For a long time, scientists have been looking into vaccines against pathogenic bacteria in the bowel, particularly those that drugs have proved ineffective against due to resistance.
It is like the communication network that genes have among them to affect one another.
Results showed that the deletion of a protein, OpgH, in a model bacterium, Caulobacter crescentus, sets off an event cascade that ultimately splits apart the protective, bubble-like cell envelope, eventually killing the cell.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are another name for forever chemicals. These compounds persist in the environment because of their strong carbon-fluorine chemical interactions.
A recent study in mice co-led by a researcher from Moorfields and UCL suggests that gut bacteria may be the cause of sight loss in certain hereditary eye illnesses, and that antimicrobials may be able to cure the condition.
Researchers at The Rockefeller University have discovered that bacteria sense phages via a defensive response called CBASS that detects viral RNA
