Spaceflight supercharges viruses’ ability to infect bacteria
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Bacteria Frozen in Ancient Ice Resistant Against 10 Modern Antibiotics
IT IS cold, dark and very old inside the Scarisoara ice cave. Located deep in…
Engineered Listeria Bacteria Could Become a Potent New Weapon Against Cancer
Listeria monocytogenes is, by most reasonable measures, a nasty piece of work. The foodborne pathogen…
What Happens When Bacteria-Killing Viruses Go to Space
The oldest battle on Earth, the one between bacteria and the viruses that prey on…
Tumor Bacteria May Sabotage Immunotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer
Most patients with head and neck cancer see little benefit from immunotherapy, even as these…
Common type of inflammatory bowel disease linked to toxic bacteria
Ulcerative colitis is characterised by inflammation of the lining of the colon and rectumBSIP SA/Alamy…
Resistant Bacteria Are Advancing Faster Than Antibiotics
The proliferation of difficult-to-treat bacterial diseases represents a growing threat, according to the World Health…
Bacteria Store Sunlight to Clean Polluted Soil at Night
The ground beneath our feet is doing something strange. Somewhere in the opaque depths of…
‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Infections Spiking, Leaving Key Carbapenem Antibiotics Useless, CDC Warns
September 24, 20253 min readInfections of Drug-Resistant ‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Are Surging in HospitalsThe infection rate…
Bacteria in Spacecraft Clean Rooms Can Go Dormant, Evading Death
September 4, 20253 min readThis Sneaky Spacecraft Bacteria Can Play Dead to SurviveA type of…