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 (Medical Xpress) -- Too much cleanliness has been linked to the alarming rise in auto-immune and allergic diseases in the Western world, says Professor Barbara Fazekas de St Groth from the Centenary Institute. But the answer to this dilemma could lie in our gut. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-cleanliness-immune.html Medical research Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:04:55 EST news226231458