Bacterial-Based Cancer Drug Delivery System Outperforms Conventional Methods
An interdisciplinary team of Virginia Tech faculty members has created a drug delivery system that could radically expand cancer treatment options.
The conventional cancer treatment...
Gum Bacteria Linked to Alzheimer’s, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Pneumonia
Researchers are reporting new findings on how bacteria involved in gum disease can travel throughout the body, exuding toxins connected with Alzheimer's disease, rheumatoid...
Newly Identified Protein Needs Vitamin A to Kill Bacteria, Protect Skin
People with inadequate vitamin A in their diets are more susceptible to skin infections, yet exactly how vitamin A affects skin immunity has been...
Vaccine Alters Gut Bacteria to Block Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
A new vaccine that targets flagellin, a protein that allows bacteria to move about the gut, can beneficially alter the intestinal microbiota to reduce...
Scientists Identify More Than 140,000 Virus Species in the Human Gut
Viruses are the most numerous biological entities on the planet. Now researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have...
Bacteria on Healthy Cats Treats Skin Infection in Mice, May Help...
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine used bacteria found on healthy cats to successfully treat a skin infection on mice....
