All Bacteria articles – Page 6
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News'Plasma Gun' technology could transform space laundry and sanitation for future missions
A new plasma-based technology may help astronauts stay healthier during missions to the moon and Mars.
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NewsBacterial supplements may boost female fertility
As women get older, their uterine environment changes. Researchers show that treating mice and humans with a beneficial bacterium called Lactobacillus gasseri or derived postbiotics may improve fertility among women over the age of 35.
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NewsNew platform speeds bacterial gene mapping for better biotech design
A new platform pinpoints genetic triggers that turn microbes into efficient factories for new chemicals and materials.
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NewsMachine learning turns routine water quality data into early warnings for pathogen health risks
Researchers have developed a data-driven framework that uses routinely measured water quality indicators to predict pathogen concentrations and estimate their potential health risks.
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NewsThe ‘windows’ that set genotoxic bacteria on a track towards colorectal cancer
Scientists have identified potential ‘windows of opportunity’ that can provide routes for some pathogenic strains of E coli to cause mutations that ultimately lead to colorectal cancers.
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NewsMeningococcal B vaccine linked to lower gonorrhoea risk
The meningococcal B vaccine could provide protection against more than one disease, with new research linking it to a significant reduction in the risk of gonorrhoea in young people in Australia.
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NewsHow ‘good’ bacteria from fecal transplants reduce peanut allergy
Researchers found that some participants with peanut allergies experienced a higher tolerance to peanuts months after receiving a fecal transplant from a healthy donor without food allergies.
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NewsHidden microbial ecosystems inside tumors reveal new frontiers for cancer treatment
Far from being sterile, tumors host complex communities of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that actively influence disease progression, immune responses, and treatment outcomes. A review highlights how these microbial populations function as key regulators of tumor immunity.
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NewsResearchers find evidence for two independent origins of life
Researchers retraced the origin of enzymes during life’s earliest divergence into bacteria and archaea, and found evidence for two independent origins of life for free-living cells.
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NewsChemolithoautotrophic breakthrough: bacteria converts CO2 into p-coumaric acid without light
p-Coumaric acid is a critical building block for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and functional foods. A new study research leverages C. necator H16’s ability to use H2 as an energy source and CO2 as its sole carbon source.
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NewsMXene-based hydrogel disrupts bacterial biofilms and reprograms immune cell metabolism to reverse bone resorption in periodontitis
Periodontitis treatment not only requires effectively disrupting bacterial biofilms but also reshaping the local immune metabolic microenvironment to fundamentally break the vicious cycle of “infection-inflammation-bone resorption.”
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NewsBiofortified millet benefits toddlers without supplement side effects
Toddlers who ate iron- and zinc-biofortified pearl millet for nine months did not experience adverse effects typically associated with increased iron intake and developed gut microbiomes with distinct and potentially beneficial changes.
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NewsAntibiotic-resistant seafood bacterium found in Vietnam fish farming waters near popular island destination
A multi-drug resistant bacterium linked to seafood-related illness has been detected in fish-farming waters near Cat Ba Island, Vietnam.
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NewsWarming boosts bacterial denitrification, suppresses fungal pathways in paddy soils
A new study could change climate prediction models by enabling region-specific, microbe-targeted strategies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural ecosystems.
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NewsIntratumoral Fusobacterium as a prognostic and predictive biomarker in resectable colorectal cancer
Research supports the use of Fusobacterium as a prognostic and predictive biomarker in patients with resectable stage I–III CRC. Its presence was associated with more aggressive disease, a weaker immune response, and limited benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy.
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NewsAiming for more targeted treatment of serious lung infections
Microbial experts are using DNA sequencing readings to provide more accurate identification of microbial infections, which helps to address risks from long-term use of antibiotics in cystic fibrosis patients.
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NewsA tiny pore identifies cyanobacteria toxins in lake water
Scientists have developed a new nanopore sensor that detects microcystins, toxins released by cyanobacterial blooms, one molecule at a time.
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NewsDisarming cause in lupus patients’ infections
Microbiology researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have discovered why patients with the autoimmune disease lupus are susceptible to serious bacterial infections. Source: University of Tennessee University of Tennessee Assistant Professor Andrew Monteith and Eden TenBarge, a research technician in Monteith’s Lab. A new study ...
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NewsBiologist wins NSF CAREER Award to study the ocean’s most abundant microbe
Anne Thompson, an associate professor of biology, won a nearly $1.2 million NSF CAREER Award to answer a basic question about the ocean that science has largely left open: who eats the most abundant photosynthetic life form on Earth?
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NewsNew therapy eliminates gum disease bacterium while preserving beneficial oral microbes
Researchers have created an innovative treatment for periodontitis that targets and eliminates harmful bacteria while preserving beneficial oral microbes essential for health.