Gut Piezo1 regulates gut and bone homeostasis via RNA sensing.
Credit: Kenta Maruyama In a new study published in Cell, "RNA sensing by gut Piezo1 is essential for systemic serotonin ...
Tag: Bacteriology
How do bacteria build up natural products?
X-ray structure analysis gives detailed insights into molecular factoryCredit: Maximilian Schmalhofer and Prof. Dr. Michael Groll / TUM The active ...
Anaplasmosis bacterium tinkers with tick’s gene expression to spread to new hosts
Discovery points to new vaccine target for protection against tick-borne diseasesCredit: Erik Karits, Pixabay For the first time, scientists have ...
How the body fights off urinary tract infections
Credit: Gregor Weiss / ETH Zurich Anyone who has ever had cystitis knows that urinary tract infections of this kind ...
New technique in which drugs make bacteria glow could help fight antibiotic resistance
Credit: Dr Stefano Pagliara, University of Exeter New technique in which drugs make bacteria glow could help fight antibiotic resistance ...
Giant leap in diagnosing liver disease
Stool microbes make a challenging diagnosis easierCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(July 1, 2020) Chronic liver disease represents a major global ...
A shake-up in cell culturing: Flame sterilization may affect the culture
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that a common practice for keeping microbial contaminants out of shake-flask cultures can ...
UTEP research reveals more about path bacterial pathogen travels to cause tuberculosis
Credit: J.R. Hernandez / UTEP Communications EL PASO, Texas - Biology students and faculty members from The University of Texas ...
Microbiome confers resistance to cholera
Not everyone exposed to infectious diarrhea-causing bacteria gets sickCredit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cholera can kill within hours ...
Function-based sequencing technique permits analysis of just a single bacteria cell
Credit: XU Teng A new function-based sequencing technique using optical tweezers and taking advantage of the properties of gravity is letting ...
Study reveals key finding about microbiome of anticancer compound-producing marine invertebrate
Credit: Bill Baker, USF Could the cure for melanoma - the most dangerous type of skin cancer - be a ...
Dangerous tick-borne bacterium extremely rare in New Jersey
The mystery behind the rise in spotted fever cases continuesCredit: Jim Occi/Rutgers University-New Brunswick There's some good news in New ...
New approach drives bacteria to produce potential antibiotic, antiparasitic compounds
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have developed a method to spur the production of new antibiotic ...
Why bacterial toxins are ‘fascinating machines of death’
Research finds mechanism by which bacterial toxis evolve ability to cause new illnessesCredit: Mikko Taipale, Roman Melnyk, Jean-Philippe Julien The ...
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