Meet The Bacteria That Eats Electricity And Breathes Metal — A Biologist Explains

These bacteria don’t eat food or breathe air like we do. All they need is to complete a circuit; that’s enough for them to ...
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A New Understanding of How Pathogens Attack Human Cells

When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells to cause infection and illness. Reporting in Cell, researchers have now ...

Microbial patterns in colorectal tumors may predict patient survival and disease progression

A recent study shows that bacteria living inside colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems that are closely linked to how ...

Turning crop waste into precision weapons against waterborne pathogens

Antimicrobial resistance and ecological disruption caused by broad-spectrum disinfectants have created an urgent need for ...

Infant gut bacteria may be the key to preventing asthma and allergies

Allergies and asthma affect an increasing number of children worldwide, but now an international research group led by DTU ...
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Specific gut bacteria found to drive alcohol production in patients with auto-brewery syndrome

Researchers at University of California San Diego, Mass General Brigham, and their colleagues have identified specific gut ...

Single-cell testing shows which antibiotics actually kill bacteria, not just stop growth

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...

Antibodies' decoy tactics for outmaneuvering pathogens could inspire next-generation treatments

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...
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Medical school prerequisites should include microbiology

C.A. Tolchinsky is a medical education learning specialist at Nova Southeastern University College of Allopathic Medicine. Bryn Tolchinsky is a senior scientist at Eli Lilly. When medical students are ...