Memphis firm readies new Lyme disease tech for market

Today's Lyme/Tick/Antibiotic links:
1) Exchange of genetic material between harmless bacteria could be reservoir of antibiotic resistance - http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-exchange-genetic-material-harmless-bacteria.html
2) Bacterial Resistance Mechanism Exposed: New Antibiotics May Follow - http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/bacterial-resistance-mechanism-exposed-new-antibiotics-may-follow/81249538/

3) Ear tubes more effective than oral antibiotics -http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/820912?src=rss

4) Scripps Florida Scientists Uncover Drug Resistance Mechanism that Could Impact Development of Two Antibiotic Drug Candidates -http://www.healthcanal.com/medical-breakthroughs/47845-scripps-florida-scientists-uncover-drug-resistance-mechanism-that-could-impact-development-of-two-antibiotic-drug-candidates.html

5) Scientists find resistance mechanism that could impact antibiotic drug development - http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-02/sri-sfr021814.php

6) How a Microbe Resists its Own Antibiotics - http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/39237/title/How-a-Microbe-Resists-its-Own-Antibiotics/

7) More Money Allocated For Tick Spraying -http://www.leesburgtoday.com/news/more-money-allocated-for-tick-spraying/article_93c351e6-9b09-11e3-b6b1-0019bb2963f4.html

8) Lone Star tick bites are likely the cause of severe red meat allergies -http://www.news-medical.net/news/20140221/Lone-star-tick-bites-are-likely-the-cause-of-severe-red-meat-allergies.aspx

9) Lyme Disease also affects those in Florida -http://www.mysuncoast.com/health/news/lyme-disease-also-affects-those-in-florida/article_79246818-9a80-11e3-aedf-001a4bcf6878.html

10) Memphis firm readies new Lyme disease tech for market -http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2014/feb/20/memphis-firm-readies-new-lyme-disease-tech-for/

Memphis firm readies new Lyme disease tech for market

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For a dozen years, Maria Gomes-Solecki’s research in labs and in woods nailed down how feeding mice a vaccine for Lyme disease could reduce the disease in ticks and help prevent it from spreading to people.