One nasty evolver
Today, our most fearsome natural enemies aren't big, fierce animals. They're microscopic invaders, with names like O104:H4. Their weapon is evolution.
O104:H4 is the label given to the strain of E. coli responsible for the food-borne outbreak currently sweeping through Europe. The organism is so good at infecting us that a deadly case could start with just 10 to 50 cells. Once ingested, this new E. coli multiplies into the billions, using various tricks to evade the immune system.
A benign form of E. coli inhabits all of us, but unlike these friendly bacteria, the new strain forms clumps that adhere to human intestines, where it secretes a deadly substance called Shiga toxin. In the worst cases, the toxin invades the bloodstream, where it massacres blood cells and eventually destroys the kidneys.
In those cases, antibiotics may actually kill a patient by stimulating the bacteria to release even more toxin.
As of Friday, the outbreak had sickened more than 2,700 people across 13 countries and killed 29. Last week, scientists traced the outbreak to infected bean sprouts, which they had implicated once before and rejected. If it stands, that still leaves many questions about where this new bacteria came from and how it contaminated the sprouts. Uncovering its evolutionary story could lead to quicker diagnostic tests and strategies for preventing deadly outbreaks in the future.
Though Darwin postulated that evolution happens through slow, gradual change, the evolution of E. coli into a killer can happen overnight. "They're constantly evolving and we have to catch up," said Chitrita "Chobi" DebRoy, director of the E. coli Reference Center at Pennsylvania State University.
Scientists say understanding how these bacteria evolve might lead to new ideas for stemming the current outbreak and preventing future ones.
In this case, E. coli "has taken a turn nobody expected."
O104:H4 is part of a family known as the enteroaggregative E. coli, because they're sticky, binding like glue to each other and to surfaces, including human intestines. DebRoy says these bacteria are associated with persistent diarrhea afflicting children in developing countries. Until now, U.S. agriculture officials didn't pay much attention to them.
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O104:H4 is the label given to the strain of E. coli responsible for the food-borne outbreak currently sweeping through Europe. The organism is so good at infecting us that a deadly case could start with just 10 to 50 cells. Once ingested, this new E.
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For these studies, the researchers worked with a preparation of purified pig brains, rich in microtubules, adding katanin labeled with a fluorescent tag to visualize the mechanics of how the katanin “snipping” complex works. Through the TIRF microscope
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&Quot;I am writing to inform you of how the country based quotas imposed on Employment Based green cards are unfair and totally illogical. When I immigrated to the US, I believed that this country was a meritocracy where you were judged based on your abilities and qualities. These country based quotas reward people depending on where they or their ancestors were born. This causes people from India and China to wait over a decade to get a green card whereas someone from another country with similar or lesser abilities can obtain permanent residence in half that time. I must admit that I have not maintained my PMP certification and it has lapsed over the last two years. I just found it very utopian and not very practical. Maybe that is the way it is designed to be. I also got my PMP after spending 5 years successfully rolling out two CMM level 5 assesments and one ISO 9001 certification for my employers. PMP for me was just a way of having someone endorse me and my skills. Over time I found it to be relatively useless unless you hang out at the various PMI meets to do some effective networking. Too much visiblity may not be good. Anti immigrants also will do more aggressively. Illegal immigrants also doing rally every year May 1. But they cannot impress congress though they have powerful lobby. Congress is divided based on their area people opinion. When congress changes and more pro immigrant members are there in congress then bills will be passed easily. Now the surprise is no single immigration bill is coming atleast for voting. Then only we can find whether those bills have support or not. I suggested this in my last two posts and I am suggesting this again. Emails , faxes to Rep will not create visibility of the problem. What we need to do is, do something big, like a DC rally again. One of the benefits behind doing this will be, everyone in this country i has their eyes on DC for presidential elections. Hence more visibility for us. Note the following information from the 2006 annual conference of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in San Antonio, Texas. "For employment-based immigrant visa purposes (aka green card), the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will not equate a three-year diploma plus a post-baccalaureate diploma as being the equivalent of a U.S. Bachelor's Degree for either EB-2 or EB-3 classification.
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Animal Cell Technology: Basic and Applied Aspects, Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Animal Cell Technology (JAACT), Kyoto, Japan, September 25-28 2006
This volume gives the readers a complete review of present state-of-the-art in Japan and other countries where this field is well advanced.Animal cell culture, a practical approach
Animal cell biotechnology, methods and protocols
The volume is divided into five parts that reflect the processes required for different stages of production.Animal cell technology, from biopharmaceuticals to gene therapy
Part 1 of the book covers the Fundamentals upon which this technology is based and covers the science underpinning the technology.Animal cell technology, challenges for the 21st century
This volume gives the readers a complete review of present state of the art in Japan.Casual Note Directory
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