Ulcer Causing Microbe Linked To Protection From Asthma
Ulcer causing bugs may not be all that bad for you. Recent research has confirmed previous work linking Helicobacter pylori to reduced chances of developing childhood asthma.// The researchers from New York University School of Medicine, who published their report in the journal Archives of In...Cold, Flu or Pneumonia? Answer May Lie in Blood Test
...pe of pathogen the person is reacting to," Zaas explained in a news release from the university. The study, in the August issue of Cell Host & microbe , could lead to changes in the way doctors care for people who develop upper respiratory infections. Cold, flu and pneumonia symptoms are similar, and...Eliminating Cell Receptor Prevents Infections in Animal Study
... disease." The current study, publishing July 23 in Cell Host and microbe , focused on the coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR), which Bergel...tects mice from virus-induced pancreatitis and myocarditis," Cell Host and microbe , published July 23, 2009. About The Children's Hospital of Philad...Elsevier Announces 2008 Journal Impact Factor Highlights
...l Stem Cell ( http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/home ) (16.826) entered the Cell Biology category ranked 6th (of 157 journals), while Cell Host & microbe ( http://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/home ) (7.436) entered the Microbiology category ranked10th (of 91 journals). Another impressive result in its...The microbial hydrocarbon diet
...n , researchers in China describe studies of a new microbe that can digest hydrocarbons. Hong-Qi Wang and ...as now found the optimal conditions for the Daqing microbe to feast on hydrocarbon, which could point the way...nd a temperature of 30 Celsius are optimal for the microbe to produce the main degradation enzyme. They also ...Estrogen linked to lowered immunity in fish
...pathogens. Or it could be more complex. To live, a microbe must have iron, so when a microbe invades a person or animal, that microbe must obtain iron from its host. To 'fight' the mic...China Medicine Announces First Quarter 2009 Results
...nse for a premixed feed additive and a manufacturing license for a feed additive for our production facility, which is leased from Guangzhou Municipal microbe Research Institute, has enabled us to enter into a trial production phase. We expect trial sales phase for rADTZ to begin in late May. We expect gross...China Medicine Corporation Achieves Major Milestone for rADTZ
...g license for premixed feed additive and a manufacturing license for feed additive for its production facility that is leased from Guangzhou Municipal microbe Research Institute. The Company owns 70% of Co-Win's equity interests through the Company's 100% equity ownership of Guangzhou Konzern Medicine Co., L...Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Provides Corporate Update
...d in the Human Microbiome Project, as well as others working in the area of microbe detection and analysis. We further believe that the development of rapid, ... involved in the Human Microbiome Project and others working in the area of microbe detection and analysis; the Company's decision to focus primarily on the ap...MicroPhage Successfully Completes Beta Trial for Rapid MRSA Test
...e organism in the sample is challenged with an antibiotic. Because phages depend on host bacteria for growth, any compound that kills or inhibits the microbe will stop phage growth. Only resistant strains allow multiplication of phages and yield a positive signal on the detector strip. Further information ...3M DuraPrep Surgical Solution
Features:... Achieves a 99.999% microbe kill (in vitro) including antibiotic-resistant bacteria Dries to a water-insoluble film that resists washing away by blood and saline optimizing th...Plant microbe shares features with drug-resistant pathogen
UPTON, NY -- An international team of scientists has discovered extensive similarities between a strain of bacteria commonly associated with plants and one increasingly linked to opportunistic infections in hospital patients. The findings suggest caution in the use of the plant-associated strain f...A tiny frozen microbe may hold clues to extraterrestrial life
A novel bacterium that has been trapped more than three kilometres under glacial ice in Greenland for over 120 000 years, may hold clues as to what life forms might exist on other planets. Dr Jennifer Loveland-Curtze and a team of scientists from Pennsylvania State University report finding th...Mysterious microbe plays important role in ocean ecology
An unusual microorganism discovered in the open ocean may force scientists to rethink their understanding of how carbon and nitrogen cycle through ocean ecosystems. A paper describing the new findings appears in the November 14 issue of the journal Science . A research team led by Jonathan ...Mysterious microbe may play important role in ocean ecology
