Author: Brendan Trafford Article: Human commensals producing a novel antibiotic impair pathogen colonization In a recent study by Zipperer et al., scientists discovered a new antibiotic…
Author: Brendan Trafford
Author: Brendan Trafford For my upcoming project I will focus on MRSA and other antibiotic resistant forms of Staphylococcus aureus. I chose this class of…
Author: Brendan Trafford Introduction: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the deadlier cancers in the world today, with a 5-year survival rate of 57% worldwide[1].…
Author: Brendan Trafford Diseases to investigate Leprosy is an infection caused by bacterium Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Although it remains in the body…
Author: Brendan Trafford Fatty Acid oxidation is crucial for many pathways and functions in the human body. The product of fatty acid oxidation, Acetyl-CoA, plays…
Author: Brendan Trafford When I was younger, I really liked animals. I was always spending time with my dad watching people like Steve Erwin and…
Author: Brendan Trafford Theme Page 1 References: Akul. (2011, April 30). Mechanism of Action of Vancomycin – Animation | Animations. Retrieved April 12, 2018, from…
Author: Brendan Trafford Almost every treatment attempted to fight MRSA has ended up failing to some extent due to MRSA’s uncanny ability to form resistances.…
Theme Pages 2: Antibiotic resistance prevalence in humans, animals and environments around the world
Author: Brendan Trafford Antibiotic resistance prevalence in humans, animals and environments around the world: MRSA prevalence throughout human populations is broken into two major categories.…
Author: Brendan Trafford What is MRSA? MRSA is a methicillin resistant form of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. In some ways this name is a little…
