http://www.biomedcentral.com/biome/bacterial-social-networks-computational-models-probe-bacterial-social-signalling-systems/ Research, comment & community news in biology & medicine Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.biomedcentral.com/biome/bacterial-social-networks-computational-models-probe-bacterial-social-signalling-systems/#comment-153 Highlights of the BMC-series: August 2013 - BMC series blog Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:33:32 +0000 http://www.biomedcentral.com/biome/?p=3462#comment-153 [...] Bacteria communicate via chemical signalling mechanisms called quorum sensing, which may be used in some pathogenic species to regulate virulence factors involved in infection. To investigate how these factors may be potentially manipulated, researchers have used computational network modelling to investigate how inhibition of the quorum sensing pathways in the opportunistic pathogen Psedomonas aeruginosa may influence virulence. Pinpointing a weak spot in these virulence factors may therefore help in the ongoing battle against antibiotic resistance. You can read more on the background to this research in Biome magazine. [...] [...] Bacteria communicate via chemical signalling mechanisms called quorum sensing, which may be used in some pathogenic species to regulate virulence factors involved in infection. To investigate how these factors may be potentially manipulated, researchers have used computational network modelling to investigate how inhibition of the quorum sensing pathways in the opportunistic pathogen Psedomonas aeruginosa may influence virulence. Pinpointing a weak spot in these virulence factors may therefore help in the ongoing battle against antibiotic resistance. You can read more on the background to this research in Biome magazine. [...]

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