Bacteria in Biological Technology

SmartGene's Services for Faster, More Precise Identification of Bacteria and Fungi to be Used by The Johns Hopkins Hospital

RALEIGH, N.C. , July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartGene, Inc., a provider of novel services for the management and analysis of genetic data, today announced that it has entered into an agreement under which The Johns Hopkins Hospital will utilize SmartGene's advanced technology and integrated...

Genetically engineered bacteria compute the route

US researchers have created 'bacterial computers' with the potential to solve complicated mathematics problems. The findings of the research, published in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Biological Engineering , demonstrate that computing in living cells is feasible, opening the door to a...

Improving Transfusion Safety: Fenwal, Verax Biomedical Sign Agreement for Rapid, Point-of-Care Bacteria Test

LAKE ZURICH, Ill., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Fenwal Inc., a global medical technology company focused on improving blood collection, separation, safety and availability, announced today it has signed a five-year exclusive worldwide agreement with Verax Biomedical Incorporated to market, se...

New Probiotics Bacteria Supplier ProbioFerm, LLC Provides the Highest Quality Beneficial Bacteria Available for Product Development

Although recently established, new Probiotics bacteria supplier ProbioFerm, LLC pulls from a thoroughly experienced team to provide the highest possible quality bacteria available. The unique private label manufacturing company serves animal feed and agriculture businesses, functioning as a valu...

Israeli scientists show bacteria can plan ahead

Bacteria can anticipate a future event and prepare for it, according to new research at the Weizmann Institute of Science. In a paper that appeared today in Nature , Prof. Yitzhak Pilpel, doctoral student Amir Mitchell and research associate Dr. Orna Dahan of the Institute's Molecular Genetics De...

BASF Set To Commercialize pro-t-action(TM) Eliminating Caries Causing Bacteria From the Mouth

OrganoBalance GmbH and BASF developed pro-t-action(TM) product based on probiotic microorganisms Active ingredient easily integrated into consumer products for daily oral care Full research studies introduced at International Association of Dental Research annual conference in Miami , ...

Fuel from food waste: bacteria provide power

Researchers have combined the efforts of two kinds of bacteria to produce hydrogen in a bioreactor, with the product from one providing food for the other. According to an article in the August issue of Microbiology Today, this technology has an added bonus: leftover enzymes can be used to scave...

White Paper Details New Techniques for Isolating, Identifying Anaerobic Bacteria and Organisms

NORWOOD, Mass., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- A new, free white paper titled "Effectively Culturing Anaerobic Bacteria" is now available from Spiral Biotech, Inc. at: http://www.aicompanies.com/anoxomat . The white paper details new techniques for isolating and identifying anaerobic bacteria in or...

Study Confirms Anti-Infective ARIKACE(TM) Effectively Penetrates Mucus and Biofilm, and Kills Pseudomonas, a Bacteria Plaguing Cystic Fibrosis Patients

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Transave Inc. reported today that its lead product candidate, ARIKACE(TM) (liposomal amikacin for inhalation), may have the ability to penetrate mucus and biofilms, and decrease the number of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infections in patients w...

ICBS acquires 30% interest in Bacteria Bank Ltd.

NEW YORK and MONTREAL, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - ICBS Limited (PINKSHEETS: ICBM), today announced the acquisition of 30% interest in Bacteria Bank Ltd. Bacteria Bank Ltd., is a Bio medical company that owns over ten thousand cryogenically stored bacteria for use in medical research, lo...

Scientists determine the structure of highly efficient light-harvesting molecules in green bacteria

An international team of scientists has determined the structure of the chlorophyll molecules in green bacteria that are responsible for harvesting light energy. The team's results one day could be used to build artificial photosynthetic systems, such as those that convert solar energy to electri...

Osprey Biotechnics: More Trillions of Good Bacteria

SARASOTA, Fla., March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A company here is expanding to produce more trillions of beneficial bacteria -- the hungry kind that open drain pipes, clean up soil and groundwater, treat waste water, and are beneficial to fruits and vegetables. Osprey Biotechnics is quadr...

Immune system protein starves 'staph' bacteria

One of the ways we defend ourselves against bacterial foes is to hide their food, particularly the metals they crave. A multi-disciplinary team led by Vanderbilt University investigators has now discovered that a protein inside certain immune system cells blocks the growth of staph bacteria by sop...

Quick microchip test for dangerous antibiotic resistant bacteria

Researchers at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Surrey have developed microchips capable of quickly and cheaply identifying dangerous and drug resistant bacteria in clinical samples, scientists announced today (Wednesday 5 September 2007) at the Society for General Microbiology's 161st Meetin...

