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Identification of a Molecule which Would Facilitate the Action of the Antifungal Drugs
Due to the similarity of certain proteins from pathogenic fungi and human proteins, current antifungals are usually directed to characteristics that are present in the pathogen but absent in humans. A study has...
Science, Industry and ideology: the Ravetllat-Pla Institut
The Ravetllat-Pla Institute, located in the Guinardó district of Barcelona, was founded by the veterinary doctor Joaquim Ravetllat and doctor Ramon Armengol in 1919. There, they conceived a theory for the treatment of tuberculosis that was defined as heterodox...
Legitimacy of science and commercial interests: the Institute Ravetllat-Pla
Joaquim Ravetllat i Estech proposed a heterodox theory on tuberculosis bacillus variability. This theory was the base for Ramón Pla i Armengol to put on the market two anti-tuberculosis products: hemo-antitoxin and Suero...
Discovery of controlled swarm in bacteria
A study led by researchers from UAB describes one of the mechanisms in which pathogenic bacteria populations control the way they spread over the surface of the organs they infect and stop when they detect the presence of an antibiotic, only to resume again when the effect wears off....
