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Fri Aug 15

• Tuberculosis: Shrewd survival strategy: "The bacterium that causes tuberculosis is one of the most successful pathogens. Its spread among humans has been so efficient that as much as one-third of the world's population is now believed to be infected. In most cases, these infections cause clinically silent disease, which is likely to remain permanently dormant unless the host's immunity is substantially compromised.&q uot;

Thu Aug 7

• The Bad Bug Book: Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook, a publication of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition.
• PLoS Pathogens: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal

Wed Aug 6

• Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge | PBS: Bioengineering & World Health teachers: This is a wonderful site to include with the Global Health Challenges section. You can order the DVD for a nominal price. Lesson plans and activity sheets are available online. Check it out! :) Detna

Tue Aug 5

• Key To Virulence Protein Entry Into Host Cells Discovered: Researchers from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech have identified the region of a large family of virulence proteins in oomycete plant pathogens that enables the proteins to enter the cells of their hosts.
• Pathogens in Water

Fri Aug 1

• GenomeWeb News: Colonization by Symbiotic Bacteria Alters Host Gene Expression: Symbiotic bacteria influence some of the same host gene expression pathways normally associated with immune system response to pathogens, new research suggests.

Thu Jul 31

• Contrasts: Craig Venter and NSABB on synthetic biology (The Seven Stones)

Mon Jul 28

• Garden microbe foils E. coli O157:H7 in laboratory tests: ... peaceably on the beans and cucumbers in backyard gardens might someday be recruited to foil foodborne pathogens. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist Michael B. Cooley looked at the pathogen-fight ing abilities...

Fri Jul 25

• A microscopic genetic engineer | Science Buzz

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