Mindzilla – Pathogen

Fly Model Offers New Approach to Unraveling ‘Difficult’ Pathogen

February 10, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — The Clostridium difficile pathogen takes its name from the French word for “difficult.” A bacterium that is known to cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening...

How Strep Bacterium Hides from Immune System

December 3, 2019
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La Jolla, CA — A bacterial pathogen that causes strep throat and other illnesses cloaks itself in fragments of red blood cells to evade detection by the host immune system, according to a study publishing...

New Research Reveals that a Human Stomach Pathogen is Attracted to Bleach

August 29, 2019
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Eugene, OR — Researchers at the University of Oregon have uncovered a molecular mechanism by which the human stomach pathogen Helicobacter pylori is attracted to bleach, also known as hypochlorous...

Blocking Key Mineral Uptake could Prevent Gonorrhea Infection, Researchers Discover

August 6, 2019
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Atlanta, GA — Blocking the ability of the bacterial pathogen that causes gonorrhea to uptake the mineral zinc can stop infection by this widespread sexually transmitted infection, according to a study...

Computer Program Aids Food Safety Experts with Pathogen Testing

January 24, 2019
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Ithaca, NY — An innovative computer program could be a big help for food safety professionals working to keep production facilities free of food-borne pathogens. Cornell University scientists have...

Two Molecules Offer Great Potential to Combat Cancer and Chronic Infections

August 21, 2018
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San Francisco, CA — To fight viral infections, your immune system calls on CD8 T cells to kill the infected cells. The CD8 T cells can also be used in immunotherapy approaches to kill cancer cells,...

Striking a Balance Between Immunity and Inflammation

August 7, 2018
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Riverside, CA — Hookworms infect nearly 430 million people in the world, mostly in countries where sanitation is poor, and people often walk barefoot. The body’s immune system is critical to attacking...

Biomarker Discovered for Pathogen that can Blind or Kill Healthy Young People

July 9, 2018
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Buffalo, NY — Imagine a pathogen that infects completely healthy people and can cause blindness in one day and flesh-eating infections, brain abscesses and death in just a few days. Now imagine that...

Gonorrhoea in Men and Women

June 28, 2018
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Boston, MA — The World Health Organization estimates that 78 million people worldwide are infected with gonorrhoea each year. Men with infections tend to have obvious symptoms while women are often...

New Therapeutic Target for Slowing Spread of Flu Virus, Study Reveals

June 25, 2018
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Philadelphia, PA — Influenza A (flu A) hijacks host proteins for viral RNA splicing and blocking these interactions caused replication of the virus to slow, according to new research published in Nature...

Scientists Uncover Novel Pathway to Suppress Virus-Induced Cancers

December 7, 2017
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Singapore – Researchers at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have identified a novel molecular pathway by which a tumour suppressor,...

New Mutation Discovered That Helps Bacteria Tolerate Antibiotics

January 4, 2017
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Memphis, TN – The quest to understand a prolonged infection in an infant being treated for leukaemia has led to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital discovery of a mutation that allows...

Key Proteins Identified That Make Zika so Deadly

January 3, 2017
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Baltimore, MD – A new study by scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) has for the first time identified seven key proteins in Zika virus that may be the culprits...

New Pathogen Detection Technology Outperforms Traditional Methods on a Tissue Sample

January 20, 2016
Kristina Popova

Philadelphia, PA — After developing a novel investigational technology called PathoChip that can rapidly identify elusive microorganisms, a team of Penn Medicine researchers recently succeeded for...

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