Navigation Links
Fighting the spread of food poisoning
Date:10/2/2007

A Queensland University of Technology researcher has developed a new technique that can help scientists and clinicians quickly and cheaply diagnose the bacteria which causes the most common bout of food poisoning in Australia.

Erin Price, from QUT's Faculty of Science, has developed a novel set of methods that uses genetic markers to pinpoint the bacteria Campylobacter jejuni.

"Campylobacter jejuni is the commonest cause of bacterial food-borne gastroenteritis in westernised countries," Ms Price said.

"It is more common than salmonella, yet most people have never heard of it."

Ms Price said although there were about 20,000 registered cases of the disease in Australia each year, scientists believed the real rate could be 10 times higher.

"The reason the rate is so low is that it rarely kills people and is self-resolving, so in many cases it is not diagnosed," she said.

"Symptoms include diarrhoea which can last anywhere from two days to two weeks."

Ms Price said despite the high rates of infection, it was still unknown exactly how the bacteria was transmitted to humans.

"We think that it is mainly transmitted in foodstuffs, and predominantly from improperly handled and undercooked poultry, although there are potentially many other sources of infection," she said.

"One hampering factor in detecting Campylobacter jejuni is the lack of standardised, routine, simple and cost-effective methods of fingerprinting or identifying the bacteria.

"What I have done is develop a systematic and novel genotyping method to be used by clinicians and scientists, which essentially creates a fingerprint of the bacteria using genetic markers.

"This fingerprint can then be used to characterise the bacterial strain present."

Ms Price's novel genotyping methods rely on software developed at QUT which identified genetic targets.

She said that by improving methods for char
'/>"/>

Contact: Sandra Hutchinson
s3.hutchinson@qut.edu.au
61-731-382-130
Queensland University of Technology
Source:Eurekalert

1

GOOD

Page: 1 2

Related biology news :

