Everyone has known for quite some time that bacteria spread infectious diseases. But now according to new research conducted by a team at the University of Iowa, bacteria can even cause Type 2 diabetes.
Boosting Antibiotics with Maple Syrup?
Imagine yourself completely contained; isolated and breathing a limited amount of oxygen, all while some potentially infectious pathogens lie on-board with you. Well, while it might not be Pandora’s box or a strain of the Ebola virus, this scenario is a frighteningly real study for researchers on the International Space Station.
Researchers present the new form of matter at the 58th Biophysical Society Meeting in San Francisco
Proteases are vital proteins that serve for order within cells. They break apart other proteins, ensuring that these are properly synthesized and decomposed. Proteases are also responsible for the pathogenic effects of many kinds of bacteria. Now chemists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have discovered two hitherto unknown mechanisms of action that can be used to permanently disarm an important bacterial protease.
CMOS technology provides new insights into how biofilms form
