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Jan
18 2012 Better Treatments For Systemic Fungal Infections May Result From Discovery Of Powerful Drug’s Surprising, Simple MethodOriginally posted in Cystic Fibrosis News From Medical News Today With one simple experiment, University of Illinois chemists have debunked a widely held misconception about an often-prescribed drug…
Nov
14 2011 The Tale Of An Outbreak’s Evolution Told By Bacterial GenesOriginally posted in Cystic Fibrosis News From Medical News Today Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston have retraced the evolution of an unusual bacterial infection as it spread among cystic fibrosis patients by sequencing scores of samples collected during the outbreak, since contained…
Nov
02 2011 ‘Vampire’ Bacteria Has Potential As Living AntibioticOriginally posted in Cystic Fibrosis News From Medical News Today A vampire-like bacteria that leeches onto specific other bacteria – including certain human pathogens – has the potential to serve as a living antibiotic for a range of infectious diseases, a new study indicates…
Jul
21 2011 Pseudomonas Deploys A Toxin Delivery Machine To Breach Cell Walls Of Rivals Without Hurting ItselfOriginally posted in Cystic Fibrosis News From Medical News Today Microbiologists have uncovered a sneaky trick by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa to oust rivals. It deploys a toxin delivery machine to breach cell walls of competitors without hurting itself. Its means of attack helps it survive in the outside environment and may even help it cause infection. P…
Jul
19 2011 Bacteria Use Batman-Like Grappling Hooks To ‘Slingshot’ On SurfacesOriginally posted in Cystic Fibrosis News From Medical News Today Bacteria use various appendages to move across surfaces prior to forming multicellular bacterial biofilms. Some species display a particularly jerky form of movement known as “twitching” motility, which is made possible by hairlike structures on their surface called type IV pili, or TFP…
Oct
09 2010
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Researchers Discover 'Walking' Properties Of BacteriaOriginally posted in Cystic Fibrosis News From Medical News Today Talk about a walk on the wild side: University of Notre Dame researcher Joshua Shrout is co-author of a new paper that shows that bacteria are capable of “standing up” and moving while vertical. Shrout, assistant professor of civil engineering and geological sciences and a member of the Eck Institute for Global Health, has been studying the surface motility of bacteria since 2004…
Oct
15 2009
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University Of North Carolina Awarded $6.2 Million Renewal Grant By National Institutes Of Health Rare Diseases Research NetworkOriginally posted in Cystic Fibrosis News From Medical News Today The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded a five-year, $6.2 million renewal grant to continue its work as part of the National Institutes of Health’s Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN)…
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