by Nancy | 6 May 2016 | Microbes, Molecular Biology, science
Exciting news on the Zika virus front! Researchers have now found that mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia pipientis are at a reduced risk to become infected with Zika virus. The prevalence of Zika virus infection was significantly reduced in mosquitoes infected with...
by Nancy | 26 Apr 2016 | gut flora, Microbes, science
I hate wars, I cannot understand people that volunteer to go fight in (someone else’s) wars and I cannot possibly fathom research that is being sponsored to help people who get PTSD because they volunteered to go to war and come back totally traumatized (what...
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 | 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...
