Credit: Public Domain The parasite The parasite Toxoplasma is carried by a considerable part of the global human population. Currently, a study led by researchers at Stockholm University demonstrates how this microscopic parasite so effectively spreads in the body, for example, to the brain. The parasite infects immune cells and steals their identity. The research study...
Magnetic bacteria (gray) can squeeze through narrow intercellular spaces to cross the blood vessel wall and infiltrate tumors. Credit: Yimo Yan / ETH Zurich Scientists worldwide are investigating how anti-cancer drugs can most efficiently reach the tumours they target. One probability is to use modified bacteria as "ferries" to bring the medications with the blood...
Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren, centre, Eva Olsson, left and Thors Hans Hansson, members of the Nobel Committee for Physics announce the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, from left to right on the screen, Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, during a press...
Times 5 magnification of colonies of Burkholderia pseudomallei on Ashdown's agar after 4 days' incubation. Credit: wikipedia For the first time, a possibly fatal strain of bacteria has been identified within the United States's soil and water, causing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ask healthcare professionals to look out for signs and...
More than 300 people in 21 nations outside Africa have been infected with the illness. Monkeypox (orange), shown infecting monkey cells (green) in this colorized electron micrograph, has spread to multiple countries outside Africa. The large outbreak is unusual for the virus, which is transmitted by close contact. NIAID/FLICKR (CC BY 2.0) An outbreak of monkeypox...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Our intestine is residence to plenty of bacteria, which help us digest food. However, just what do the microorganisms do inside the body? Which enzymes do they create, and when? And how do the bacteria metabolize health-promoting foods that aid us in minimizing disease? To obtain replies to such matters, researchers at...
A study led by the Murdoch Children Research Institute (MCRI) found that multiple infections in infancy could put adults at a higher risk of heart disease, obesity, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. A possible relation between infant infections and the chance of heart disease has been discovered Newborns have weakened body immune systems. Therefore, they are...
Model of O-antigen ligase enzyme from Gram-negative bacteria. Credit: Diario Salud. Scientists have identified how Gram-negative bacteria-- which cause drug-resistant pneumonia, bloodstream infections, and surgical site infections in hospitalized patients-- complete building a crucial element of their outer membrane that guards these pathogens against attacks by the immune system and antibiotics. The brand-new findings could...
Laboratory Equipment. Engineering an 'Invisible Cloak' for Bacteria to Deliver Drugs to Tumors Columbia Design scientists report that they have created a "cloaking" system that temporarily conceals healing bacteria from body immune systems. This allow them to supply drugs to tumors better and eliminate cancer cells in mice. By manipulating the germs' DNA, they programmed...
Several sclerosis patients commonly suffer extra serious illness signs after consuming milk products. Researchers at the Colleges of Bonn as well as Erlangen-Nuremberg have actually currently located a feasible cause for this. According to the study, a protein in cow's milk can trigger swelling that targets the "protecting layer" around the afferent neurons. The research...
