If we could somehow find a way to work in on humans this could be huge. Many burn victims and other people with wound infections could be save from deadly bacteria, and without some of the harmful side effects of antibiotics.

This finding could possibly lead to new treatment remedies, slowing the onset of Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's works like the cold virus, the protein alpha synuclein breaks out of the lysosome and enters a neuron. The protein aggregates and clumps, causing cell death.

17 states have reported illnesses due to this Salmonella outbreak. This is an awfully high number of states. The article shows ways to prevent salmonella, but many people fail to comply with the standard washing procedures.

Pandemics have spread throughout the world since man has walked the Earth. If we can stop a pandemic before it even starts that could be a huge breakthrough. With early detection easier than ever, this possible. With smallpox already eradicated and polio and guinea worm on its way, we have taken big steps to fight pandemics. In the next few years who knows what other major viruses we could eradicate.

With antibiotic resistance looming, the failure of drug companies to develop new drugs to fight gram-negative bacteria could potentially lead to millions of deaths just from a common cold or from the flu. Drug companies cannot turn out new antimicrobials fast enough, and the ones that they do get out to the public cost billions of dollars.

This could have huge implications in the microbiology field. If they could somehow find an antibiotic use out of this fungus it could help fight bacteria that is resistant to most drugs on the market today.

Bioterrorism is a scary thought, but is the government going too far?  A vaccine against anthrax may be a bit much, especially testing it on children.

Using this new microscope resolution power, doctors may finally be able to deliver drugs to effectively defeat some of the deadliest pathogens.

Going along with the immunology portion of class, this article talks about a new food allergy that a little boy suffers.  He is allergic to almost all food, except a handful of things.  it causes an immune response that is non-IgE, which is the case in most allergies.  

The article shows a new strain of bird flu H7N9.  The virus has a hard time infecting humans, but for every one human infected there are thousands of birds infected.  This strain is less harmful than H5N1, but still one death has been reported.