FOCUS - Spring 2005

Spring 2005

BWF Conference Considers Ways to Advance Understanding of Host-Microbe Interactions

Considering infectious microorganisms as formidable enemies to be vanquished is an approach that has served science and medicine for two centuries. And for most of the past century, medicine became increasingly successful at holding infections at bay through better hygiene, more universal vaccination, and development of ranges of antibiotics....FULL STORY

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BWF Profiles...

Dr. Erin Gaynor - Fighting Foodborne Illness
Although many people have experienced the unwelcome effects of consuming certain bacteria along with their food, little is known about the intricacies of how the human digestive tract reacts to foodborne bacteria....FULL STORY

Drs. Lora Hooper and Karen Guillemin - Deciphering Molecular Negotiations
In an era when antimicrobial soaps are popular and frequent use of antibiotics is the norm, scientists are beginning to discover that our zeal to wipe out germs actually may be backfiring on us....FULL STORY

Dr. Wenqing Xu - Probing Innate Immunity
When 17th century poet John Donne penned the oft quoted verse, “never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee,” he was referring to the ravages of the plague—a deadly infection and the scourge of humans from time immemorial....FULL STORY

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