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Researchers Discover Zebrafish Are Resistant to Eye Infection

December 3, 2019

A recent study showed that while humans require only 10 to 100 ‘bugs’ to cause endophthalmitis, and mice req...

Researchers Highlight Progress and Challenges of Phloem Research

November 12, 2019

Phloem-feeding insects and pathogens cause tremendous economic losses worldwide and represent some of the most difficult pest...

Research Brief: Origin of Deadly Wheat Pathogen Revealed

November 8, 2019

One particular strain of the stem rust fungus, dubbed "Ug99," threatens the global wheat supply because it can attack more th...

Why Have so Many New Diseases Developed in the Bagged Salads Sector?

November 7, 2019

As this industry grows dynamically, so does the number of new diseases

New Research Reveals That a Human Stomach Pathogen Is Attracted to Bleach

September 2, 2019

Researchers at the University of Oregon believe the bleach-sensing mechanism could serve as a strategy for some bacterial pat...

'Intensive' Beekeeping Not to Blame for Common Bee Diseases

July 18, 2019

Intensive agriculture—where animals or plants are kept crowded together in very high densities—is thought to resu...

New Vulnerability Found in Major Human Viruses

June 12, 2019

Structural feature may lead to antivirals for the common cold, polio, and other pathogens

Natural Environments Favor 'Good' Bacteria

May 27, 2019

Degraded, low biodiversity land and soils tend to harbor more 'opportunistic' bacteria, new research shows

Dangerous Pathogens Use This Sophisticated Machinery to Infect Hosts

May 20, 2019

A detailed new model of a bacterial secretion system provides directions for developing precisely targeted antibiotics

DNA and RNA Isolation Kit for Difficult to Lyse Microorganisms

April 30, 2019

The MagMAX Viral/Pathogen Ultra Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit is a new automation-ready kit for scalable recovery of RNA and DNA...

New Computational Tool Could Change How We Study Pathogens

March 22, 2019

The model could help revolutionize the way researchers investigate the spread and distribution of dangerous disease vect...

Pollutants, Pathogens Could Team up to Make Us Sick

March 21, 2019

Environmental pollutants appear to weaken the immune system, reduce vaccine efficacy, and increase pathogen virulence

How Hospitals Are Fighting Against C. difficile

September 19, 2018

Barriers to eradication remain, but some hospitals are making progress

Rare Antibodies Show Scientists How to Neutralize the Many Types of Ebola

September 14, 2018

Two new studies are bringing Ebola virus's weaknesses into the spotlight

Scientists Find Evidence of 27 New Viruses in Bees

June 21, 2018

The finding could help scientists design strategies to prevent the spread of viral pathogens among these important pollinator...

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