by Nancy | 13 Mar 2016 | gut flora, Microbes, science
The Gut-Brain Axis is IN, big time.. A lot of recent research focuses on how the gut microbial flora changes during disease states and another team has now shown that individuals with autism have less diversity in terms of the microbes (bacteria of the genera...
by Nancy | 10 Mar 2016 | Hospice, Microbes, Photos
Beatrice the Biologist drew this awesome picture.. Exactly what we’re talking about here! Thank you BtB! ?
by Nancy | 23 Feb 2016 | gut flora, Microbes, Molecular Biology, science
Sulfoquinovose (SQ), it’s quite a mouthful :) SQ is a abundant sugar produced by photosynthetic organisms, such as leafy green vegetables, as a source of carbon and sulfur. It is the only sugar that contains sulfur, required to build proteins that sustain...
by Nancy | 23 Jan 2016 | Microbes, Molecular Biology, science
Targeting virulence factors, produced by bacteria to evade the immune system, is another approach to find new anti-infectives medications. In this light, Shapiro and Wencewicz investigated the virulence factor acinetobactin and its precursor produced by Acinetobacter...
by Nancy | 3 Jan 2016 | Microbes, science
Sanofi has now received approval for the use of Dengvaxia, a new vaccine against Dengue fever, in Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines. The vaccine has been tested in patients within the age range of 9-45 years, in whom three vaccination rounds resulted in the...
by Nancy | 27 Dec 2015 | Media, Microbes, science
Researchers in the UK have developed a wound dressing that produces fluorescent light when it comes into contact with the toxins produced by a biofilm in which pathogenic bacteria are residing in the wound. The visual cue is supposedly helpful in starting antibiotic...
