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A Little Bit of Dirt Is Good for You
Go on, grab a handful of soil or hike a muddy trail: It can benefit everything...
Toilet flush tests reveal just how nasty it is to leave the lid up
When it comes to toilet etiquette, do you put the lid down before you flush or...
Recurrent UTIs banished for up to nine years by simple oral spray
An oral spray vaccine against recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) prevented the condition from returning for...
Self-dying bacterial black leather paves the way for greener textiles
Bacteria-produced leather is already an eco-friendly alternative to its cow-derived counterpart, but it could soon be...
Irish Bronze Age teeth reveal human diet evolution
Teeth from 4,000 years ago reveal bacteria which cause gum disease and tooth decay. It’s no...
NASA mission could detect alien life from a single cell as early as 2030
We might find alien life as soon as 2030, according to a new study. A lab...
Another common bacteria implicated in stomach cancer
A common, usually harmless bacteria have a significant role in causing stomach cancer, a new study...
Microbes stomp daffodils in creating valuable anti-Alzheimer's drug
Using an AI-based approach, researchers found a better way to create the drug galantamine, commonly prescribed...
Cystic fibrosis breakthrough points to zinc as infection buster
Zinc has been found to be important in keeping lung infections at bay in people with...
Bloodborne pathogens quickly ID'd by melting their DNA
A new technique, which involves melting bacterial DNA found in blood samples, could deliver diagnoses of...
Bacteria’s natural self-destruct mechanism used to fight infections
A new study has demonstrated that a natural bacterial defense mechanism against invading viruses can be...
Engineered skin bacteria fight acne by producing common drug
Far from just embarrassing adolescents, acne is an annoying part of pretty much everyone’s lives, and...
Completely new type of "biological entity" discovered in our bodies
Our bodies are home to trillions of microbes, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and a whole host...
New molecule triggers burst of white blood cells to fight infections
White blood cells are important foot soldiers in the immune system, but their numbers can be...
Airborne infection risk plummets in face of metal nanoparticle spray
As recent history proves, airborne respiratory infections are not to be trifled with. Now, a new...
No poo required: Novel test takes the mess out of bowel cancer screening
Researchers have modified a unique cancer-loving probiotic bacteria to release a marker that can be detected...
80-year mystery solved with discovery of how flesh-eating ulcer is spread
After confounding scientists for more than 80 years and following an unexpected recent outbreak in Australia,...
Newly discovered virus kills "sleeping" bacteria in superbug breakthrough
Bacteria often go dormant to avoid being wiped out by antibiotics or other threats, which makes...
Your semen has its own microbiome. It could be causing infertility
Microbiomes – the microbes that live alongside us – have been implicated in cancer, healthy brains,...
