Consuming even modest amounts of resistant starch can lend a significant punch to the gut microbes that benefit human health, according to a new study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln food scientists.
Biotechnology
Jan 22, 2015
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Scientists have gained fresh insights into how the salmonella bug makes us ill.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 11, 2012
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Two species of single-cell parasites have co-opted "ready-made" genes from their hosts that in turn help them exploit their hosts, according to a new study by University of British Columbia and University of Ottawa researchers.
Biotechnology
Jul 18, 2012
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Without the bacteria that live in our intestines, a drug used against rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease wouldn’t work.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 27, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- The specific mechanisms by which humans and other animals are able to discriminate between disease-causing microbes and innocuous ones in order to rapidly respond to infections have long been a mystery to scientists. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 13, 2012
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Scientists have deciphered the genome of a bacterium implicated as a key player in regulating the immune system of mice. The genomic analysis provides the first glimpse of its unusually sparse genetic blueprint and offers ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 14, 2011
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