Many people may have the image that polyphenols are "components that are ingested from food and work directly within the body."However, the world of polyphenols is not that simple.Some of the ...

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

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.

Researchers have uncovered a new way bacteria detect viral attacks: a virus-produced enzyme cuts a bacterial sensor protein, triggering a self-destructing immune response. The discovery could lead to ...

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

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

Scientists discovered that disrupting the chemical messages bacteria use to communicate can push dental plaque toward a healthier microbial balance. The approach could lead to new treatments for gum ...

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 ...

Blow up a long balloon and two things happen: it gets longer and it gets wider. Now imagine a living cell that inflates itself under enormous pressure and yet only grows longer, never adding width.

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