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Chemistry World December 2, 2014 Nina Notman |
Let the molecules do the talking Communication using chemical signals happens all the time inside every living thing, as well as between organisms. |
Chemistry World January 10, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Antibiotic decay products reverse resistance In a colony of bacteria living in the presence of an antibiotic in natural environments, individuals that are sensitive to the antibiotic can co-exist with those that are resistant, whereas logic would dictate that only resistant bacteria should survive. |
Chemistry World April 4, 2007 John Bonner |
Antibiotic Combinations Tackle Resistance Using combinations of certain antimicrobial compounds can favor the growth of non-resistant strains of bacteria at the expense of resistant ones. The surprising finding may provide a general strategy to help eradicate strains of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotic therapy. |
Chemistry World June 4, 2010 Manisha Lalloo |
Antibacterial nanoparticles from bacteria Scientists have found that silver nanoparticles made using bacteria have better antibacterial properties than their chemically synthesised counterparts. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2010 Sarah C.P. Williams |
A Study on Antibiotic Resistance Shows That Bacteria Aren't Just Out To Help Themselves Microbes that are resistant to the drug protect their weaker kin in the colony, HHMI researchers have found. The discovery upends traditional notions of antibiotic resistance and offers a target for new drugs against bacterial infections. |
Chemistry World December 15, 2015 Michaela Muehlberg |
Bacterial identification gets a culture shock Scientists in the UK have developed a new tool to distinguish bacterial strains from each other. |
Science News January 15, 2005 Christen Brownlee |
The Beef about UTIs E. coli from beef cattle or other livestock may be causing drug-resistant urinary tract infections in women. |
Chemistry World August 29, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
Bacteria Put New Spin on Micromotors Researchers have used motile bacteria to rotate a microscopic motor made from silicon. The team believes that their system -- fuelled by glucose -- is the first micromechanical device to integrate inorganic materials with living bacteria. |
Reactive Reports March 2005 David Bradley |
Microbial Manufacturing A bacterium is a microscopic chemical factory producing antibiotics, immunosuppressants, and anticancer drugs no chemist can synthesize. but pharmaceutical companies have been tapping into microbial drug manufacturing for some time. |
Chemistry World June 30, 2011 Laura Howes |
Chemically evolved bacteria European scientists have created an Escherichia coli strain with a separate genome using chlorinated DNA. |
Chemistry World January 8, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
New antibiotic could treat infection while dodging resistance problems A new antibiotic that can kill life-threatening bacteria -- without them appearing to be able to develop resistance to the drug -- has been discovered by a team of scientists. |
Scientific American May 2009 Melinda Wenner |
Quiet Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance Bacteria devoted to growth instead of "quorum sensing" communication could beat antibiotic resistance. |
Chemistry World March 6, 2013 Derek Lowe |
New antibiotics: what's the hold up? Money's a factor that could be adjusted by regulatory agencies, governments, and foundations. But no amount of cash will keep resistant bacteria from being the hard targets they are. |
Chemistry World November 15, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Bacteria turn carbon dioxide into fuel US researchers have genetically modified bacteria to eat carbon dioxide and produce isobutyraldehyde - a precursor to several useful chemicals, including isobutanol, which has great potential as a fuel alternative to petrol. |
Chemistry World September 11, 2013 Andria Nicodemou |
Bacteria incriminated by their odor Researchers in Taiwan and the US have developed a device that uses the volatile organic compounds released by bacteria to identify the bacteria as they are cultured. |
Chemistry World August 3, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Weaving with bacteria Bacteria-packed fabrics that can suck pollutants out of water have been made by American researchers. |
Reactive Reports Issue 57 David Bradley |
A Spoonful of Slime Helps the Medicine Go Down The slime that covers the flat-fish plaice contains an antimicrobial agent that kills Staphylococcus aureus, the bacteria causing concern in hospitals across the globe as its drug-resistant strains spread. |
