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Should Microbiome Startups Promise to Improve Your Gut Health?
After Russell Jordan sent a stool sample through the mail to the microbiome company Viome, his idea of what he…
New coating prevents bacteria from adhering to plastic surfaces
In clinics and medical practices, it is crucial to work with sterile equipment and generally ensure a high standard of…
Research identifies key role of CXCL9 cytokine in age-related chronic inflammation
An inflammatory-aging clock called developed by Stanford University School of Medicine and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging can…
Surprising similarities found in membrane proteins of bacteria and humans
The cells of simple organisms, such as bacteria, as well as human cells are surrounded by a membrane, which fulfills…
New web tool offers many capabilities vital to bacteria mutation research
In 1943, two scientists named Max Delbrück and Salvador Luria conducted an experiment to show that bacteria can mutate randomly,…
Leaky gut and microbial dysbiosis could contribute to cytokine storm in severely ill COVID-19 cases
As the world approaches the grim milestone of three million deaths from COVID-19 disease, a new preprint research paper posted…
Antibiotic-resistant strains of staph bacteria may be spreading between pigs raised in factory farms
DNA sequencing of bacteria found in pigs and humans in rural eastern North Carolina, an area with concentrated industrial-scale pig-farming,…
Bacteria use slimy strategy to defeat antibiotics that fight cystic fibrosis
University of Montana researchers and their partners have discovered a slimy strategy used by bacteria to defeat antibiotics and other…
'Phage therapy' helps treat mice infected with multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
Using viruses instead of antibiotics to tame troublesome drug-resistant bacteria is a promising strategy, known as bacteriophage or "phage therapy."…