SANTA CRUZ, CA--An unusual microorganism discovered in the open ocean may force scientists to rethink their understanding of how carbon and nitrogen cycle through ocean ecosystems. A research team led by Jonathan Zehr, professor of ocean sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, charac...Wielding microbe against microbe, beetle defends its food source
MADISON -- As the southern pine beetle moves through the forest boring tunnels inside the bark of trees, it brings with it both a helper and a competitor. The helper is a fungus that the insect plants inside the tunnels as food for its young. But also riding along is a tiny, hitchhiking mite, whic...Cataloguing invisible life: Microbe genome emerges from lake sediment
When entrepreneurial geneticist Craig Venter sailed around the world on his yacht sequencing samples of seawater, it was an ambitious project to use genetics to understand invisible ecological communities. But his scientific legacy was disappointing a jumble of mystery DNA fragments belonging to ...University of Arizona scientist shares in discovery of microbe filaments' power
Researchers from The University of Arizona and Columbia University have discovered that tiny filaments on bacteria can bundle together and pull with forces far stronger than experts had previously thought possible. The team of researchers, including Magdalene Maggie So, a member of the BIO5 Ins...Elevated carbon dioxide changes soil microbe mix below plants
UPTON, NY - A detailed analysis of soil samples taken from a forest ecosystem with artificially elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) reveals distinct changes in the mix of microorganisms living in the soil below trembling aspen. These changes could increase the availability of es...Ready, set, mutate?and may the best microbe win
Even with modern genomic tools, it's a daunting task to find a smoking gun for Darwinian evolution. The problem lies in being able to say not just when and how a specific gene mutated but also how that one genetic change translated into real-world dominance of one population over another. Rice Un...MBL researchers probe how an ancient microbe thrives and evolves without sex
A January 2004 finding by biologists at the Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution added important evidence to the radical conclusion that a group of diminutive aquatic animals called bdelloid rotifers have evolved for tens of millions of years without sexual repr...NimbleGen presents new tech for comparing microbe DNA
Madison, Wis. NimbleGen Systems has announced a new technology for examining the genetic code of microbes to pinpoint changes down to the level of the basic components of DNA, nucleotides. A company statement said the method would be faster and cheaper than other technologies for comparing ...Genomatica Produces Pure BDO From Natural Sugars
... components that the company has developed. Genomatica's technology portfolio consists of proprietary best-in-class computational modeling, "wet lab" microbe modification and specialized chemical process engineering. The unique combination of all three elements allows for the creation of breakthrough biopro...MIT reels in RNA surprise with microbial ocean catch
... CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--An ingenious new method of obtaining marine microbe samples while preserving the microbes' natural gene expression has yielded an unexpected boon: the presence of many varieties of small RNAs snippets ...New Genomatica Chemical Process Targets Ailing Ethanol Assets
...s of proprietary computational modeling, "wet lab" microbe modification and specialized process engineering. ... then used the computer models to design the ideal microbe and made all the modifications necessary to turn t...dification. In the case of MEK, this resulted in a microbe able to produce significant amounts of MEK in a ma...Symbiotic microbes induce profound genetic changes in their hosts
...ta have a profound impact on their gene expression, and to create a stable association with a microorganism requires a lot of conversation between the microbe and the host," says UW-Madison medical microbiologist Margaret McFall-Ngai, senior author of the new study. Many studies have focused on the bacte...Nanoemulsion vaccines show increasing promise
...tra-small particles smaller than 400 nanometers wide, or 1/200th the width of a human hair. These are combined with part or all of the disease-causing microbe to trigger the bodys immune response. A team led by U-M scientist James Baker Jr., M.D., the institutes director, pioneered the technology, for wh...