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Protein Improves Efficacy of Tumor-killing Enzyme
WASHINGTON, DC – April 30, 2013 – Scientists have devised a method for delivering tumor cell-killing enzymes in a way that protects the enzyme until it can do its work inside the cell. In their study in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, researchers assembled microscopic protein...
04-30-2013
Roundworm Quells Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders
WASHINGTON, DC – April 25, 2013 – Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, have shown in a mouse model that infection with nematodes (also known as roundworms) can not only combat obesity but ameliorate related metabolic disorders. Their research is published ahead of print online in the...
04-25-2013
The Microbes You Inhale on the New York City Subway
WASHINGTON, DC – April 24, 2013 – The microbial population in the air of the New York City subway system is nearly identical to that of ambient air on the city streets. This research, published ahead of print in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, establishes an important baseline, should it become necessary...
04-24-2013
Virus Kills Melanoma In Animal Model, Spares Normal Cells
WASHINGTON, DC – April 23, 2013 – Researchers from Yale University School of Medicine have demonstrated that vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is highly competent at finding, infecting, and killing human melanoma cells, both in vitro and in animal models, while having little propensity to infect non-cancerous cells.
04-23-2013
High-Salt Diet and Ulcer Bug Combine to Increase Risk of Cancer
WASHINGTON, DC – April 18, 2013 – Numerous epidemiologic studies have shown that a diet high in salt is associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer. Now Timothy L. Cover and colleagues of Vanderbilt University show that high dietary salt combined with infection by the ulcer-causing bacterium Helicobacter pylori greatly increases the...
04-18-2013
Circumcision Alters Penis Microbiome, Could Explain HIV Protection
WASHINGTON, DC – April 16, 2013 – Circumcision drastically alters the microbiome of the penis, changes that could explain why circumcision offers protection against HIV and other viral infections. In a study to be published on April 16 in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, researchers studied...
04-16-2013
New Mouse Viruses Could Aid Hepatitis Research
WASHINGTON, DC – April 9, 2013 – Newly discovered mouse viruses could pave the way for future progress in hepatitis research, enabling scientists to study human disease and vaccines in the ultimate lab animal. In a study to be published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology,...
04-08-2013
Symbiotic Bacteria Program Daily Rhythms in Squid Using Light and Chemicals
WASHINGTON, DC – April 2, 2013 – Glowing bacteria inside squids use light and chemical signals to control circadian-like rhythms in the animals, according to a study to be published on April 2 in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. The Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes, houses a...
04-02-2013
Cleverly Designed Vaccine Blocks H5 Avian Influenza In Models
WASHINGTON, DC – March 25, 2013 – Until now most experimental vaccines against the highly lethal H5N1 avian influenza virus have lacked effectiveness. But a new vaccine has proven highly effective against the virus when tested in both mice and ferrets. It is also effective against the H9 subtype of avian...
03-22-2013
Other Stomach Microbiota Modulate Resistance to H. pylori-Driven Ulcers
WASHINGTON, DC – March 25, 2013 – Mice with different naturally occurring stomach bacteria have distinct susceptibilities to disease caused by Helicobacter pylori, the well-known cause of ulcers in humans, according to a study published online ahead of print in the journal Infection and Immunity. This is the first study to document (in...
03-22-2013