Gut bacteria are considered to be a key factor in many health-related issues. However, the number and variety of them are vast, as are the ways in which they interact with the body’s chemistry and each other. For the first time, researchers from the University of Tokyo used a special kind of artificial intelligence called … Read more
Getty Images The first bacteria our bodies meet – in the hours after we’re born – could protect us from dangerous infections, UK scientists say. They have shown, for the first time, that good bacteria seem to halve the risk of young children being admitted to hospital with lung infections. The researchers said it was … Read more
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Kiel University have shown in a study that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can be found in soil bacterial communities due to microbial interactions driven by a species of predatory bacteria. Published in Current Biology, the study looked at how the presence of the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus affects … Read more
Much of the food we eat is grown with synthetic fertilizer, which is a huge source of climate change. But now, a seed with DNA-modified bacteria is reducing the amount of synthetic fertilizer that farmers have to apply to their fields. Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains. Source link
Reckitt are recalling batches of Nutramigen powders after finding bacteria in an “isolated overseas sample”. Source link
Health care workers conducting a TB control awareness rally in Vijayawada. File | Photo Credit: K.V.S Giri Tuberculosis (TB) is a treatable disease, but drug resistance is now a major public health concern exacerbated by the emergence of multi and extensively drug-resistant TB. India has the highest burden of Multi-Drug Resistant-TB (MDR-TB) bacteria with the … Read more
Washington: As we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the microorganisms that cause various diseases can rapidly change into versions that avoid detection and treatment. However, researchers presenting in ACS Infectious Diseases have discovered a process that could aid in detecting these elusive infections. Their “AutoPLP” approach creates nucleic acid probes that are quick, accurate, … Read more
Ruth Hutchinson, director of public health at Surrey County Council, said: “We are deeply saddened by the death of a pupil at Ashford Church of England School and we offer our sincere condolences to their family, friends and the whole school community, who are in our thoughts.” Source link
By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have identified five types of bacteria associated with aggressive prostate cancer, and they say their findings could lead to new treatments for the disease. The five types of bacteria were common in urine and tissue samples from men with aggressive prostate … Read more
April 13, 2022 – Researchers at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a type of bacteria that could potentially protect humans from the harmful side effects of antibiotics, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering. Although antibiotics remain a major tool to fight bacterial infections, they … Read more