Certain Skin Bacteria Can Inhibit Growth of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Certain Skin Bacteria Can Inhibit Growth of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at the Arctic University of Norway have found a bacteriocin that can help inhibit the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
How Does Neonatal Listeriosis Impact Children's Health?

How Does Neonatal Listeriosis Impact Children's Health?

TEHRAN (ANA)- For the first time, a team of scientists and physicians from the Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, the Paris Public Hospital Network (AP-HP) and Inserm monitored the development of children infected with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes up to the age of 5, and compared their development with that of uninfected gestational age-matched children.
Scientists Use Engineered Bacteria to Lower Blood Pressure

Scientists Use Engineered Bacteria to Lower Blood Pressure

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers from The University of Toledo have discovered potential avenues to utilize our body’s microbiome in managing blood pressure.
How Gut Holds Keys to Revolutionary Treatments

How Gut Holds Keys to Revolutionary Treatments

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at Hudson Institute of Medical Research have developed a novel computational method to understand the gut microbiome, challenging previous beliefs about Crohn’s Disease and paving the way for targeted microbial therapies.
New Discovery May Unlock Future of Infectious Disease, Cancer Treatment

New Discovery May Unlock Future of Infectious Disease, Cancer Treatment

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at the University of Birmingham have identified a 'guard mechanism' for a protein which attacks microbes in infected cells, opening the possibility of new treatments for Toxoplasma, Chlamydia, Tuberculosis and even cancer.
Scientists Engineer E. Coli Bacteria to Generate Electricity

Scientists Engineer E. Coli Bacteria to Generate Electricity

TEHRAN (ANA)- A team of researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) has engineered one of the most common species of bacteria, Escherichia coli, to generate electricity from brewery wastewater – and it has surpassed the most recent bioengineered strains.
New Imaging Platform Developed to Show How Solar-Powered Microbes Turn CO2 into Bioplastics

New Imaging Platform Developed to Show How Solar-Powered Microbes Turn CO2 into Bioplastics

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers from Cornell University have developed an imaging platform to better understand how solar-powered microbes turn CO2 into bioplastics.
Iran to hold 4th International Congress of Microbiology

Iran to hold 4th International Congress of Microbiology

TEHRAN (ANA)- The 24th International Congress of Microbiology of Iran will be held in September along with the first event to discover hidden talents in biology in the country.
How Fungi Make Potent Toxins Able to Contaminate Food

How Fungi Make Potent Toxins Able to Contaminate Food

TEHRAN (ANA)- Food contaminated with fungi can be an inconvenience at best and life-threatening at worst but a new research by the Maynooth University shows that removing just one protein can leave some fungal toxins high and dry, and that’s potentially good news for food safety.
Bacteria Found in Tumors Could Prove Potent Anticancer Tool

Bacteria Found in Tumors Could Prove Potent Anticancer Tool

TEHRAN (ANA)- Bacteria residing inside tumors provide a surprisingly powerful immunotherapy platform to combat different cancers, scientists at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology found.
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