New Hope for Lyme Disease Prevention
Lyme disease is caused by bacteria (Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia afzelii, and Borrelia garinii) that are delivered by a bite from an infected tick (Figure 1). The Centers for Disease Control (1)...
View ArticleDesert Green Algae and Cyanobacteria for Synthetic Biology
Synthetic biology is the discipline of designing and then engineering artificial systems using biological components. The field of molecular biology and the ability to read the information encoded in...
View ArticleCancer-Protective Bacteria Found on Human Skin
Researchers find that a bacterial species present on healthy skin produce a chemical that prevents skin cancer. Humans can be considered metaorganisms. Our bodies includes billions of microorganisms....
View ArticleBacterial Chaperone Protein Causes Cancer
In a study of infection by bacteria of the mycoplasma family, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have discovered that the bacterial protein DnaK triggers a cascade of events...
View ArticleCancers with a Possible Bacterial Contributor
In light of the study showing that bacteria with a particular form of the protein DnaK can interfere with a cell’s response to DNA damage and the ability to repair such damage, I have been thinking...
View ArticleA Closer Look: 10 March 2019
A list of articles classified by Nancy R. Gough as good, valuable contributions or not so valuable contributions to the scientific literature. The post A Closer Look: 10 March 2019 first appeared on...
View ArticleA Closer Look: Microbes and Microbiomes
Summaries of recent articles related to human pathogenic and commensal microbes The post A Closer Look: Microbes and Microbiomes first appeared on BioSerendipity.
View ArticleAntibiotic Treatment Reshapes the Vaginal Microbiome
The microbes that live in the vagina constitute to the vaginal microbiome (or microbiota). New research from the lab of Jacques Ravel at the University of Maryland shows that Chlamydia infection is...
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