Sentences with word «mycobacterium»

The mycomembrane of the tuberculosis pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis consists of a lipid double layer that encapsulates the cell wall, forming an exterior barrier.

Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum with a solvatochromic trehalose probe.

The Department of Microbiology of the Yonsei University College of Medicine, is investigating on identification and functional study of virulence determinants in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by comparative genome - based analysis.

The impact of maternal infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the infant response to bacille Calmette - Guérin immunization.

Both the seals and the trainer were infected with the same strain of Mycobacterium bovis, which causes tuberculosis in animals ranging from buffalo to badgers.

The first proven medical benefit of kefir was made by Russians wherein they said that it can cure tuberculosis, a disease of the lungs caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis which can lead to death if not properly treated.

Elise Lamont, PhD Adviser: Dr. Srinand Sreevatsan Thesis: Survival Strategies of Mycobacterium avium subsp.

Confirmed reports of leprosy first appear around 600 B.C.E. in sacred Indian texts that describe a victim's loss of finger and toe sensation, a hallmark of the damage the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae inflicts on the nervous system.

«Our study has provided basic evidence that curcumin protects against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in human cells,» said Dr. Xiyuan Bai, lead author of the study.

The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 have shown a link between newly - diagnosed Sjögren's syndrome (SjS) and previous infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM).

In a lawsuit filed 23 February, Illumina suggested that Oxford Nanopore used a bacteria - derived pore called Mycobacterium smegmatis porin (Msp).

Leprosy, a devastating chronic disease caused by the bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium leprae, was prevalent in Europe until the late Middle Ages.

Research from The Sage Colleges in Troy, New York, suggests that exposure to a natural soil bacterium called Mycobacterium vaccae can increase learning behavior.

Han's team is currently focused on the decoded genome of Mycobacterium lepromatosis and its assembly.

We don't yet know all the details, but animal studies suggest that the immune response triggered by Mycobacterium vaccae causes neurons in the prefrontal cortex to release large amounts of serotonin, boosting mood and well - being (Neuroscience, vol 146, p 756).

Then Mays, along with molecular biologist G. Michael Taylor of Imperial College in London, confirmed that the scars were signs of TB by identifying traces of gene sequences from Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the 2300 - year - old remains.

TBM is caused by a bacterium known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

I am interested in understanding the specific T cell responses mounted against MTB during latent or active infection and following vaccination, as well as the role of environmental exposure to other Mycobacterium species.

It is now clear that our previous models of how mycobacteria generate their energy are simplistic and that they are significantly more flexible than we previously thought.

When zebrafish are infected with Mycobacterium marinum (blue), immune cells (red) quickly surround the bacteria to form tightly organized nuggets called granulomas.

We are pleased to announce accreditation for two new qPCR methods: Legionella pneumophila by qPCR and Mycobacterium chimaera by qPCR.

It is made by growing Mycobacterium bovis (which causes tuberculosis in cows) in the laboratory until its genes mutate, causing the bacterium to become attenuated — that is, loses the ability to cause disease but still stimulates the immune system.

Shawn M. Zimmerman, DVM, will work with three mentors at the University of Georgia, where she will study Mycobacterium in animals in an effort to gain a better understanding of the role it plays in animal disease.

Her work focuses on identifying and validating protein targets of small molecules capable of killing Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Marco Pio La Manna research has mainly focused toward immune response against intracellular pathogens particularly Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Evaluation of the GenoType MTBDRplus assay for detection of rifampicin - and isoniazid - resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in central Ethiopia.

Now, researchers have shown that a single protein allows mycobacteria to generate diverse populations that can avoid TB drugs.

Researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine have now identified specific combinations of factors that are linked to why individual mycobacteria of the same genetic background can respond differently to antibiotics.

With further investigation of these protective mechanisms, it is hoped that this research will pave the way for the development of new drugs to more successfully target mycobacteria.»??

Aldridge and her team, including Kirill Richardson, M.S., research technician in Aldridge's lab, based their study on Mycobacterium smegmatis, a fast - growing, non-pathogenic relative of M. tuberculosis.

David Lomasney initially brought the issue to a town board meeting in May, saying his then - two - year old son was recovering from surgery to remove a growth from his neck caused by mycobacterium avian infection, adding that it may have happened because his neighbors have chickens which used to move freely onto his property.

In 1873 that hypothesis was bolstered when a Norwegian doctor named Armauer Hansen discovered Mycobacterium leprae, the bacterium that causes the disease.

However, a lot of tuberculosis research is undertaken using the closely related Mycobacterium avium.

Caused by a mutation, cystic fibrosis (CF) isn't contagious, but one serious complication definitely is: infection with Mycobacterium abscessus, an obscure agent related to the microbe that causes tuberculosis.

Red squirrels in Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Wight were found to be carrying Mycobacterium lepromatosis, a bacterial strain that is closely related to a virulent form of human leprosy endemic in Mexico and the Caribbean.

Mycobacterium ulcerans, the bacteria that cause Buruli skin lesions and bone deformities, can thrive in a wide range of wild creatures, especially tiny insects grazing on freshwater algae, says Aaron Morris, now at Imperial College London.

Using this method, they produced various strains of mycobacteria without the genes that code for the enzymes of interest.

Dr. Rubin and colleagues determined that the protein product of a single gene, lamA, is a member of the protein machinery that is active when mycobacteria divide.

Professor Cook says it had long been a puzzle how mycobacteria generate energy when in their oxygen - starved dormant states.

The innate system — via stem cells in the bone marrow — mobilizes macrophages, which are a type of white blood cell that swallows and kills invading bacteria like Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) that causes TB.

Scientists have discovered a new species of bacteria, Mycobacterium mungi, that causes tuberculosis (TB) and is transmitted through the skin and nose of banded mongoose in Northern Botswana.

, Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Properties of the Essential Oil of Myrtus communis L. against Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium spp., 2010

Herzmann C, Ernst M, Ehlers S, Stenger S, Maertzdorf J, Sotgiu G, Lange C. Increased frequencies of pulmonary regulatory T - cells in latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

She received her PhD at the National Institute for Medical Research investigating gene regulation in mycobacteria followed by postdoctoral research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine studying several facets of the biology of M. tuberculosis.

M.D. «Unhygienic tattooing can lead to really bad infections with fungus, gram - negative bacteria, gram - positive bacteria, and organisms called atypical mycobacteria.

«It performed so well in the preclinical model, we determined that to boost its effects further was essentially impossible,» said Orme, also a co-founder of CSU's Mycobacteria Research Laboratories.

Kallert S, Zenk SF, Walther P, Grieshober M, Weil T, Stenger S. Liposomal delivery of lipoarabinomannan triggers Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific T.cells.

When in the human body, mycobacteria produce energy by metabolizing fats through a «cycle» of biochemical reactions.