New research has uncovered exactly how the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae has become resistant to the antibiotic penicillin. The same research could also open up MRSA to attack by penicillin ...

The discovery of DNA as the hereditary material was built upon decades of clinical research with the pneumococcus bacterium. Frederick Griffith's 1928 discovery of transformation galvanized ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae binds to host GAPDH on dying lung epithelial cells worsening secondary infection following influenza. Cell Reports , 2021; 35 (11): 109267 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021. ...

Meningitis is an infection of the meninges, the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. Bacteria called Streptococcus pneumonia cause pneumococcal meningitis. Symptoms include fever ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a type of bacteria that can cause pneumococcal disease. There are more than 100 strains of this bacteria, though not all of them lead to infections. People can carry ...

As Streptococcus A cases continue to be prevalent in Queensland and internationally, a new nasal vaccine could provide long-term protection from the deadly bacteria. Associate Professor Manisha ...

Separation of daughter cells during bacterial cell division requires splitting of the septal cross wall by peptidoglycan hydrolases. In Streptococcus pneumoniae, PcsB is predicted to perform this ...

Pneumolysin as a target for new therapies against pneumococcal infections: A systematic review.Image Credit: Kateryna Kon / Shutterstock. Background. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the primary ...

Griffith University researchers are on the brink of a technological breakthrough in vaccine development with a possible new vaccine modality. Professor Bernd Rehm and Dr Shuxiong Chen from the ...

A bout with flu virus can be hard, but when Streptococcus pneumonia enters the mix, it can turn deadly. Now researchers have found a further reason for the severity of this dual infection by ...

Elemental bio-images of mouse lungs during Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. The image shows increased zinc levels (orange to red regions) mobilised by the innate immune response to sites where ...

Griffith University's Institute for Glycomics has developed a groundbreaking, combination vaccine that may finally beat Streptococcus A infections. Human trials are set to begin, early as next ...