Why Do Some People Never Get Sick? Harvard Scientists Are Close to an Answer
Drugs that might be used to treat infections in mammals by causing pathogen tolerance have been discovered through research on frog embryos. Why do some…
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Zoonotic Diseases: How To Protect Yourself Against This Deadly Threat to Pet Owners
Owners of non-traditional pets have a higher risk of catching zoonotic diseases The danger of contracting zoonotic diseases, which are infections that transfer between animals…
A New Antibiotic Can Kill Even Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Antibiotic-resistant pathogens could be defeated with the assistance of a synthetic antibiotic A brand-new antibiotic that was developed at The Rockefeller University using computational models…
Scientists Discover Why Staph Vaccines Do Not Work in Humans
The sometimes-pathogenic bacteria Staphylococcus aureus has a long and intimate relationship with people, one that helps it fend off our immune response. Staphylococcus aureus is…
Skin Cancer Breakthrough: Researchers Succeed in Making Cells Commit ‘Suicide’
A trigger for ‘cell suicide’ might lead to new skin infection therapies Every second, one million cells in your body die. That means 2.6 pounds…
Microplastics Can Carry Parasites to Ocean, Affecting Wildlife and Human Health
Pathogens Can Hitch a Ride on Plastic To Reach the Sea According to a new study by the University of California, Davis, microplastics are a…
How Pathogens Learn To Be Pathogens: Partnerships Between Microbes Lead to Human Disease
New research discovered that the fungus Rhizopus fights back against soil predators and human immune cells by partnering with a bacteria called Ralstonia in a…
Surprising Discovery Proves That Deadly Gene Has Jumped From a Harmless Organism to a Deadly Pathogen
University of South Australia scientists have made a surprising discovery in the origins of an antibiotic-resistant gene previously thought to have been confined to Adelaide….
Pathogen Evolution: New Structure Prediction Model Mapped 500 Previously Unsolved Proteins
Recently published work by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, lays the foundation for new ways of thinking about pathogen evolution. “Our research highlights…
An Enemy Within: Researchers Discover How Pathogens Hide in Tissue
Antibiotics cure many bacterial infections. However, some patients suffer a relapse. A research group at the University of Basel has now discovered why some bacteria…
Differentiating Friends From Foes Genetically in Fungal Root Microbiomes
Complex microbial communities inhabit plants and modulate their development. Roots especially, host a wide diversity of micro-organisms – including bacteria and fungi – that directly…
Researchers Attack Menacing “Superbug” That Kills at Least 29,000 People a Year
Biologist Joseph Sorg is leading a team to analyze C. difficile, which kills at least 29,000 people a year. Scientists around the world have been…
For the Benefit of Society: Investigating Pathogens and Their Life Cycles
MIT Senior Desmond Edwards has an insatiable curiosity about how the human body works — and how diseases stop it from working. Desmond Edwards was…
Deadly Fungal Outbreak in Marine Mammals – It Came From Humans
How a deadly land fungus began killing marine mammals in the Salish Sea. In the early 2000s, a fungus infected hundreds of animals and people…
Yale Study Shows Gradual Environmental Change is an Ally to Viral Pathogens
New research shows that with more time, viruses have the luxury to infect the old host while exploring adaptive tweaks to infect a new host….
Scientists Identify Potential Treatment for Fatal Leptospirosis
New research on leptospirosis sheds light on how the disease causes death and reveals a potentially novel treatment. While rare in the United States, leptospirosis…
Kitchen Utensils Can Transfer Viruses
According to a new study, cutting unclean fruits and vegetables can spread viruses to the knife. Scienitists already knew that bacteria could contaminate utensils this…
Preserved Frogs May Hold Past Clues About Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis
Using a molecular test called quantitative polymerase chain reaction, a new study examined 164 preserved amphibians for the presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, finding Bd in…