Some bacterial pathogens form so-called biofilms during infection processes to protect themselves from drugs or cells of the human immune system. Every year, more than 500,000 people die from infections associated with biofilms. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 13, 2023
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Bacteria harness the power of communities. A research group at the University of Basel, Switzerland, has now discovered that the bacterial pathogen that causes cholera forms a novel type of bacterial community on immune cells: ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 12, 2023
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Scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago have found that a peptide from fruit flies could lead to new antibiotics.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 6, 2023
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We are pursuing the dream of eternal life. We fast to stay healthy. And each year, we spend billions of dollars on treatment to make sure we stay alive. But some people turn 100 years old all by themselves. Why is that?
Cell & Microbiology
May 31, 2023
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Like thieves that constantly look for ways to evade capture, Salmonella enterica, a disease-causing bacterium, uses various tactics to escape the human body's defense mechanisms. In a new study, researchers from the Department ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 26, 2023
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a molecular method able to detect whether or not bacteria respond to antibiotics within minutes. The findings are presented in the journal Nature Microbiology ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 22, 2023
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A new study adds to an emerging, radically new picture of how bacterial cells continually repair faulty sections of their DNA.
Cell & Microbiology
May 16, 2023
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Colistin is a cationic cyclic peptide that disrupts bacterial cell membranes of Gram-negative bacteria. It is one of the few remaining antibiotics of last resort for use against infections with multidrug-resistant bacteria. ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 10, 2023
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A recent study by Tokyo Tech researchers has found that the biofilm-forming bacteria E. coli adheres firmly to hydrophobic and hydrophilic protein-adsorbing self-assembling monolayers (SAMs) and weakly to hydrophilic protein-resisting ...
Biochemistry
May 8, 2023
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Bacteria naturally adapt to various environmental stimuli and as they mutate, these changes can make them resistant to drugs that would kill or slow their growth.
Evolution
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