WSU BIOL209 Microbiology

A report blames colony collapse disorder on pesticides for possibly damaging the bee's immune system and making them more susceptible to parasites, viruses and bacteria. I know a lot of people are allergic to bees or hate them but check out this quotation: "About one-third of the human diet comes from insect-pollinated plants, and the honeybee is responsible for 80 percent of that pollination." Bees are important!!!

This was the first study to use a light-activated substance to destroy MRSA in wounds

Porphyrins represent a potential treatment for burn wound infections

I was briefly shocked about some of the chemicals found in vaccines, which lead to finding the focus paper for our presentation. This article is about aluminum vaccines but this site: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/additives.htm, form the CDC has some other additives and what these additives are used for.

Researchers use a type of bacteria in order to study a protein that they have not been able to crystalize in the brain. This protein was thought to enable behavioral effects of alcohol and they are looking at studying where alcohol binds to this protein and the effects it has.

This complex was tested and found to make resistant bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics!

This technology in new, but researchers are looking to develop it to detect circulating tumor cells in the blood and prevent spread of cancer!

Mosquitoes infected with the Wolbachia bacteria are unable to infect humans with diseases such as dengue, yellow fever, and possibly malaria. The bacteria the amount of productive eggs the mosquitoes can lay which makes passing along the bacteria difficult. To combat this the mosquitoes that are infected with the bacteria are also given a insecticide resistance gene. Because insecticide is a common preventative measure in parts of the world where the diseases are common, only those mosquitoes that are unable to spread disease would survive and pass along the bacteria.

Save your cash and keep your toothbrush after experiencing a sore throat. In the study 13 patients with strep, 14 with a sore throat, and 27 healthy participants brushed with a new toothbrush. After incubation in a lab only one brush tested positive for strep.

Research and statistical analysis has proven that the evolution of antibiotic resistance increases as the potency of the treatments becomes more intensive.

Colloid antibodies which are packing with a killing agent have been designed to recognize the specific shape of bacteria. After attachment of the colloid the killing agent that resides within is released.

Treatment of H5N1 infected cells with omega 3 fatty acids from fish oil as well as antiviral drugs showed a much higher survival rate after infection in test animals.

If this holds true I don't have to worry about getting sick in our apartment this summer.

Our last support paper that deals with vaccination against N. meningococcus

Another support paper that talks about the use of OMVs to boost immune memory.

Our focus paper which focuses on the use of NPLs in place of aluminum hydroxide for vaccines.