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How scientist designed viruses that kill superbugs
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (735+ words) Scientists have sequenced samples from one in five South Australian cystic fibrosis patients as antibiotic resistance reaches crisis levels worldwide. Don't miss out on the headlines from Partner Content. Followed categories will be added to My News. From the smallest…...
Frontiers | Nanopore genome sequencing of Aeromonas salmonicida strain AB001 from lesions of diseased Acipenser baerii
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (688+ words) 3 Sequencing and genome assembly 4 Data value and reuse potential Front. Genet. , 19 May 2026 2. Almaty Branch of the National Center for Biotechnology, Central Reference Laboratory, Almaty, Kazakhstan 3. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Farabi University, Almaty, Kazakhstan…...
Bringing bacteria into better focus
15+ hour, 46+ min ago (35+ words) Nanowerk Bringing bacteria into better focus New optical fiber uses laser heating and bubble convection to trap thousands of bacteria and nanoparticles in 60 seconds, enabling faster, more sensitive detection....
New research offers practical biosecurity tools to limit poultry disease spread
12+ hour, 15+ min ago (613+ words) New research from a'Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences'doctoral graduate could help producers better protect poultry flocks from disease outbreaks while reducing costs. Wythe's research comes as the poultry industry continues to battle'Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, HPAI,…...
Roughly two billion years ago, one single-celled organism swallowed another and instead of digesting it, ended up living with it permanently inside " and the bacterium that almost became a meal became the mitochondria that now power nearly every cell in nearly every plant and animal on Earth, still carrying a small remnant of their own ancient bacterial DNA, separate from ours.
6+ hour, 15+ min ago (324+ words) Roughly two billion years ago, one single-celled organism ended up living permanently inside another. By Space Daily Editorial Team " Editorial process Published May 18, 2026 Roughly two billion years ago, one single-celled organism ended up living permanently inside another. The descendants of…...
Cancer's own bacteria inspired a therapy that cuts off the tumor's power supply
7+ hour, 56+ min ago (821+ words) Hidden inside some tumors is an entire microbial population living within the cancer cells themselves. At first, researchers assumed those bacteria were biologically irrelevant " neither helping nor hurting. One team suspected they were something more. They went looking through the…...
Agricultural azoles drive clinical azole resistance in Candida tropicalis via inducing aneuploidy
9+ hour, 16+ min ago (506+ words) In a paper published in Mycology, a team of scientists demonstrated that agricultural azole fungicides can induce broad-spectrum cross-resistance to first-line clinical azole antifungal drugs in Candida tropicalis, and elucidated that the core mechanism underlying this resistance is azole stress-driven…...
A Roundup of Recent Gut Microbiome-Related Research | Microbiology
14+ hour, 42+ min ago (428+ words) Research teams around the world are continuing to explore the influence of the gut microbiome on human biology, and scientists are uncovering some links that may be surprising (and that may also need to be confirmed with additional research). Here's…...
Ebola outbreak latest, gut-brain connection, Cinerama Dome's history and more
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (439+ words) Today on Air Talk: Guest host Austin Cross discusses the Ebola global health emergency; AI in dating; connections between gut and brain; the history of the Cinerama Dome and more. Cross hosts LAist's Morning Edition daily and Air Talk Friday....
ASU researchers zero in on how sudden stress drains bacterial energy
8+ hour, 5+ min ago (504+ words) Rapid changes in a cell's environment can disrupt its power supply Graphic by Jason Drees/ASU When bacteria are suddenly hit with a salty or sugary shock, they do not just shrivel slightly and carry on. According to new research…...