by Nancy | 25 Aug 2015 | antibiotic resistance, Microbes, science
An interesting publication about the sensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus to European Chestnut (Castanea sativa) leaf extracts. These extracts were traditionally used in folk medicine to treat skin and soft tissue infections. The active compounds within the chestnut...
by Nancy | 20 Jun 2015 | Molecular Biology, science
Admitted, this one is a bit of an odd one out between all the microbial stuff, but it is a subject near to my heart, as I used to work with MK5 (essentially, an enzyme that transfers phosphate groups to its substrate). During our work with the protein we suspected...
by Nancy | 15 Jun 2015 | Molecular Biology, science
A new discovery that will change textbooks forever: Previously it was thought that these vessels were absent in the brain, as they hadn’t been found. However, now scientists have discovered through the use of live imaging that there exist lymphatic vessels...
by Nancy | 20 Jan 2015 | antibiotic resistance, Microbes, science
Hurrah, it’s been a long time since a completely novel antibiotic has been discovered, i.e. without tampering or enhancing old ones. A group at Boston university has now found an antibiotic, termed teixobactin, that can be used against Clostridium difficile...
