Cell-cell signaling of GI bacteria can unlock future infection preventions
Published in Nature Communications, research from the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic sought to understand how microbial communities help people resist pathogens.
Published in Nature Communications, research from the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic sought to understand how microbial communities help people resist pathogens.
Molecular & Computational biology
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Cholera is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, a waterborne pathogen that infects the gut of humans through contaminated water and food. When ingested, V. cholerae colonizes the gut's inner surface, causing a watery ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 7, 2022
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Genes jumping from microbes to green algae hundreds of millions of years ago might have driven the evolution of land plants, researchers report March 1 in the journal Molecular Plant. Their analysis reveals that hundreds ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 1, 2022
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Your DNA holds the blueprint to build your body, but it's a living document: Adjustments to the design can be made by epigenetic marks.
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 28, 2022
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Microbes may be miniscule, but they have a massive impact on Earth and its habitability. They are uniquely different from animals, plants, and other eukaryotic organisms in that they can gain energy from "breathing" a surprisingly ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 1, 2022
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Scientists have pinpointed a gene that helps deadly E. coli bacteria evade antibiotics, potentially leading to better treatments for millions of people worldwide.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 14, 2022
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It is a fact that bacteria are increasingly developing antibiotic resistance. Information campaigns have raised awareness among the general public that the main cause of antibiotic resistance is the high 'selection pressure' ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 10, 2021
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The Styrofoam container that holds your takeout cheeseburger may contribute to the population's growing resistance to antibiotics.
Biochemistry
Dec 2, 2021
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Some time in Earth's early history, the planet took a turn toward habitability when a group of enterprising microbes known as cyanobacteria evolved oxygenic photosynthesis—the ability to turn light and water into energy, ...
Evolution
Sep 28, 2021
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Microorganisms can increase their host's ability to adapt to the environment and reproduce—evolutionary biologists are now studying the underlying molecular mechanisms. A research team headed by Dr. Fabian Staubach and ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 27, 2021
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