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Watching SARS-CoV-2 Spread in Animal Models in Real Time

September 30, 2021
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San Antonio, TX — A version of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, has been successfully modified to glow brightly in cells and animal tissues, providing a real-time way to track the...

Inspired by Bacteria and Sperm, Scientists Make Micro-Robot Swimmers

September 27, 2021
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Ithaca, NY — Scientists at Cornell University have created cell-size robots that can be powered and steered by ultrasound waves. Despite their tiny size, these micro-robotic swimmers – whose movements...

Researchers Infuse Bacteria with Silver to Improve Power Efficiency in Fuel Cells

September 21, 2021
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Los Angeles, CA — A UCLA-led team of engineers and chemists has taken a major step forward in the development of microbial fuel cells — a technology that utilizes natural bacteria to extract electrons...

To Colonize Different Environments, Bacteria Precisely Tune Their Nanomotors

September 15, 2021
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College Station, TX — In their roughly 3.5 billion years on Earth, bacteria have fine-tuned the art of colonizing all kinds of habitats, from the inner lining of digestive tracts to the blistering...

Biologists Identify Bacterial Proteins that Promote Neurodegeneration, Opening a New Therapeutic Approach for Neurodegenerative Diseases

September 9, 2021
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Hong Kong, China — Growing evidence indicates that gut microbiota plays a critical role in regulating the progression of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Alzheimer’s...

Gut Bacteria Influence Brain Development

September 8, 2021
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Wien, Austria — The early development of the gut, the brain and the immune system are closely interrelated. Researchers refer to this as the gut-immune-brain axis. Complex interplay: the gut-immune-brain...

Hidden bacterial hairs power nature’s ‘electric grid’

September 7, 2021
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New Haven, CT — A hair-like protein hidden inside bacteria serves as a sort of on-off switch for nature’s “electric grid,” a global web of bacteria-generated nanowires that permeates all oxygen-less...

Synthetic Biology Enables Microbes to Build Muscle

September 3, 2021
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St. Louis, MO — Would you wear clothing made of muscle fibers? Use them to tie your shoes or even wear them as a belt? It may sound a bit odd, but if those fibers could endure more energy before breaking...

Raising the Steaks: First 3D-Bioprinted Structured Wagyu Beef-Like Meat Unveiled

August 31, 2021
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Osaka, Japan — Scientists from Osaka University used stem cells isolated from Wagyu cows to 3D-print a meat alternative containing muscle, fat, and blood vessels arranged to closely resemble conventional...

Study Reveals Missing Link between High-Fat Diet, Microbiota and Heart Disease

August 18, 2021
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Nashville, TN — A high-fat diet disrupts the biology of the gut’s inner lining and its microbial communities — and promotes the production of a metabolite that may contribute to heart disease, according...

Graphene Binds Drugs which Kill Bacteria on Medical Implants

August 12, 2021
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Gothenburg, Sweden — Bacterial infections relating to medical implants place a huge burden on healthcare and cause great suffering to patients worldwide. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of...

Starving Pneumonia-Causing Bacteria of Its Favourite “Food” Holds Promise for New Antibiotics

August 9, 2021
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Melbourne, Australia — Australian researchers have revealed how the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae(pneumococcus) obtains the essential nutrient, manganese, from our bodies, which could lead to...

Fasting may Help Ward Off Infections, Study in Mice Suggests

August 6, 2021
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Vancouver, Canada — Fasting before and during exposure to Salmonella enterica bacteria protects mice from developing a full-blown infection, in part due to changes in the animals’ gut microbiomes, according...

Research Team Develops New Strategy Against Sepsis

August 4, 2021
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Brunswick, Germany — As a result of a local infection, bacteria can enter the bloodstream, which can lead to life-threatening sepsis (colloquially known as blood poisoning) and septic shock with organ...

Soft Spaghetti of Proteins, Essential for the Resistance of Bacteria

July 30, 2021
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium — Bacteria are increasingly resistant, especially to antibiotics, which is a major global health problem. An example, related to the pandemic – Covid weakens...

Common Floral Bacteria can Induce Pollen Germination

July 29, 2021
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Davis, CA — Certain species of floral bacteria can enhance pollen germination, according to a study published today from the University of California, Davis in the journal Current Biology.“This is...

Hope of Treating Infections Caused by Drug Resistant Pathogens

July 27, 2021
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Hong Kong, China — A research team led by Dr. Aixin YAN, Associate Professor from the Research Division for Molecular & Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, in collaboration with Honorary Clinical...

How does the Structure of Cytolysins Influence Their Activity?

July 26, 2021
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Urbana, IL — Although Enterococcus faecalis is usually an innocuous member of the bacterial community in the human gut, it can also cause several infections, including liver disorders. The bacteria...

No IgA Leads to Intestinal Inflammation in Mice

July 23, 2021
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Tokyo, Japan — While researchers have known for years that immunoglobulin A (IgA) is important for gut health, it has remained unclear exactly what role it plays in preventing infection and disease....

Simple Compound to Control Complex Gut Microbes

July 22, 2021
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Tokyo, Japan — Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) have discovered that acetate, a major metabolite produced by some intestinal bacteria, is involved in regulating...

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