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MOSTLY MICROBES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Welcome to Mostly Microbes and Infectious Diseases. David Ojcius posts newspaper and journal articles in the broad field of microbiology.
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Imaging living obligate anaerobic bacteria with bilin-binding fluorescent proteins
Fluorescent tools such as green fluorescent protein (GFP) have been used extensively as reporters in biochemistry and microbiology, but...
David Ojcius
Nov 14, 20201 min read
Streptococcus pneumoniae utilizes a novel dynamin independent pathway for entry in brain
Adoption of an endocytosis route promoting safe intracellular trafficking is a pre-requisite for development of invasive diseases by...
David Ojcius
Nov 14, 20201 min read
Bioremediation of malachite green dye by two bacterial strains isolated from textile effluents
Globally, water pollution from the textile industries is an alarming issue. Malachite Green dye of the triphenylmethane group is an...
David Ojcius
Nov 14, 20201 min read
How Do I Clean My Mask — Washing Machine? Oven? Broccoli Steamer?
Does putting a reusable mask in the oven for 30 minutes at 165 degrees Fahrenheit kill the virus that causes COVID-19 and other...
David Ojcius
Nov 14, 20201 min read
Understanding the 'membrane' in membraneless organelles
Scientists show how membraneless organelles operate within bacterial cells. A review article characterizes 10 examples of membraneless...
David Ojcius
Nov 14, 20201 min read
Measles has come back with a vengeance in the last several years
From 2000 to 2016, measles cases worldwide plunged from 853,479 to 132,490. Cases began to rise again after that. In 2019, 869,770 people...
David Ojcius
Nov 14, 20201 min read
Parasitic worms offer 'the missing link' on the dual nature of a key immune regulator
Scientists explain how IL-33 can both help defend the body against parasite infection & suppress chronic inflammation in diseases where...
David Ojcius
Nov 14, 20201 min read
Ukraine posts record jump in daily new coronavirus cases
Ukraine registered a record 12,524 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hrs, up from 11,787 on Nov. 13. The daily infection tally began...
David Ojcius
Nov 14, 20201 min read
Proteins produced by Streptococcus in the lower respiratory tract can modify response to flu
Proteins produced by Streptococcus species in the lower respiratory tract can modify antiviral responses against influenza virus in...
David Ojcius
Nov 14, 20201 min read
Minireview of progress in the structural study of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus proteins
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666517420300079
David Ojcius
Nov 14, 20201 min read
Coronavirus Study Shows Evidence of Animal-to-Human Viral Transmission on Mink Farms in Holland
Scientists in the Netherlands investigating outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 in humans living or working on mink farms found that the people were...
David Ojcius
Nov 13, 20201 min read
Vaccines for COVID19:
Perspectives from nucleic acid vaccines to BCG as delivery vector system
David Ojcius
Nov 13, 20201 min read
Paraguay reports an increase in dengue cases.
348 dengue cases have been reported during the last 3 weeks. It is estimated that DEN-4 is the predominant serotype....
David Ojcius
Nov 13, 20201 min read
Researchers develop a blood test that can identify main types of parasite that causes Chagas disease
Chagas disease affects eight million people primarily in Latin America. This rapid diagnostic test could be performed cheaply and quickly...
David Ojcius
Nov 13, 20201 min read
Sleep apnea affects ~1 billion people worldwide but often goes undiagnosed.
This disruption in sleep can have serious health consequences. The chronic condition obstructive sleep apnea has reciprocal relationship...
David Ojcius
Nov 13, 20201 min read
US coronavirus cases shatter new records daily, prompting talk of more lockdowns.
Daily cases in the US soared above 160,000, just 8 days after the country had its 1st 100,000-case day. Hospitalizations are also...
David Ojcius
Nov 13, 20201 min read
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