Vaccine development: Man vs MRSA : Nature News
“For decades, Robert Daum has studied the havoc wreaked by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Now he thinks he can stop it for good.” Exce...
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The Visionary
“Seeking to spur drug development, Stephen Friend has launched a daring series of initiatives to make biomedical research more open and effective.” ...
China’s Sequencing Powerhouse Comes of Age
“With new sequencing centers in Europe and the United States, BGI hopes its growing clout will help deliver the benefits promised by genomics—and revenue ...
Session: The Earth Microbiome Project: Modeling the Microbial Planet (2012 AAAS Annual Meeting (16-20 February 2012))
“The Earth Microbiome Project (EMP) is the most ambitious attempt to provide a systematic characterization of the microbial world that dominates this plan...
Hacking the Microbiome for Fun and Profit: Can Killing Just One Mouth Bacterium Stop Cavities? | Discover Magazine
“A mouthwash that kills S. mutans and leaves the rest of the bacteria to take over S. mutans‘s real estate could spell the end of cavities. In a small cli...
UM Carey Law | Federal Regulation of Probiotics
An Analysis of the Existing Regulatory Framework and Recommendations for Alternative Frameworks A team of researchers at the University of Maryland Baltimore is...
PLoS Biology: How Bacteria Turn Fiber into Food
“Now, a new study by Eric Martens, David Bolam, and colleagues has looked into how a pair of the most common species of gut bacteria metabolize polysaccha...
Friendly bacteria move in mysterious ways : Nature News
“Many yoghurts are loaded with live bacteria, and labelled with claims that consuming these microorganisms can be good for your health. But a study publis...
Recruitment in the sea: bacterial genes required for inducing larval settlement in a polychaete worm : Nature
“This study has identified the first bacterial genes required for induction of settlement and metamorphosis of a marine invertebrate animal.” This i...
Probiotic-prebiotic combination may ease eczema in kids: Study
“Supplements containing a combination of Lactobacillus salivarius and fructo-oligosaccharide for eight weeks were associated with significant reductions i...