Scientists discover gut bacteria in bees spread antibiotic-resistant genes to each other
It's the kind of thing you might lose sleep over.
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How honey bee gut bacteria help to digest their pollen-rich diet
The honey bee gut is colonized by specialized bacteria that help digest components of the floral pollen diet and produce molecules that likely promote bee health. In a study publishing 12 December in the open access journal ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 12, 2017
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Selective photothermal therapy with supramolecular radical anions generated in situ
A new photothermal treatment could help to overcome antibiotic resistance. In this method, an agent transforms near-infrared light into local heating, which kills the pathogens. However, this "transformer" must first be activated, ...
Materials Science
Dec 7, 2017
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Red-bellied lemurs maintain gut health through touching and 'huddling' each other
Scientists have found a direct link between physical contact and gut bacteria in red-bellied lemurs. Likely passed through 'huddling' behaviour and touch, the findings suggest implications for human health.
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Dec 5, 2017
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Researchers put probiotics in food and supplements to the test
It's a great time to be a bacterium.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 17, 2017
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Mummies' tummies to reveal digestive evolution
Mummified bodies from Egypt and the Canary Islands are having their digestive tracts tested and compared to living people in order to reveal how the bacteria in our guts has changed over the centuries and how it varies between ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 1, 2017
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Hacking the bacterial social network
Whenever we use our smartphones to check social media, we face loads of bacteria on the devices—even more than on toilet seats, according to a University of Arizona study. Those bacteria may have their own form of social ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 25, 2017
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Gut bacteria from wild mice boost health in lab mice
Laboratory mice that are given the gut bacteria of wild mice can survive a deadly flu virus infection and fight colorectal cancer dramatically better than laboratory mice with their own gut bacteria, researchers report October ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 19, 2017
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Mosquito gut bacteria may offer clues to malaria control
Mosquitoes harbor gut bacteria just like people do—and the bugs inside the bugs may hold a key to fighting malaria.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 28, 2017
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Gut bacteria that 'talk' to human cells may lead to new treatments
We have a symbiotic relationship with the trillions of bacteria that live in our bodies—they help us, we help them. It turns out that they even speak the same language. And new research from The Rockefeller University and ...
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Aug 30, 2017
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