Posts Tagged ‘food poisoning’
1 in 10 skips hand washing in public bathrooms
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Only five percent of people who used the bathroom washed their hands long enough to kill the germs that can cause infections, according to a new study. Continue…
Monday, June 10, 2013 15:20 - 5 Comments
Health & Medicine - Dec 19, 2012 12:50 - 3 Comments
Fish toxin makes nerves ‘burn’ from cold
U. QUEENSLAND (AUS) — A type of food poisoning caused by eating reef fish causes severe pain in response to cold. It has no cure, but scientists have identified the nerves involved. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 26, 2012 11:51 - 0 Comments
Why Germany’s E. coli outbreak was so deadly
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Scientists have decoded the secret to the deadly 2011 E. coli outbreak in Germany, uncovering a way to potentially tame the killer bacteria. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 16, 2012 10:21 - 1 Comment
Copper cookware kills more microbes
U. ARIZONA (US) — Preparing food on surfaces made with copper alloys may prevent food poisoning, according to a study with Salmonella. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 10, 2012 16:08 - 0 Comments
Receptor key to food poisoning defense
USC (US) — A naturally occurring protein plays a critical role in the body’s defense against food-borne illness—a finding that could lead to more effective oral vaccines for respiratory and GI systems.
Health & Medicine - Jun 18, 2012 15:04 - 0 Comments
E. coli’s weapon in bug-on-bug warfare
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Scientists have discovered new clues about a potential weapon in the fight against a dangerous superbug that is becoming increasingly resistant to usual treatments. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 18, 2012 8:49 - 0 Comments
Sensors turn Salmonella into a killer
YALE (US) — Salmonella becomes dangerously virulent only when molecular sensors within the organism sense changes in the environment. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 16, 2012 9:54 - 0 Comments
Extreme salmonella’s Trojan Horse trick
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — The recent discovery of “hypervirulent” Salmonella bacteria has given researchers a way to potentially prevent food poisoning outbreaks. (more…)