Screening of Beer-Spoilage Bacteria Using the LightCycler PCR Workflow System

The new LightCycler foodproof Beer Screening Kit (dedicated to the detection of beer-spoilage bacteria on the LightCycler Instrument) in combination with the MagNA Pure LC DNA III Kit (for the automated isolation of bacte...

Amplification of the amoA Gene of Nitrosococcus oceani Bacteria Using Eppendorf MasterTaq

Kathryn L. Dudeck and Wendy A. Dustman University of Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences Introduction This application describes the use of the MasterTaq polymer...

A membrane-lid tube for bacteria cultivation and freeze-drying

Wilhelm Bockelmann, Institut fr Mikrobiologie, Bundesanstalt fr Milchforschung; Kiel, Germany Susanne Wagner, Eppendorf AG Introduction Miniaturization plays an ever ...

ConjuGon receives $500,000 to battle bacteria

MADISON ConjuGon, Inc. has received a $500,000 federal research grant, the company announced Tuesday. ConjuGon was awarded a phase II small-business innovation research grant from the National Science Foundation to continue work on an antibacterial treatment. The funding complements the $100,...

NimbleGen Systems CGS technique helps identify stomach bacteria

Madison, Wis. - Researchers from Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, using Comparative Genome Sequencing (CGS) from NimbleGen Systems , have identified evolutionary changes in the human pathogen Helicobacter pyloria bacterium that infects the lining of the stomach and can cause co...

Transposagen Creates a Rat Model of the Human Immune System

...ansposagen's SCID rats are characterized by a deficiency of T-cells, B-cells and NK-cells, some of the white blood cells necessary to prevent invasive bacteria and viruses from causing serious disease. "This new immune deficiency rat model cannot reject transplanted tissues, even from other species, and will ...

Rib-X Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Phase 2 Study Results for Radezolid in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

...P) Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) can be caused by a variety of bacteria and viruses and is the seventh most common cause of death in the United Sta...el classes of antibiotics active against multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria and the RX-02 discovery program is focused on developing an IV/oral macroli...

Bacteria pack their own demise

...NA strands that together measure two meters, while bacteria have to make do with around one millimetre of DNA....the bacterium. The upshot for the species is that bacteria that loses their T-A gene and probably have susta...ons in their DNA, while Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria even have them in 60 locations. A difficult fe...

Advanced Life Sciences Receives Complete Response Letter From FDA for Restanza(TM) (Cethromycin) in Community Acquired Pneumonia

... in development for the treatment of CAP. It has shown higher in vitro potency and a broader range of activity than macrolides against Gram-positive bacteria associated with respiratory tract infections, and, again in in vitro tests, it appears to be effective against penicillin-, macrolide- and fluoroqui...

Transave Enters Into Cooperative Research Agreement With NIH To Study ARIKACE(TM) In Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

...aging as we tackle this additional disease state in collaboration with NIAID." There is no clear evidence on what triggers NTM disease, but the bacteria are commonly found in potable water and in soil, and it has been associated with lung disease in certain patients. Transave estimates that there are ...

Microban Partners With YogaDirect.com to Launch Yoga Mats With Zinc Antimicrobial Technology

...at, microbes can double in number every 20 minutes. Microban antimicrobial protection works continuously to fight the growth of stain and odor causing bacteria and fungus, keeping YogaDirect's mats cleaner between cleanings. And, because Microban technology is infused into the yoga mat during the manufacturin...

NovaBay(R) Pharmaceuticals to Present at Jesup & Lamont 2009 Growth Stock Conference

...ly effective against bacteria, including its multi-drug resistant strains, viruses and fungi. They also have been demonstrated to be effective against bacteria in biofilms, which render most antibiotics ineffective. Aganocides have a broad therapeutic index while providing a high degree of potency and tolera...

DNA Software, Inc. Awarded $2.5 M in NIH Funding to Develop Pioneering Nucleic Acid-based Technologies

...ules. Yet, the 3D structures for the complete ribosomes of many pathogenic bacteria are still unknown. Thus, the ribosome represents an important target for s...rediction and future drug development, including antibiotics for pathogenic bacteria that have developed drug resistance. DNA Software has a breakthrough te...

