Figure 1: The type III secretion system of Gram-negative bacterial pathogens injects virulence factors into host cells. The second class of TTSS-associated chaperones, which are the subject of this ...

Antibiotics are losing efficacy in treating many bacterial diseases owing to increasing drug resistance. Meanwhile, antibiotic development has lagged; the last new antibiotic class was introduced in ...

Given that antibiotics are losing effectiveness faster than replacements are being found, a chemist suggests we try a new approach. Drugs that hobble the production of virulence factors, small ...

One of virulence factors found in the influenza A viruses is hemagglutinin (HA). Researchers at Kanazawa University have recently studied the structure of HA of avian influenza virus, H5N1, using high ...

A research team found that plant-derived compounds significantly lowered the abundance of pathogenic bacteria, antibiotic ...

The current study explored how macronutrients in the host diet are involved in gut colonization and competition by V.

Many bacteria depend on their ability to attach, or adhere, to our cells for the ability to cause disease. When their survival means disease for us, we often turn to antibiotics, but his miracle ...

Chagas' disease affects over 18 million people in Latin America. The agent responsible is a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, transmitted by haematophagous insects. For survival in the host's ...