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MicrobeWorld Radio Episodes - | Mighty milk | A Canadian researcher is exploring the possibility that a protein called lactoferrin that is commonly found in milk may enhance the ability of antibiotics to fight infections.
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| A hydrogen economy | A biologist at the Brookhaven National Labs says they?re working with a hydrogen-making bacterium that is indifferent to the presence of oxygen and may be useful in producing energy in small scale settings.
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| Tiny silicone hotel | One researcher has built a small, flat device that forces the microbes to grow in a single layer, making it easier to study microbial colonies under a microscope.
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| Beach bacteria | Beaches are often closed due to high levels of potentially harmful bacteria, but one Stanford University scientist is also looking at the microbial populations present in the sand on the beach.
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| Going to the fair | When enjoying food found at Summer fairs and festivals it?s important to pay attention to the food safety practices of the people serving you.
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| Early chocoholics | Archeologists digging in Honduras have found evidence that ancient civilizations used cacao beans to make alcohol-based drinks for special occasions.
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| Rotten peach power | A team of Clemson University researchers is trying to generate enough energy to power a hundred homes by fermenting up to twenty million pounds of peaches that are discarded in South Carolina each year.
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| Black raspberry decline | The US Department of Agriculture is actively working to identify a hardy black raspberry plant that they hope will repel aphids that carry a viral disease called black raspberry necrosis
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| Probiotic chocolate | Chocolate that claims regular indulgence will keep your digestive system healthy and strengthen your immune system will be on store shelves within a year.
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| Columbus and syphilis | New evidence shows it is probably not a coincidence that the first cases of syphilis in Europe were discovered shortly after Columbus returned from a trip to the New World.
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| Rams as bioweapons | Over 3,000 years ago the Hittite people in the Middle East sent rams infected with tularemia to their enemies in what may have been the first ever case of biological warfare.
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| World AIDS Day 2007 – The HIV-Drug Resistance Initiative | Drug resistance is the major contributing factor in the diminished efficacy of many medicines currently utilized throughout the world to treat HIV. The HIV-Drug Resistance Initiative, sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology with a grant from Boehringer Ingelheim, is designed to address this problem from a global perspective. In a roundtable discussion, HIV experts, Myron Cohen from the University of North Carolina, Deenan Pillay from the University College London, Joseph Eron from the University of North Carolina, and Paul Sax from Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston identify and discuss the latest challenges, research, and innovative approaches to antiretroviral therapy.
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| Microbe – Current Topics – March 2007 | Play in Popup. | Current Topics is a section from Microbe, the monthly news magazine of the American Society for Microbiology that covers topics of interest to its diverse membership, ranging from basic and applied research to public policy and health.Items in March?s Current Topics include: Urban Air Teems with Mainly Harmless Bacteria
Drug Candidates Block Pili, Making Bad E. coli ?Bald but Healthy?
Amid Anthrax Vaccine Debacle, BARDA Amends Biodefense Efforts
AAM: Genomics Abets, Challenges Efforts To Refine Microbial Species Concept
Probing, Prying, Countering the Influenza Virus
T. gondii Parasites Inject Proteins That Help Take Control of Host Cells
H5N1 Update
Monitoring Disease Outbreaks from Molecules to Global Maps
Microbial Damage Being Excluded from Many U.S.
Insurance Policies |
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