Microbiology News

Integrated DNA Technologies , the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, will host a user-orientated product theater presentation at the American Society of Microbiology annual meeting .

Using bacteria to ferry radioisotopes commonly used in cancer therapy directly into pancreatic cancer cells in mice, researchers in the US were able dramatically to reduce the number of secondary tumors that arise when the cancer spreads to other parts of the body .

Weekdays at 8:37 a.m. and 4:37 p.m. The Current Review Weekdays at 10:00 p.m. The coronavirus is spreading through the Middle East, as well as cases reported in Germany, France and Great Britain.

Main Category: MRSA / Drug Resistance Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses ; Immune System / Vaccines Article Date: 23 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT Bacteria resistant to the antibiotic colistin are also commonly resistant to antimicrobial substances made by the human body, according to a study in mBio , the online open-access journal ... (more)

Researchers at University of Cincinnati have developed and tested a solar-powered nano filter that is able to remove harmful carcinogens and antibiotics from water sources - lakes and rivers - at a significantly higher rate than the currently used filtering technology made of activated carbon.

CosmosID, a leading data mining solutions company for health and wellness, has reported as part of a collaboration results on analysis of labeling claims for the composition of probiotic products comparing speed, specificity, and accuracy.

Paula Traktman, PhD, Walter Schroeder Professor and Chairman of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the Medical College of Wisconsin , has been elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.

Neogen Corporation has received approval from the AOAC Research Institute for its rapid and accurate test to directly detect yeast and mold in a variety of food matrices, such as dressings, sauces, pet food, dairy products, fruit and vegetable based products, as well as nutraceuticals.

Anyone who has ever wrestled with athlete's foot knows there is something about feet that fungi seem to like.

The Sentino Microbiology System offers a mix and match selection of products to best suit the economic, ergonomic and workflow needs in a busy microbiology laboratory.

Led Dr. William Jacobs Jr., a professor of microbiology, immunology and of genetics at the university's Albert Einstein College of Medicine,the team was trying to determine how TB bacteria become resistant to anti-TB drug isoniazid in a laboratory experiment.

Filter dispensers are ideal for high throughput microbiology testing labs looking for more ergonomic, faster ways to handle individual membranes.

The HSE has defended its decision to close the laboratory at Nenagh Hospital on the grounds that it is "not sustainable as a stand alone facility". The lab is due to close this July with 12 staff and all the equipment transferring to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick.

What would happen if a slightly mad scientist, a TV home shopping empress, a respected author of microbiology journals, a native medicine woman, a militant bird conservationist and her stressed-out detective husband were all to get together to discuss the professor's proposed business venture involving the horseshoe crab? Murder! But whose? How? ... (more)

The research, conducted by scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, could have important implications for the prevention or even treatment of this disease.

Bacteria resistant to the antibiotic colistin are also commonly resistant to antimicrobial substances made by the human body, according to a study in mBio , the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

Food microbiology laboratories continue to submit false negative results and false positive results on a routine basis.

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst report their findings at the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

CosmosID , a leading data mining solutions company for health and wellness, has reported as part of a collaboration results on analysis of labeling claims for the composition of probiotic products comparing speed, specificity, and accuracy.

Main Category: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Also Included In: MRSA / Drug Resistance ; Alzheimer's / Dementia Article Date: 20 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Frontiers in Endocrinology Differential roles of orexin receptors in the regulation of sleep/wakefulness Takeshi Sakurai, the lead author on the 1998 article that first described orexin, here ... (more)