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Nutrition Action Healthletter May 2000	Magic Bullets Under Siege ...Antibiotics---drugs that kill bacteria---account for much of our success in the war against infectious illness. But the miracle drugs of medicine are in danger...
Science News March 1, 2003 Ben Harder	Bacteria-Stocked Beverage Clears Pathogens from Nose Considerable evidence indicates that ingesting certain bacteria, called probiotics, can maintain or improve intestinal health. Some researchers have also examined whether these bacteria could aid health in other parts of the body.
Science News May 20, 2006 Ben Harder	Bacteria Can Keep Their Kin in Check Products containing beneficial bacteria might help people fight the ill effects of some gut microbes in diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome.
Scientific American June 2008 Melinda Wenner	Jeremy Nicholson's Gut Instincts: Researching Intestinal Bacteria The body and its intestinal flora produce chemicals with hidden health information, Jeremy Nicholson has found. Someday treating disease may mean treating those bacteria.
AskMen.com Harold Russell	The Lowdown On Superbugs The overuse and misuse of antibiotics has led to the development of resistant strains of bacteria, commonly referred to as superbugs.
Prepared Foods July 1, 2005 Mary Ellen Sanders	10 Myths About Probiotics Interest in probiotics is increasing, but most Americans do not understand their contribution to health. Often, the amount of probiotics in products is not specified, further confusing consumers.
Food Processing August 2011 David Feder	It's Alive! Probiotics Are Growing for Food Processors New research shows putting bugs in your food is a better idea than you probably thought.
Wired October 2003 Richard Martin	How Ravenous Soviet Viruses Will Save the World They're called phages. And they eat drug-resistant bacteria for breakfast.
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.
Scientific American May 2009 Melinda Wenner	Quiet Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance Bacteria devoted to growth instead of "quorum sensing" communication could beat antibiotic resistance.
American Journal of Nursing June 2008 Mary C. Vrtis	Is Your Patient Taking the Right Antimicrobial? Ways in which bacteria become resistant to antimicrobials and the prevalence and costs of health care-associated infections resulting from antimicrobial resistance.
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.
Nursing March 2010 Delahanty & Myers	3 bad bugs Acinetobacter baumannii, Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and infections that develop as a result of antimicrobial therapy, such as Clostridium difficile.
Chemistry World April 2012 Anthony King	Making Light Work Could light prove to be the ultimate weapon in the battle against deadly superbugs?
Scientific American November 14, 2005 Gunjan Sinha	Bugs and Drugs Gut bacteria could determine how well medicines work.
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 September 19, 2008 John Bonner	Filling the antibiotic gap Resistance to currently available antibacterial drugs is causing growing concern among doctors who find themselves unable to treat common infections
Chemistry World April 3, 2008 Philip Ball	Antibiotic-Eating Bacteria Found in Soil Scientists in the US have found that soil is full of bacteria that will feed and grow on antibiotics the very compounds created to kill them.
Food Processing August 2006 Mark Anthony	Digestive Health's New Phase The gastrointestinal tract is one of the body's first lines of defense against disease. The more we understand and encourage healthy g.i. tract balance, the better we'll be able to protect ourselves from disease.
Chemistry World December 20, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	Blame it on the Bacteria The bacteria in human guts could be partially responsible for obesity, report US researchers.
Chemistry World September 22, 2010 Manisha Lalloo	Salmonella's secret weapon US researchers have explained the chemical trick behind Salmonella bacteria's ability to outgrow other microbes living in the gut. The findings could lead to new drug treatments for the bacterial infection.
American Family Physician December 15, 2000	Antibiotics: When They Can and Can't Help Antibiotics are strong medicines that can stop some infections and save lives. When they aren't used the right way, antibiotics can cause more harm than good. You can protect yourself and your family by knowing when you should use antibiotics and when you should avoid them...
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Superbugs So long as antibiotic use remains widespread and excessive, superbug bacteria will be here with us. Read on about some of the most common North American superbugs.
Chemistry World November 6, 2012 Elinor Hughes	Helping good bacteria reach their target Most probiotic bacteria that are added to foods, such as yoghurt, to aid the digestive system are not reaching their intended target in the intestine. Now, UK scientists have come up with a coating to overcome this problem.
Popular Mechanics June 23, 2008 Jancy Langley	Amid Food Scares, Nanotech Offers Healthier Option for Livestock Scientists may have found a safer alternative to antibiotic-laden food sources just five years away from America's farms.
