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Book announcement: The World of Microbes - new textbook for key stage 2
Many people only associate microbes with disease, but we could not live without them. The World of Microbes is a new book, specially written for Key Stage 2 children, which looks at how harmful and beneficial microbes affect our daily lives. Packs containing six copies of The World of Microbes; a... view more (2001-07-31)

Aiming at a deeper understanding of the maintenance of health
Projects selected for Microbes and Man Research Programme. The projects that will be funded under the umbrella of the Microbes and Man Research Programme have been selected. Among the areas and issues covered in these projects are allergies, intestinal immune defence mechanisms, the role of... view more (2002-12-10)

Microbes and Man Research Programme starting up
Main focus on interaction between microbes and man The newly launched Academy of Finland Research Programme on Microbes and Man (MICMAN) is aimed at producing new information on the interaction between microbes and man and at making use of that information for purposes of maintaining health and... view more (2003-02-03)

The unknown within us - ageing affects our gut flora
Ageing does not only affect the way we look from outside; the microbiota living in our gut also changes with age. The intestinal microbiota of infants is quite well identified, but only 8% of the microbes in elderly people can be characterised at the moment. We all carry inside us millions of... view more (2002-10-18)

Reducing the risks of GM micro-organisms
Scientists have developed a system to increase the safety of genetically modified (GM) microbes for release into the environment. Release of GM micro-organisms is a cause of great concern to many, because the microbes could pass on genes for disease or other harmful traits to others. But, a team... view more (2003-12-09)

Bugs in the gut could help doctors develop individualised healthcare
The success of personalised healthcare hinges on a better understanding of how microbes in the gut interact with different medicines report scientists from Imperial College London and Astra Zeneca.   view more (2005-04-13)

EGF receptor activation prevents microbes from going more than skin deep
Our skin not only serves as a physical barrier against infection but skin cells themselves can mount an immune response to kill invading microbes by producing antimicrobial polypeptides (AMPs).   view more (2006-06-16)

Things That Go Rot In The Night - Microbiology Today: August 2003 issue
Many people are completely unaware of the way in which microbes ‘spoil’ so many materials that we use in our everyday lives, according to an article published in the August issue of Microbiology Today, the quarterly magazine for the Society for General Microbiology. This spoilage, known... view more (2003-07-17)

Microbiology experts meet Scottish Parliamentarians
Microbiology experts will be gathering today, 04 March 2004, at the Hub in Edinburgh to tell MSPs about the many varied ways in which microbes are involved in the everyday issues requiring Government decisions. Health, environment and the economy occupy much of the work of the Scottish Parliament.... view more (2004-03-03)

National Academies advisory: Fighting infectious disease
Humans coexist with millions of harmless microorganisms, but emerging diseases, resistance to antibiotics, and the threat of bioterrorism are forcing scientists to look for new ways to confront the microbes that do pose a danger.   view more (2005-10-31)

Bugs in the gut could play key role in understanding human disease and drug toxicity
Understanding how microbes in the gut interact with the body could lead scientists and doctors to new a understanding and novel treatments for diseases say scientists from Imperial College London and Astra Zeneca.   view more (2004-10-05)

Transplanting human gut bugs into mice helps understanding of metabolic system
Bugs found in the guts of humans, which play an important part in people's metabolic makeup, have been transplanted into mice to further understanding of the human and animal metabolic system.   view more (2007-05-22)

New Window Opens on the Secret Life of Microbes: Scientists Develop First Microbial Profiles of Ecosystems
Nowhere is the principle of "strength in numbers" more apparent than in the collective power of microbes: despite their simplicity, these one-cell organisms--which number about 5 million trillion trillion strong (no, that is not a typo) on Earth--affect virtually every ecological process,... view more (2008-03-14)

Scientists expand microbe 'gene language'
An international group of scientists has expanded the universal language for the genes of both disease-causing and beneficial microbes and their hosts.   view more (2007-03-02)

New Tools For Getting To Know Our Own Microbiota
EU-funded project named `MICROBE DIAGNOSTICS` has developed new tools that enable more extensive and rapid analysis of our gut microbiota than has been possible earlier. These new methods are based on the unique genetical codes each microbe contains. The project has developed 16 new testing... view more (2002-10-30)

Could seaweed clean up DDT?
Adding small amounts of seaweed to contaminated soil could prove to be a natural and effective way of breaking down the toxic pesticide DDT, according to new research in the Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. A British biologist, Ian Singleton, worked with colleagues in Australia and... view more (2004-04-13)

Improving the immune system using ‘chatty’ bacteria
Certain helpful bacteria are able to communicate with cells lining the gut causing the production of chemicals that can kill off harmful microbes when they try to invade, scientists heard today (Wednesday 10 April 2002) at the spring meeting of the Society for General Microbiology at the University... view more (2002-04-02)

Helping the aged gut replace good bacteria may reduce cancer risk
Eating certain foods can increase the number of protective microbes in the gut. These bacteria help prevent food poisoning and can reduce levels of some toxic chemicals that may cause cancer, scientists heard today (Wednesday 10 April 2002) at the spring meeting of the Society for General... view more (2002-04-02)

Methane from microbes: a fuel for the future
Microbes could provide a clean, renewable energy source and use up carbon dioxide in the process, suggested Dr James Chong at a Science Media Centre press briefing today.   view more (2007-12-11)

Targeting gut bugs could revolutionize future drugs, say researcher
Revolutionary new ways to tackle certain diseases could be provided by creating drugs which change the bugs in people's guts, according to a Perspective article published today in the journal Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.   view more (2008-02-04)

Scientists discover interplay between genes and viruses in tiny ocean plankton
New evidence from open-sea experiments shows there's a constant shuffling of genetic material going on among the ocean's tiny plankton. It happens via ocean-dwelling viruses, scientists report this week in the journal Science.   view more (2006-03-27)

Paired microbes eliminate methane using sulfur pathway
Anaerobic microbes in the Earth's oceans consume 90 percent of the methane produced by methane hydrates - methane trapped in ice - preventing large amounts of methane from reaching the atmosphere.   view more (2008-01-17)

Genome study of beneficial microbe may help boost plant health
In a study expected to greatly benefit crop plants, scientists have deciphered the genome of a root- and seed-dwelling bacterium that protects plants from diseases.   view more (2005-06-27)

Microbial stowaways: Are ships spreading disease?
Ships are inadvertently carrying trillions of stowaways in the water held in their ballast tanks. When the water is pumped out, invasive species could be released into new environments. Disease-causing microbes could also be released, posing a risk to public health, according to an article in the... view more (2008-05-29)

Microbial stowaways: Are ships spreading disease?
Ships are inadvertently carrying trillions of stowaways in the water held in their ballast tanks. When the water is pumped out, invasive species could be released into new environments. Disease-causing microbes could also be released, posing a risk to public health, according to an article in the... view more (2008-05-29)
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