http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A collaboration between researchers at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and the Department of Microbiology at Trinity College Dublin has identified a mechanism by which the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) colonises our nasal passages. The study, recently published in the prestigious journal PLOS Pathogens, shows for the first time that a protein located on the bacterial surface called clumping factor B (ClfB) recognises a protein called loricrin that is a major component of the envelope of cells in the nose and skin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-bacterium-role-mrsa-colonises-human.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:09:35 EST news278582968 A collaboration between researchers at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and the Department of Microbiology at Trinity College Dublin has identified a mechanism by which the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) colonizes our nasal passages. The study, published today in the Open Access journal PLOS Pathogens, shows for the first time that a protein located on the bacterial surface called clumping factor B (ClfB) has high affinity for the skin protein loricrin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-staphylococcus-aureus-nose.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:00:01 EST news275848959 Chronic infections are a large and growing problem throughout the developed world, and intensive research is being conducted in ways to combat the recalcitrant bacteria. When bacteria aggregate into so-called biofilm, they become resistant to antibiotics. Until now scientists have only been able to speculate about what happens when bacteria overpower the immune system during a chronic infection. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-scientific-method-unmasks-chronic-infections.html Medical research Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:54:29 EST news263645661