Chemistry World April 27, 2011 Carol Stanier	Drug cocktails greater than the sum of their parts Canadian scientists have shown that combining an antibiotic that is past its prime with other drugs can give it a new lease of life.
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.
Fast Company May 2009 Elizabeth Svoboda	Biotechs Wage War on Superbugs With antibiotic resistance on the rise, three biotechs are developing new ways to wage war on superbugs.
American Family Physician March 15, 2001 Thomas Hooton & Stuart Levy	Antimicrobial Resistance: A Plan of Action for Community Practice Antibiotic resistance was once confined primarily to hospitals but is becoming increasingly prevalent in family practice settings, making daily therapeutic decisions more challenging.
HHMI Bulletin Feb 2012 Nancy Ross-Flanigan	A Safer Shot at TB While trying to understand tuberculosis bacteria genes, researchers discovered a safe way to shut down the bacteria.
Mother Jones December 2000 Edwin Dobb	Growing Resistance Is agribusiness squandering one of medicine's most potent weapons?
Wired April 2003 Steve Silberman	The Bacteria Whisperer Bonnie Bassler discovered a secret about microbes that the science world has missed for centuries. The bugs are talking to each other. And plotting against us.
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Catherine Arnst	Killer Staph Is Hitting The Streets For the past 30 years, hospitals have been battling a mutant form called methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) that is resistant to penicillin-related antibiotics and is especially lethal. Now it's showing up in the general population.
American Family Physician October 1, 2006	Antibiotics: When They Can and Can't Help What are antibiotics?... Do antibiotics always work?... What is bacterial resistance?... What can I do to help myself?... etc.
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 November 23, 2006 Victoria Gill	Bacteria That Help Fight Cancer Scientists have given a new meaning to the term `friendly bacteria' by discovering a bacterial protein that helps treat cancer.
Salon.com May 3, 2000 Susan McCarthy	Talking dirty Bring on the germs. Too much cleanliness may be making some people sick. First of two parts.
Chemistry World July 3, 2007 Michael Gross	Virulence from the deep sea Life surrounding hydrothermal vents and hot springs in the deep sea relies on chemosynthetic bacteria. Now, genome sequences of two of these symbionts have revealed surprising similarities with common bacterial pathogens of humans, including Helicobacter and Campylobacter.
Prepared Foods October 2007 Elizabeth Mannie	Article: Formulating Foods and Beverages for Enhanced Immunity Many ingredients have been found to enhance immunity and are popping up in new products on store shelves everywhere. Some of the more common ingredients are discussed here.
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.
National Defense November 2010 Eric Beidel	To Counter Bioterrorism, The Key is Boosting Immunity That's why Texas A&M University researchers are investigating ways to arm Americans against attacks involving toxins, viruses and bacteria.
BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 Carol Matlack	How Danone Turns Bacteria into Bucks Sophisticated R&D helps Danone find new microbes - and sell the health benefits to consumers.
Wired February 2007 Steve Silberman	The Invisible Enemy The Pentagon created the perfect machine for saving the lives of soldiers wounded in Iraq. But then soldiers started getting sick. The culprit: a drug-resistant supergerm infecting the military's evacuation chain.
Chemistry World August 28, 2009 Hayley Birch	A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down Modified gut bacteria that produce therapeutic agents in response to specific dietary sugars could be employed as novel treatments for bowel disorders.
Chemistry World March 19, 2007 Lionel Milgrom	Gallium-Based Antimicrobials Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be killed with gallium. US researchers used gallium as a 'Trojan horse' to fool bacteria into thinking they were feeding on iron. Bacteria need iron to survive, but they cannot distinguish between iron and gallium.
Science News June 28, 2003 Ben Harder	McDonald's Cutback in Antibiotics Use Could Reduce Drug-Resistant Bacteria The fast-food chain McDonald's announced on June 19 that it will stop its farms under contract from feeding chicken, cattle, and pigs certain antibiotics intended to accelerate the animals' growth. That step might slow or reverse the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can infect people.
Bio-IT World April 15, 2003 Malorye Branca	Beyond the Blueprint How will the wealth of data emanating from the human genome and allied technologies impact research on health and disease?
Wired May 22, 2009 Erin Biba	New Germ Busters Outwit Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Researchers are testing new bug-killers that bypass the molecular pathways used by old-school antibiotics.
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.