Researchers have resolved a 40-year-old debate and opened way to more potent antibiotics by pitting bugs and animals against one another to figure out why iron plays a key role in metabolism and infections. The collaborative …
A new vaccine for cattle slashes the level of E.coli by half. This new vaccine is more potent and needs to be administered only twice instead of three times. While E. coli O157:H7 does not affect cattle, it causes food-borne …
Researchers have decoded the deadly 2011 E. coli outbreak in Germany, which killed 54 people and sickened more than 3,800, tracing it to a particularly virulent strain. A team led by Shannon Manning, molecular biologist and …
Researchers have identified E.coli’s weak spot. The research has identified the role of a molecule in fighting against infections. The lethal bug continues to infiltrate and contaminate food supplies, causing sickness and …
The modern day E.coli bug has been transformed to identify its evolutionary trajectory. US researchers have resurrected a 500-million-year-old gene from bacteria and inserted it into modern-day E. coli bug to see whether the …
From tiny villages in the developing world to suburban US kitchens, dangerous strains of E. coli bacteria sicken millions of people each year and kill untold numbers of children. But now, a new research shows that the bugs living …
A mobile phone that can detect whether leftovers in your fridge are safe to eat could be heading to a store near you, the Daily Mail reported Thursday. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed a …
