How do diet, smoking, alcohol, and stress reshape the female microbiome?
A wide-ranging review finds that everyday factors from diet and alcohol to stress, hygiene, and sexual behaviour may…
Do multi-strain probiotics improve long covid symptoms?
Can probiotics help rebalance the disrupted gut in long COVID? New research reveals subtle microbiome shifts and hints…
New breath test could quickly diagnose bacterial infections
Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine. And doing so reliably is…
Microbial teamwork enables efficient breakdown of phthalate plastic pollutants
Plastic trash has reached the world’s most remote locations, from the bottom of the Mariana Trench to the…
New microbiome therapy improves autism symptoms in children
A novel gut microbiome therapy delivers broad symptom improvements in children with autism, offering early hope for a…
Gut microbiota-derived metabolite directly shapes immune responses in bacterial pneumonia
Sepsis and severe pneumonia are frequently accompanied by disruption of the gut microbiota, leading to immune dysfunction and…
New strategy targets Porphyromonas gingivalis without harming healthy microbes
For years, treating gum disease has meant scraping away plaque, cutting out damaged tissue or turning to antibiotics…
Study reveals hidden internal structure within biomolecular condensates
Cells rely on biomolecular condensates to coordinate essential biological processes without surrounding membranes. These droplet-like dynamic assemblies control…
Novel antimicrobial peptides from dromedary camels offer hope against antibiotic resistance
Antimicrobial resistance poses a growing global health crisis, with few new antibiotics in development. Researchers at Sultan Qaboos…
Tuberculosis bacteria stiffen cell membranes to evade immune destruction
Scientists have uncovered an elegant biophysical trick that tuberculosis-causing bacteria use to survive inside human cells, a discovery…
Modified peptides show promise against tuberculosis bacteria
Antibiotic treatments are losing effectiveness against a range of common bacterial pathogens, including E. coli, K. pneumoniae, Salmonella and Acinetobacter, according to a…
CRISPR gene-drive technology reverses antibiotic resistance in bacteria
Antibiotic resistance (AR) has steadily accelerated in recent years to become a global health crisis. As deadly bacteria…