Bacteria have a habit of outlasting whatever people use against them, and that’s how antibiotic resistance became a worldwide problem. A beam of violet-blue light may be much harder to outlast.

Gut bacteria and their chemicals were linked with heart failure severity and improvement, offering clues about the gut-heart ...

Like the neurons firing in human brains, bacteria use electricity to communicate and respond to environmental cues. Now, researchers have discovered a way to control this electrical signalling in ...

Some bacteria can sense when they bump into each other and use these interactions to shape how the group organizes and moves.

Lactic acid bacteria isolated from Korean dongchimi kimchi ferment whey protein into peptides with antioxidant, ...

People with higher levels of a molecule made by gut bacteria lost thinking skills faster, and it worsened Alzheimer's-like changes in mice.

Vertebrates such as ourselves rely on a complicated, multi-layer immune system to limit the impact of pathogens. Specialized B and T cells play a central role by recognizing specific pathogens and ...

Learn how violet-blue light killed at least 99% of food-poisoning bacteria in lab tests and could help reduce chicken ...

A study of 265 adults suggests that gut bacteria differences between cow's milk and plant-based drink consumers may reflect ...

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