Word: streptococcus
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Treating humans with live viruses--even ones that shouldn't harm us--is always risky, so Fischetti decided to isolate just the bacteria-puncturing enzyme and use it to kill bacteria from the outside. So far, he has developed compounds against pneumococcus, streptococcus and anthrax and hopes to eventually treat infected patients by squirting the enzymes in nasal-spray form weekly...
...plead with their mothers at the supermarket. Nor did it get much closer to American mouths than arm's length, from which those mothers could read the list of ingredients to be reminded that yogurt is animated by at least two types of live bacteria: Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus. Pudding, anyone? Aisle...
Chinese authorities say they have identified the virulent disease that appeared in Sichuan province in late June, which has sickened a suspected 212 people so far and killed 38: Streptococcus suis, a bacteria in pigs that very rarely infects human beings. Last week, a team of experts from Hong Kong who assisted in the investigation backed the diagnosis. "All the evidence collected at this stage showed that the infections were caused by Streptococcus suis," said Dr. Lam Ping-yan, Hong Kong's Director of Health...
Children who play together share more than toys; they also share germs. The potentially dangerous bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae may spread more rapidly among children who attend day-care, according to a recent study conducted by Harvard Medical School (HMS) researchers...
...active. "It's a proof of principle that the strategy is working," says Bermudes. While his team seeks a partner to continue these studies, Vion is sufficiently convinced of the promise of bacteria-based therapies that it holds patents on potential cancer treatments from three more bacteria: listeria, streptococcus and shigella...