Chemistry World June 24, 2014 Elisabeth Ratcliffe |
Human protein cleans drinking water Researchers in Japan have shown that they can remove Escherichia coli from drinking water using tiny tubes made of human serum albumin. |
Reactive Reports Issue 66 David Bradley |
Fluorescent Font Scientists at Xerox have taken invisible ink to the next level, not to create secret, childish codes, but to enable a quick and easy way to security-protect valuable documents using readily available technology. |
Chemistry World May 26, 2011 Russell Johnson |
Hunting elusive green fluorescent proteins After a 40 year hunt, scientists have tracked down the genes responsible for fluorescent proteins in Obelia medusa - a type of jellyfish. Knowledge of these genes could lead to new fluorescent protein tags for use in cell biology. |
Chemistry World September 15, 2013 Andy Extance |
Light-switch antibiotics could undermine resistance Dutch chemists have made a new weapon to fight bacteria: an antibiotic whose microbe-killing activity they can turn on using ultraviolet light, before it slowly diminishes. |
Chemistry World May 12, 2011 Mike Brown |
Sugars recruited in fight against persistent infections Adding sugar to antibiotics can boost their effectiveness and prevent recurrent and chronic infections, according to researchers in the US. |
Chemistry World May 6, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Zombie cells may rise up to kill infections The worst fears of Hollywood may yet become a reality as chemists in Israel have found dead bacteria, killed with silver, may be able rise up like 'zombies' and go on to kill surviving pathogens. |
Chemistry World April 22, 2013 Rebecca Brodie |
Quicker checks for safer water Scientists in the Netherlands have developed and tested a new method that uses Raman spectroscopy to quickly identify harmful bacteria in drinking water. |
Reactive Reports Issue 31 David Bradley |
A honey of a cure Strains of lethal antibiotic-resistant bacteria that infect wounds could succumb to a sweet treatment - honey. The finding could lead to a treatment for serious infection. |
Chemistry World April 2, 2013 Emma Stoye |
New diagnostic test lights up bacteria UK researchers have developed a faster way to detect Staphylococcus aureus bacteria using a fluorescent probe. The method holds promise as the basis for a new rapid diagnosis kit to identify infections in hospital patients. |
Chemistry World October 8, 2013 David Bradley |
3D printing bacteria Jason Shear and colleagues at the University of Texas, US, have developed a 3D printing technique that lets them 'construct' defined bacterial communities so that short-range chemical communications and physical interactions between bacteria can be investigated more systematically than ever before. |
Chemistry World May 5, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Don't FRET over broken polymers Fluorescent proteins could one day help identify microscopic cracks and damage in polymer materials, allowing them to be monitored to prevent failure in load-bearing applications such as in aerospace and biomedical devices. |
Chemistry World March 5, 2012 Harriet Brewerton |
Picturing Bacteria on Your Phone US scientists have developed a device that, when attached to a mobile phone, can detect small amounts of Escherichia coli in liquid samples. |
Chemistry World May 23, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
A good hair day for glowing nanoparticles Hair contains just the right balance of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen for making fluorescent nanoparticles. |
Fast Company February 1, 2008 Elizabeth Svoboda |
Fueling The Future The oil well of tomorrow may be in a California lab full of genetically modified, diesel-spewing bacteria. |
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2010 Sarah C.P. Williams |
Gut Bacteria Do More Than Digest Food Someone can blame their diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease on the churning mass of bacteria that lives inside their intestines, but there's no magic pill to change the dynamics of that complicated world of the human microbiome. |
Chemistry World May 29, 2014 Carla Pegoraro |
Dual warhead kills and disarms bacteria A compound that kills bacteria and cleaves their DNA to prevent them passing on drug-resistant genes has been designed by researchers in India. |
Chemistry World July 1, 2013 James Urquhart |
Antibiotic research hits a sweet spot UK researchers have found a way to weaken the molecular armour of Escherichia coli to allow the host's immune system to attack and kill the pathogen. |
Fast Company April 1, 2007 Tracy Staedter |
Clean Rooms Researchers at MIT have developed a paint-on coating that destroys flu bugs and other nasty microorganisms before they can stick. |