that produce compounds to reduce inflammation and strengthen host defenses could be used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Such probiotic microbes could be the most successful treatment for IBD to date, as explained in a new review."read more ...

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