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the company's 31-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) candidate designed to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease. VAX-31 was well tolerated and demonstrated a safety profile at all doses ...

Scientists have found a counterintuitive wrinkle in the way bacteria spread antibiotic ... mobilome because they are often associated with conjugation, a mechanism of horizontal gene transfer.

Most methods require delivery of the re-sensitized system by conjugation; the vector is carried by a non-virulent lab strain ...

The FDA recently approved Merck & Co Inc's (NYSE: MRK) Capvaxive (Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate Vaccine) as the first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine designed to protect adults. For pediatric ...

Bacterial cells can also make enzymes that ... through direct physical contact between the cells in a process called conjugation. Related: Superbugs are on the rise. How can we prevent antibiotics ...

Current research projects include development and evaluation of respiratory virus vaccines, bacterial conjugate vaccines, rotavirus vaccines, BCG, and HIV-1 vaccines. Epidemiology and basic research ...

Treatment of Bacterial and Parasitic Infections Inform ... and 2-methyl-5-nitroimidazole-1-ylacetic acid] and glucuronide conjugation, with unchanged metronidazole accounting for approximately ...

In particular, we study the fundamental mechanics and principles that influence bacterial conjugation. Our goal is to use this knowledge to facilitate the use of conjugation as a synthetic biological ...

Conjugation is the process by which one bacterium ... The pilus then draws the two bacteria together, at which time the donor bacterium transfers genetic material to the recipient bacterium.

K Heran Darwin is at New York University Grossman School of Medicine and a regular columnist for EMBO reports.

The three most common ways that bacteria diversify their DNA are transformation, conjugation, and transduction. However, not all types of bacterial cells are capable of engaging in all three ...