Although wheat was among the first domesticated food crops, it remains a global dietary staple several millennia later. Grown on every continent except Antarctica, wheat is the second highest produced ...

A team of British and American researchers report that targeting a toxin produced by nearly all Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, including the “superbug” known as MRSA, could lead to potential new ...

Sepsis describes the uncontrolled inflammatory response when the host cell is attacked by bloodstream infections. Sepsis due to bacterial infection leads to catastrophic outcomes and is a major ...

A new study in the journal Nature Communications reveals how a viral toxin produced by the SARS-CoV-2 virus may contribute to severe COVID-19 infections. "In theory, by specifically targeting this ...

Post-viral infection sequelae have included neurological syndromes. Among these is the association of parkinsonian manifestations with a prior history of viral infection, as far back as the Spanish ...

Viral infections have been implicated in precipitating neurological sequelae, including symptoms of parkinsonism. Mechanisms of viral encephalopathies proposed include viral affinity to the midbrain ...

Slick conditions ahve plagued the area for some time now, even with salt on the roads.This is because road salt only works up to around 15 degrees before salt c Watch: Sterling K. Brown in the ...

SALT LAKE CITY – Researchers from the University of Utah have identified a process by which the most common types of urinary tract infection-causing bacteria are able to trigger bladder cell shedding ...

Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are ubiquitous genetic modules in bacteria that encode a toxin capable of inhibiting essential cellular functions and a corresponding antitoxin to neutralise its effect.

Background. Antibiotic administration to individuals with Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection remains controversial. We assessed if antibiotic administration to individuals with ...

Wheat -- the most widely cultivated crop in the world -- is under growing attack from harmful toxins. Across Europe, almost half of wheat crops are impacted by the fungal infection that gives rise to ...