{"668102":{"#nid":"668102","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Scientists Discover Small RNA That Regulates Bacterial Infection","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPeople with weakened immune systems are at constant risk of infection.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EPseudomonas aeruginosa\u003C\/em\u003E, a common environmental bacterium, can colonize different body parts, such as the lungs, leading to persistent, chronic infections that can last a lifetime \u2013 a common occurrence for people with cystic fibrosis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut the bacteria can sometimes change their behavior and enter the bloodstream, causing chronic localized infections to become acute and potentially fatal. Despite decades of studying the transition in lab environments, how and why the switch happens in humans has remained unknown.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/scientists-discover-small-rna-regulates-bacterial-infection\u0022\u003ERead the rest of the story here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have identified the major mechanism behind the transition between chronic and acute\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EP. aeruginosa\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;infections.\u0026nbsp;Their research findings can inform the development of future treatments for life-threatening acute infections.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The researchers identified the major molecular mechanism behind the transition between chronic and acute P. aeruginosa infections."}],"uid":"36123","created_gmt":"2023-06-14 18:13:19","changed_gmt":"2023-07-19 18:00:36","author":"Catherine Barzler","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670978":{"id":"670978","type":"image","title":"Pseudomonas aeruginosa","body":"\u003Cp\u003EPseudomonas aeruginosa clumps grown in synthetic cystic fibrosis sputum.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1686765943","gmt_created":"2023-06-14 18:05:43","changed":"1686766040","gmt_changed":"2023-06-14 18:07:20","alt":"An image of purple and green bacteria taken with a microscope","file":{"fid":"253954","name":"pseudomonas aeruginosa 2[87].png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/06\/14\/pseudomonas%20aeruginosa%202%5B87%5D.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/06\/14\/pseudomonas%20aeruginosa%202%5B87%5D.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1091693,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/06\/14\/pseudomonas%20aeruginosa%202%5B87%5D.png?itok=cmfCQwOS"}}},"media_ids":["670978"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"192250","name":"cos-microbial"},{"id":"192003","name":"Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection (CMDI)"},{"id":"188231","name":"CMDI"},{"id":"172754","name":"Marvin Whiteley"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:catherine.barzler@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECatherine Barzler,\u003C\/a\u003E Senior Research Writer\/Editor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["catherine.barzler@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}