My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
" Luo suggests that people with lupus should eat Lactobacillus-containing probiotics, such as live culture yogurts, to reduce lupus flares " WASHINGTON, DC – October 20, 2014 -- Lactobacillus species,…
WASHINGTON, DC – October 7, 2014 -- Yogurt containing probiotic bacteria successfully protected children and pregnant women against heavy metal exposure in a recent study. Working with funding from the…
07 SEP 2012 Antibiotic residues in uncured pepperoni or salami meat are potent enough to weaken helpful bacteria that processors add to acidify the sausage to make it safe for…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sJwilvnPRU] Critically ill ICU patients lose almost all of their gut microbes and the ones left aren’t good - They found that patients with stays longer than a month…
Public Release: 23-Sep-2014 Researchers at the University of Chicago have shown that after a long stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) only a handful of pathogenic microbe species remain…
Public Release: 8-Sep-2014 Using tracer viruses, researchers found that contamination of just a single doorknob or table top results in the spread of viruses throughout office buildings, hotels, and health…
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 8-Jul-2014 The fungus responsible for an outbreak of contaminated Greek yogurt last year is not harmless after all but a strain with the ability to cause disease,…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRWK2Tc-k-k] - Windshield washer fluid a source of Legionnaires disease - "This study is the first to detect high levels of Legionella in automobiles or aerosolized by washer fluid spray,"…
Can chemicals produced by gut microbiota affect children with autism? // PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 19-May-2014 Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have significantly different concentrations of certain bacterial-produced chemicals, called…
Public Release: 7-Apr-2014 A team of French and Brazilian researchers warn that chikungunya virus is poised to invade, and become epidemic in the Americas according to research published ahead of…
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology When it comes to fighting off pathogens like Listeria, your best allies may be the billions of microorganisms that line your…
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Researchers from Yale University School of Medicine have demonstrated that vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is highly competent at finding, infecting, and…
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Numerous epidemiologic studies have shown that a diet high in salt is associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer. Now…
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology A single mutation in the H5N1 avian influenza virus that affects the pH at which the hemagglutinin surface protein is activated…
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Probiotic possibilities loom Too much antibiotic can decimate the normal intestinal microbiota, which may never recover its former diversity. That, in…
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Probiotic possibilities loom Too much antibiotic can decimate the normal intestinal microbiota, which may never recover its former diversity. That, in…
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Skin, soft tissue infections succumb to blue light Blue light can selectively eradicate Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections of the skin and soft…
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Blue light can selectively eradicate Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections of the skin and soft tissues, while preserving the outermost layer of skin,…
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Researchers report for the first time the seroprevalence of three strains of avian influenza viruses in pigs in southern China, but…
Public Release: 9-Oct-2012 Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology How can scientists safely conduct avian flu research if the results could potentially threaten, as well as save,…
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