1. Molecule that usually protects infection-fighting cells may cause plaque deposits inside arteries
2. Researchers find promising cancer-fighting power of synthetic cell-signaling molecule
3. To Stop Evolution: New Way Of Fighting Antibiotic Resistance Demonstrated By Scripps Scientists
4. Experiment station researchers to explore genome of disease-fighting fungus
5. Bacterial genome sheds light on synthesizing cancer-fighting compounds
6. Fighting malaria by manipulating mosquitoes sense of smell
7. Anthrax stops body from fighting back, study shows
8. Scientists develop fungus-fighting vaccine
9. Radioactive scorpion venom for fighting cancer
10. Prevention is the best option: fighting autoimmune diseases
11. Fighting like a girl or boy determined by gene in fruit flies
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:6/17/2013)... 2013 An international team led by scientists at ... Institute and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva ... that attacks the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium in two different ... solve one of the major global health crises of ... strains," said Peter G. Schultz, the Scripps Family Chair ...
(Date:6/17/2013)... ST. LOUIS -- In research published in Biochemical ... describe a technology that can detect new, previously unknown ... for viruses even when doctors have not identified a ... , In the new approach, scientists use ... discover viruses. , Taking advantage of the complete deciphering ...
(Date:6/17/2013)... early onset of puberty in girls, a new clinical ... Endocrine Society,s 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. , ... 10 and 14. Boys undergo these changes later, usually ... is diagnosed in girls when sexual development begins before ... when these changes occur before age 9. , Recently, ...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):New compound excels at killing persistent and drug-resistant tuberculosis 2New compound excels at killing persistent and drug-resistant tuberculosis 3New compound excels at killing persistent and drug-resistant tuberculosis 4Saint Louis University researchers discover a way to detect new viruses 2Saint Louis University researchers discover a way to detect new viruses 3Vitamin D supplementation may delay precocious puberty in girls 2
... to examine the role of sweeteners in the ... among various ingredients used in scientific studies, ,according ... distinctly different ingredients, such ,as pure fructose and ... and misleads ,consumers. Recent studies using ...
... Ben-Gurion University of the Negev engineers have developed ... reactors, making it unsuitable for use in nuclear arms. ... the basic synthetic element found in commercial smoke detectors ... peaceful purposes. , This technique could help "de-claw" more ...
... similar, if not lower, costs and very large reductions ... one of the key take-home messages from a series ... America,s Energy Future (RBAEF)" in a special issue of ... journal believes that the collection, which includes a comparative ...
Cached Biology News:Pure fructose frequently confused with high fructose corn syrup 2Ben-Gurion University engineers develop technique to help combat nuclear proliferation 2Cellulosic biofuel technology will generate low-cost green fuel, says major study 2Cellulosic biofuel technology will generate low-cost green fuel, says major study 3
(Date:6/18/2013)... June 18, 2013 Nasseo, Inc. today ... Challenge Winner out of hundreds of applicants by the ... Arizona Innovation Challenge . The Arizona Innovation Challenge ... a technology commercialization challenge, granting a financial award to ... technology ventures. Nasseo’s state of the art dental and ...
(Date:6/18/2013)... WILMINGTON, Delaware , June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ ... to announce the release of the HELM biomolecular ... permissive open source MIT licence. HELM ... of a wide range of biomolecules (e.g. proteins, ... render existing small-molecule and sequence-based informatics methodologies impractical ...
(Date:6/18/2013)... LONDON , June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ ... leading international investment research firm, announces the ... (BIO.PA), a French biopharmaceutical company developing and ... supportive care indications.      (Logo: ... a comprehensive report examining the investment merits ...
(Date:6/18/2013)... , June 18, 2013 The "Bioinformatics ... Platforms, Knowledge Management Tools & Data Analysis Services) & Application ... studies the Major Market Drivers, Restraints, and Opportunities in ... Asia-Pacific and Rest of World. ... 22 Figures ...
Breaking Biology Technology:Nasseo Named 2013 Innovation Challenge Winner by Arizona Commerce Authority 2The Pistoia Alliance Releases HELM Biomolecular Representation Standard Open Source Tools 2Edison Expands French Healthcare Sector Coverage With Initiation of Coverage on BioAlliance Pharma 2Edison Expands French Healthcare Sector Coverage With Initiation of Coverage on BioAlliance Pharma 3Bioinformatics Market Worth $7.5 Billion by 2017 2Bioinformatics Market Worth $7.5 Billion by 2017 3
... September 1, 2010 ... ... var shortURL ... longUrl, so we need to grab the first one. for (var r in data.results) { first_result = ...
... Deloitte Recap recently presented the Allicense 2010 ... biotechnology firm, Exelixis, in recognition of their potential ... worldwide exclusive licenses for two early-stage cancer treatments ... inhibitor programs.  In exchange, Sanofi-aventis provided Exelixis an ...
... Rx, the developers of PharmFilm® technology and a ... today announced that its partner, Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals ... plc (LSE: RB), has received approval from the ... Suboxone® (buprenorphine HCl/naloxone HCl dihydrate) sublingual film for ...
Cached Biology Technology:Microplasmin Meets Primary Endpoint in Second Phase III Trial in VMA, Confirms Positive Findings of First Trial 2Microplasmin Meets Primary Endpoint in Second Phase III Trial in VMA, Confirms Positive Findings of First Trial 3Microplasmin Meets Primary Endpoint in Second Phase III Trial in VMA, Confirms Positive Findings of First Trial 4Microplasmin Meets Primary Endpoint in Second Phase III Trial in VMA, Confirms Positive Findings of First Trial 5Microplasmin Meets Primary Endpoint in Second Phase III Trial in VMA, Confirms Positive Findings of First Trial 6Microplasmin Meets Primary Endpoint in Second Phase III Trial in VMA, Confirms Positive Findings of First Trial 7Microplasmin Meets Primary Endpoint in Second Phase III Trial in VMA, Confirms Positive Findings of First Trial 8Microplasmin Meets Primary Endpoint in Second Phase III Trial in VMA, Confirms Positive Findings of First Trial 9Microplasmin Meets Primary Endpoint in Second Phase III Trial in VMA, Confirms Positive Findings of First Trial 10Microplasmin Meets Primary Endpoint in Second Phase III Trial in VMA, Confirms Positive Findings of First Trial 11Deloitte Recap Honors Sanofi-aventis and Exelixis With the Allicense 2010 Breakthrough Alliance Award for Early-Stage Collaboration in Cancer 2MonoSol Rx Announces Reckitt Benckiser FDA Approval of Suboxone® Sublingual Film for Treatment of Opioid Dependence 2MonoSol Rx Announces Reckitt Benckiser FDA Approval of Suboxone® Sublingual Film for Treatment of Opioid Dependence 3
...
GLP expression profiling service on the Affymetrix platform. Starting material can be blood, tissue or RNA. 5 day turnaround. Standard and custom post analyses of microarray data available....
... Service enables early selection of the ... providing quantitative data for sensitivity, dynamic ... antibody. Furthermore quantitative antibody fingerprints can ... of your antibodies., The full-service package ...
... kit allows for rapid, convenient, and efficient ... bind/wash/elute process utilizes a spin column to ... for concentration of proteins which were electro-eluted ... strong ion exchangers, offering high binding capacity ...
Biology Products: