POSTS TAGGED AS MRSA

Nanobots for Treating MRSA

Nanobots grab MRSA bacteria
Using gold nanowires coated with platelets and red blood cells, bioengineers at the University of California in [MORE]

Detecting Infections in Prostheses

Hip Prosthesis
Last summer, D. A. Henderson, who led WHO’s Smallpox Eradication Campaign, died from a MRSA infection following a prosthetic [MORE]

Tetraspanin Proteins to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance

Tetraspanins Spin Web
Tetraspanins are a family of membrane proteins that function in cell adhesion and motility, as well as proliferation. [MORE]

How a New Antibiotic Was Discovered

Teixobactin Structure
Antibiotic-resistance has been a persistent problem in clinical medicine since sulfonamide resistance was reported in 1939. Still, new soil [MORE]

Toxin Absorbing Nanosponges to Control MRSA

Liangfang Zhang Nanoengineer UCSC
To control bacterial toxins at an infection site, scientists at the University of California, San Diego, created [MORE]

Disinfecting Robots for Hospital Housekeeping

Xenex UV-Disinfection System
Clostridium difficile is one of the most persistent pathogens in hospital acquired infections. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are [MORE]

Another First for Whole Genome Sequencing

This piece is best summarized in its own words:  “For the first time, researchers from Cambridge have used DNA sequencing [MORE]

Healing Diabetic Lesions

Fibrinolysis
For the 350 million diabetics who develop foot ulcers (resulting in 10-15 million amputations), news that the plasma protein [MORE]

“Personalized” Pathogens

Staphylococcus aureus VISA
It has been a decade since hospital-acquired vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) was first isolated from the [MORE]

Nanoparticles for Antibiotic-Resistant MRSA

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) accounts for nearly 19,000 deaths annually from hospital-acquired infections. Antibiotics which might otherwise penetrate the [MORE]

One-Hour MRSA test

Cepheid Corporation (Sunnyvale, CA) received FDA approval recently for soft tissue molecular diagnostic test for staphylococcus aureus and its methicillin-resistant [MORE]