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Cholera Turn-On

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 - 10:03:41 - Anuradha Menon

An important toxin behind cholera's lethality activates itself by clamping down on a signaling molecule found only in hosts susceptible to the...

Gut Bacteria Involved in Colon Cancer
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 - Anni Shaer Levitt
It has been long thought that normal gut bacteria were involved in colon cancer, but the exact mechanism was not clear. Now...

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New Light on Cells' Ability to Follow

Saturday, October 4th, 2008 - 14:53:09 - Anuradha Menon

Scientists have long known that single-cell organisms find their way around by detecting chemicals in their surroundings. Now new research out this...

Co-operative Evolution Demonstrated

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 - 20:06:33 - Ehud Rattner

Bacteria can commit suicide to help their brethren establish more damaging infections — and scientists think that they can explain how this behavior...

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Attacks Immune System

Friday, August 15th, 2008 - 10:03:21 - Anuradha Menon

'Flesh-eating' or 'Strep' bacteria are able to survive and spread in the body by degrading a key immune defense molecule, according to researchers at...

Commercial Product Kills Fruit Bacteria

Friday, June 27th, 2008 - 12:33:20 - Ehud Rattner

Research conducted by food science faculty at the University of Idaho and Washington State University indicate that a commercially available fruit...

Pigs' Raising Without Antibiotics Issues

Thursday, June 12th, 2008 - 18:34:41 - Ehud Rattner

While consumers are increasing demand for pork produced without antibiotics, more of the pigs raised in such conditions carry bacteria and parasites...

New Meningitis B Vaccine Developed
Thursday, June 5th, 2008 - Anni Shaer Levitt
Novartis, an international drug company, has recently developed a vaccine against the meningococcal B strain. This is the...

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MIT Creates Bacteria-Resistant Films

Monday, May 19th, 2008 - 20:03:10 - Ehud Rattner

Having found that whether bacteria stick to surfaces depends partly on how stiff those surfaces are, MIT engineers have created ultrathin films made...

Bacterium Big Enough to See

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 - 10:13:57 - Ehud Rattner

Well, perhaps not quite Shaquille O'Neal. But it is Shaq-teria. The secret to an unusual bacterium's massive size - it's the size of a grain of salt...

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