Human Genome Sciences Announces New Order for Raxibacumab (ABthrax(TM)) from U.S. Government

...e not effective against the deadly toxins that the bacteria produce. Raxibacumab targets anthrax toxins after they are released by the bacteria into the blood and tissues. In an inhalation anthr...of the anthrax toxins. Research has shown that the bacteria produce protective antigen, the key facilitator in...

Magellan Diagnostic Businesses to Feature Automated Systems and Diagnostic Tests at Clinical Lab Expo

...mpatible system -- more FDA-cleared antimicrobial drugs than on any other automated platform against the widest range of non-fastidious and fastidious bacteria and yeasts. This saves microbiology labs from having to use multiple off-line test procedures to obtain accurate susceptibility data. In order to incr...

UCSF researchers help crack parasite genome, identify drug leads

...ty associated with the disease. "Research with the schistosome worm presents a number of unique challenges not found with single-celled organisms, bacteria or viruses," he said. "Developing a screening system required a series of elements to be in place concurrently, including a reliable source of the par...

New drugs faster from natural compounds: A UC San Diego breakthrough

...s.ucsd.edu/Features/2009/Discovering_Diversity/images/07_2009_Feature.pdf ) Nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) often serve as chemical defenses for the bacteria that manufacture them. Starting from penicillin, NRPs have an unparalleled track record in pharmacology: most anti-cancer and anti-microbial agents ar...

BioNeutral's Ygiene(TM) Hospital Grade Achieves World Class Independent Test Results in Killing Life Threatening Spores/Organisms

...yacide(R) GA 25. While these antimicrobials may eliminate easily eradicated bacteria and some viruses, they have no effect on spores and therefore cannot provid...pid and effective killing of all multi-antibiotic drug resistant pathogenic bacteria like MRSA, VRE, ESBL, AmpC, KPC, etc in the hospital environment is again e...

Data Published in The New England Journal of Medicine Support Use of Raxibacumab (ABthrax(TM)) for the Treatment of Inhalation Anthrax

...e not effective against the deadly toxins that the bacteria produce. Raxibacumab targets anthrax toxins after they are released by the bacteria into the blood and tissues. In an inhalation anthr...of the anthrax toxins. Research has shown that the bacteria produce protective antigen, the key facilitator in...

DOR BioPharma Announces Issuance of European Patent for its LPM(TM) Oral Drug Delivery Technology

...ction of the micelles to open up small channels that allow only molecules of a certain dimension to pass through, excluding extremely large molecules, bacteria and viruses. The reverse micelles also structurally prevent the rapid inactivation of peptides by enzymes in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Other s...

High-Tech 'Smart' Face Mask Helps Hong Kong Families Combat Swine Flu

...n Australia. About BioFriend(TM) In 2008, Filligent developed a revolutionary technology, called BioFriend(TM), which kills viruses and bacteria on contact. BioFriend's molecular technology can be applied to substrates such as rayon and cotton textile fiber. BioFriend(TM) captures pathogens by ...

Celtic Pharma Holdings Announces Investment in Novacta Biosystems Limited

... drugs are needed to target C. difficile without depleting other beneficial bacteria in the gut and preclinical data show that Novacta's lead lantibiotics selectively kill C. difficile with less disturbance of normal gut bacteria than seen with existing drugs. C. difficile infections (CDIs) are a serious...

First step to converting solar energy using 'artificial leaf'

...hese: the antenna. Imitating light antennae of bacteria The fastest light harvesters are to be found i... leaves, algae and bacteria. The light antennae of bacteria chlorosomes are the fastest of all. They have to...Groot: 'We already knew that the light antennae in bacteria form a structure rather like the annual rings of a...

Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Appoints Dr. Russell Greig to Board of Directors

...hospital acquired pneumonias. The Rx-04 discovery program is developing novel classes of antibiotics active against multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria and the Rx-02 discovery program is focused on developing an IV/oral macrolide active against methicillin-resistant S. aureus , multidrug-resistant S...

Sanofi Pasteur Responds to Nation's Need for Hib Vaccine With Increased Supply

...f Hib vaccine, Hib disease still exists and can be carried in the noses and throats of people who do not demonstrate symptoms. Carriers can spread the bacteria to infants and children who are not immunized or who are incompletely immunized. Vaccinating infants fully and on time helps protect them when they ar...

Ganeden Biotech Introduces GanPro(TM) Direct-Fed Microbial for Livestock

... easier to use than many other DFM and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) products because, unlike many DFM and LAB pr... maintain the balance between good and bad gut bacteria "Ganeden Biotech is proud t...r DFMs, in the animal nutrition industry, are good bacteria that have been shown to improve both digestive and...