International Human Microbe Program Looks Ahead – ScienceInsider
Indeed, Sharp said at the meeting, patients who come to Cleveland Clinic for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease express their own concerns about such appro...
Month: March 2012
Microbiome sequencing offers hope for diagnostics : Nature News & Comment
“Jonathan Eisen [@phylogenomics], a microbiologist at University of California, Davis, is worried that microbiome research will eventually encounter the s...
Dangerous C. difficile infections soar in US, but Massachusetts hospitals have cut germ’s spead – The Boston Globe
“A life-threatening germ that causes diarrhea and spreads easily from doctors’ offices to hospitals and nursing homes has climbed to historic highs nation...
A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing : Nature
“Beyond providing the global view of the human gut microbiome, the extensive gene catalogue we have established enables future studies of association of t...
Genome Sequence of E. coli O104:H4 Leads to Rapid Development of a Targeted Antimicrobial Agent against This Emerging Pathogen – PLoS ONE
“A recent widespread outbreak of Escherichia coli O104:H4 in Germany demonstrates the dynamic nature of emerging and re-emerging food-borne pathogens, par...
Bacterial genomics: A new source of antimicrobial targets : Nature Reviews Microbiology
“Bacterial clone-based genome sequencing frequently results in gaps, which harbour hypothetical genes of unknown function. Sorek and colleagues show that ...
A Method for Generation Phage Cocktail with Great Therapeutic Potential – PLoS ONE
“Bacteriophage could be an alternative to conventional antibiotic therapy against multidrug-resistant bacteria. However, the emergence of resistant varian...
Macro and Micro Diversity of Clostridium difficile Isolates from Diverse Sources and Geographical Locations – PLoS ONE
“Clostridium difficile has emerged rapidly as the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrheal disease, with the temporal and geographical appearance ...
Broad Institute Gets $32.5 Million to Map Cell Circuits – ScienceInsider
“The Broad isn’t alone: Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, the Salk Institute in San...
Two-Drug Antimicrobial Chemotherapy: A Mathematical Model and Experiments with Mycobacterium marinum – PLoS Pathogens
This paper is trying to measure and model the effectiveness of multi-drug antimicrobial chemotherapy. Antibiotics are notorious for losing effectiveness as the ...