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E. Coli Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for E. Coli.

Results 1 - 20 of 2,029 in E. Coli

  1. The $100 Million HamburgerRead the original story

    5 min ago | MNspeak.com

    Back in October, the New York Times published an article about Stephanie Smith, a children's dance instructor left paralyzed by a severe form of E. coli, "which Minnesota officials traced to the hamburger that her mother had grilled for their Sunday dinner in early fall 2007." Andrew Zimmern called it " the most important food article in years ," ...

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  2. 'Don't panic' over water contaminationRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Australian Broadcasting Corporation

    Tasmania's health department has warned against any panic over a surge in boil-water alerts.

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  3. M are better than one: an ensemble-based motif finder and its...Read the original story

    8 hrs ago | CiteULike

    Abstract Motivation: Identifying regulatory elements in genomic sequences is a key component in understanding the control of gene expression.

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    Related Topix: Biotech, Bioinformatics, Science / Technology, Science

  4. Golden archesRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | Linguaphiles

    ... remember "Jack in the Box" (a California chain) being called "Jack in the crack" and after there was an outbreak of E. Coli at some stores, "E. Coli in the Box." I've definitely heard "Taco Hell" too. Also in California there was the chain "In-N-Out ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Food, Fast Food, Health, World News, Japan, Asia, Kyoto, Japan, Kinki, Japan

  5. MotifVoter: a novel ensemble method for fine-grained integration of generic motif findersRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | CiteULike

    Abstract Motivation: Locating transcription factor binding sites is a key step in understanding gene regulation.

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    Related Topix: Science / Technology, Bioinformatics, Science, Biotech

  6. Spatial Periodicity of Escherichia coli K-12 Biofilm Microstructure...Read the original story

    13 hrs ago | CiteULike

    Export In J. Bacteriol., Vol. 187, No. 24. , pp. 8237-8246. yyfwuhan Abstract Using fast Fourier transform analysis, we previously observed that cells within Escherichia coli biofilm are organized in nonrandom or periodic spatial patterns .

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  7. Community

    Oct 22, 2009 | R & D

    ... of the sequence of nucleotides that make up the DNA. They also found that an important DNA repair protein in E. coli , RecA, grows along the ssDNA in tandem with the movement of SSB. As the RecA protein extends along the DNA strand it prevents the ...

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    Related Topix: Health, Biotech, Illinois, Charitable Organizations

  8. Minnesota Woman Sues Cargill (Video) E. Coli Infection Leads to $2M Medical BillsRead the original story w/Photo

    15 hrs ago | National Ledger

    A woman from Minnesota who became severely ill with an E. coli infection, after eating a tainted hamburger has sued Cargill Inc.

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  9. the Sos Response: Recent Insights into umuDC-Dependent Mutagenesis and Dna Damage ToleranceRead the original story

    17 hrs ago | CiteULike

    ... Escherichia coli, have evolved a coordinated response to these challenges to the integrity of their genomes. In E. coli, this inducible system is termed the SOS response, and it controls both accurate and potentially mutagenic DNA repair functions ...

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  10. SOS repair hypothesis: phenomenology of an inducible DNA repair which is accompanied by mutagenesis.Read the original story

    17 hrs ago | CiteULike

    Some characteristics of the SOS repair are it is induced or activated following damage to DNA, it requires do novo protein synthesis, It requires several genetic functions of which the best-studied are recA+ and lex+ of E. coli, and the physiological and genetic requirements for the expression of SOS repair are suspiciously similar to those ...

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  11. Woman Sues Food Company Over E. ColiRead the original story w/Photo

    Yesterday | New York Times

    A Minnesota woman who became severely ill from E. coli after eating a tainted hamburger sued a division of the agribusiness giant Cargill Inc.

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    Related Topix: Health, Minnesota, Food

  12. Half of world's ICU patients have infections: StudyRead the original story

    Yesterday | Canada.com

    ... infections of the abdomen and bloodstream were also common. The most common bacteria was Staphylococcus aureus, but E. coli and a family of bacteria called Pseudomonas were also common. "Infection and related sepsis are the leading cause of death in ...

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  13. Collagen binding protein Mip enables Legionella...Read the original story

    Saturday | CiteULike

    Abstract Guinea pigs are highly susceptible to Legionella pneumophila infection and therefore have been the preferred animal model for studies of legionellosis.

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    Related Topix: Health, Legionnaires' Disease, Health

  14. E. coli found in Dartmouth wellRead the original story

    Saturday | SouthCoastToday.com

    E. coli bacteria has been detected in one of the town's 13 wells but not anywhere in the water distribution system, town officials said Friday.

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  15. Time to ditch . . .Read the original story w/Photo

    Jul 17, 2008 | The Jewish Journal

    ... by how much we know about the so-called model organisms - worms, toads, fruit flies, mice, humans and the bacterium E. coli - and how little we know about everything else. And I think he'd be startled by the nature of scientific research - the scale ...

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    Related Topix: Darwin, CA, Entomology, Health

  16. Woman sues Cargill over tainted burgerRead the original story

    Saturday | The Wichita Eagle

    A Minnesota woman who became severely ill from an E. coli infection after eating a tainted hamburger sued a division of agribusiness giant Cargill on Friday for $100 million.

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    Related Topix: Health, Wichita, KS

  17. Cold Spring E. coli survivor sues Cargill for $100MRead the original story

    Friday | Saint Cloud Times

    A Cold Spring woman stricken with E. coli after eating a tainted burger is suing food giant Cargill for $100 million.

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    Related Topix: Health, Cold Spring, MN, Minneapolis, MN

  18. Health Highlights: Dec. 4, 2009Read the original story

    Friday | WOIO

    Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay : Cattle Vaccines May Reduce E. coli Outbreaks in Humans Vaccinating cattle against E. coli bacteria could significantly improve the safety of beef and reduce the number of people who become sick and die from tainted beef, according to scientists.

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

  19. This week in safety: New rules on football head injuriesRead the original story

    Friday | Consumer Reports

    ... a needle into its neck. He was injecting the animal with a new vaccine to make it immune to a dangerous form of the E. coli bacteria. Read more ... Don't miss these recalls Recalls for clothing with drawstrings

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    Related Topix: Ice Hockey, Winter Sports

  20. An Engineered Aryl Azide Ligase for Site-Specific Mapping of...Read the original story

    Friday | CiteULike

    Abstract Labeled and linked: The small-molecule binding site of Escherichia coli lipoic acid ligase was re-engineered to accept a fluorinated aryl azide probe in place of lipoic acid.

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    Related Topix: Health, Chemistry, Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA