Foodborne pathogens - How 'non-professional' cells can trigger immune response
Researchers are finding new details on the complex dynamics involved in how organisms sense an infection from pathogens. The researchers found that worms can sense changes in...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - State reports no E. coli found yet in investigation of...
State officials report they have not found E. Coli in samples tested in relation to an E. Coli outbreak linked to Pure Eire Dairy in Washington. Fifteen people are confirmed...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Food safety's complicated case that still isn't over
ALBANY, GA - Just more than eight years ago, well-known Georgia defense attorney Edward D. Tolley told a young majistrate judge that the criminal case they were both looking at...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Study highlights raw pet food as emerging source of...
A study on a deadly E. coli outbreak in the United Kingdom linked to raw pet food adds to the evidence of such products being a risk factor for human infections, according to...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - WHO and Swiss Confederation launch Biohub facility to...
The World Health Organization and the Swiss Confederation today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch the first WHO BioHub Facility as part of the WHO BioHub System...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Climate change makes West Nile virus outbreaks...
Climate change will make outbreaks of West Nile virus more likely in the UK within the next 20-30 years, a new study has found. A new scientific model shows the risk of the...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - New CRISPR tools help contain mosquito disease...
Scientists have developed a genetics toolkit that helps pave the way to a gene drive designed to stop Culex mosquitoes from spreading disease. Much less studied than other...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Tips for preventing the spread of foodborne illness...
As COVID-19 cases drop and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance changes, Americans are preparing to gather together to commemorate Memorial Day and honor the...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - New genetic editing tools could stop the spread of...
Since the onset of the CRISPR genetic editing revolution, scientists have been working to leverage the technology in the development of gene drives that target...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Holiday leftovers - making it last
The extended holiday weekend means family, friends and food. And possibly more food than can be consumed. This means leftovers need to be stored so they can be enjoyed for a...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.617 may be more transmissible...
In a new research paper currently available on the bioRxiv* preprint server, a research group from the United Kingdom provides experimental evidence that B.1.617 lineage of the...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Large Salmonella outbreak linked to melons
Melons have been linked to a Salmonella Braenderup outbreak that has affected 200 people in more than 10 countries. Patients have been reported in Denmark, Belgium, Finland...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Consent decree shuts down production of Real Water...
A federal court permanently enjoined a Henderson, NV, company from preparing, processing, and distributing adulterated and misbranded bottled water. In a complaint filed on May...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - A Truly Revolting Treatment Is Having a Renaissance
In its larval stage, Lucilia sericata looks unassuming enough. Beige and millimeters long, a bottle-fly grub may lack good looks, but it contains a sophisticated set of tools...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Pseudomonas aeruginosa poses a serious threat to human...
No one knows exactly when humans and pathogenic bacteria were encountered with each other. But since then, the war began over life and survival between them. During this time...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - New Salmonella outbreak traced to raw, frozen, breaded...
State and federal officials are investigating a multistate Salmonella outbreak traced to raw, frozen, breaded, stuffed chicken products. The USDA issued a public alert, but no...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Researchers develop botulism prediction model
A mathematical model has been developed by scientists in Denmark to control the risk from Clostridium botulinum in certain foods. The tool could be used in development or...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Don't Use Antibody Tests Post Vaccine to Determine...
Antibodies are proteins your body makes in response to infections and will be detectable in your blood after infection as a sign of your body's battle against that pathogen...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - The Disease Detective
Joe DeRisi invented a way to find pathogens that scientists didn't even know to look for. Can it help prevent the next pandemic?
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