A new study reveals that the notorious bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa must balance between effectively colonizing human airways and developing antibiotic tolerance to survive. Imagine ...

A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same patient, ...

The pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa breaching through the respiratory epithelia of a human lung microtissue model, captured via Scanning Electron Microscopy. How do pathogens invade the ...

To cause an infection, pathogens have to get into our cells. So how do they do it? A new study has used lung organoids, which are small, simplified versions of human lungs, to learn more about the ...

Hospitals around the world are bracing for a future where common infections no longer respond to standard drugs. Among the ...

A new multi-site study led by researchers at CU Anschutz shows that people with cystic fibrosis (CF) who start the triple-drug therapy elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ETI) can safely reduce many of ...

Pseudomonas, a type of bacteria, keeps cropping up in cleaning products, of all things, prompting product recalls. (Getty Images) It's a fair assumption that cleaning products you use will help ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa grows as biofilms in the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) but it remains unclear if the bacteria persist because the biofilms are antibiotic-resistant or if resistant ...

Owlstone Medical ("Owlstone"), the global leader in Breath Biopsy ® for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, today announced that the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has made an ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) remains a challenging multisystem disorder predominately affecting the lungs, where chronic bacterial infections have long been recognised as the major drivers of morbidity and ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells (orange) growing on the mucus layer (green) of the airway mucosa. Airway epithelial cells are shown in purple. Imagine trying to settle into a new home while constantly ...