Ancient People Also Had Gastric Infections
	Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium known to cause gastric infections, has been discovered for the first time in the stomach remains of the mummies of native people predating the discovery and colonization of the New World by the Europeans. "It is only through the use of the stomach tissue of these incredible mummies that we were able to make this discovery. Infection is established when the micro-organism infiltrates the st ... [read more >>]
	16 July 2008, 06:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Secret of the World's Largest Bacterium Revealed
	This is like the blue whale of the bacterial world. Epulopiscium is as big as a mountain when compared to other bacteria, having the size of a grain of salt and being a million times larger than the common E. coli bacteria: you can see it with the naked eye. A new study carried out at Cornell and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal has unveiled the secret of this gigantism: it consists in the ability of ... [read more >>]
	09 May 2008, 03:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How HIV Kills Through a Diarrhea
	HIV does not kill by itself. It just leaves humans defenseless against other killers. About 50% of all HIV-positive African adults die of Salmonella infection, a disease that otherwise is treated after a seven-day bout of diarrhea. A new research made at UC Davis School of Medicine and published in the "Nature Medicine" shows how salmonella becomes deadly in the case of AIDS patients. "We have found the defect in the im ... [read more >>]
	25 March 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

2007: The Seventh Year of Syphilis Raise
	Maybe some people believe syphilis is something from the past, but this would be a big mistake: a new research published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases shows that our negligence enabled the old deadly sexual bug to have a spectacular comeback in developed countries, boosted by drug consumption and high-risk sexual behaviors. The infection was well under control in the '90s, but a steady rise started with the year 2000. ... [read more >>]
	21 March 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Most Powerful Natural Poison Decoded
	This is the most dangerous naturally occurring toxin: the Botulinum toxin. It is the trademark of Clostridium botulinum bacterium and less than 2 kg (5 pounds) would be enough to wipe out the whole human population. Even so, in extremely small amounts, this toxin has medical and cosmetic employments, under the name of Botox. Now the genome of this deadly bacterium has been decoded. It appears that C. botulinum doesn't possess ... [read more >>]
	29 May 2007, 11:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Caries Bug Explains The Origin of the Human Races
	Our parasites are so intimately attached to us that they share not only their life with us, but also their evolution, a phenomenon called co-evolution. That's why the way we evolved can be traced in the way our bugs evolved. A new research made at New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) comes with surprising evidence on how early humans started colonizing the planet, spreading out of Africa to Asia, based for the firs ... [read more >>]
	16 March 2007, 09:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia