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Artificial intelligence may reveal how microbiome affects vaccine response
Researchers have been using artificial intelligence to study how the microbiome interacts with the human system to improve vaccine response.
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Prize winner uncovers how microbiome can combat neurodegeneration
Eran Blacher has won the NOSTER & Science Microbiome Prize for discovering the link between the microbiome and neurodegenerative diseases.
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Genes behind antibiotic activity in bacteria uncovered by metabologenomics
Researchers have used comparative metabologenomics to uncover what may be “silencing” bacteria to produce desirable compounds.
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Metabolite could defend against harmful intestinal bacteria, study shows
Acetate was found to be involved in regulating complex microbes and could help trigger an immune response against harmful bacteria in mice.
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Intestinal bacteria found to produce SARS-CoV-2-inhibiting compounds
Researchers have screened bacteria in the gut, finding that Bifidobacteria have inhibitory activity against SARS-CoV-2.
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Mass spec method developed to identify drugs to fight resistant bacteria
Researchers have developed a native state mass spectrometry technique to identify inhibitors of the bacterial protein metallo-beta-lactamase.
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Researchers use exosomes to develop potential salmonella vaccine
Exosomes containing salmonella antigens were administered to the mice, enabling the models to develop antibodies against the bacteria.
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AI platform developed to reveal how bacteria infect intestines
A new artificial intelligence (AI) method has been created to uncover which proteins enable bacteria to infect human intestines.
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Drug development platform could provide targeted antimicrobials
Researchers have developed a platform named FAST to produce antibiotics that specifically target just the bacteria of interest.
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Researchers modifiy E. coli to produce chondroitin sulphate
A team has created a biosynthetic pathway for E. coli that allows the bacteria to produce a common arthritis drug.
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High-throughput laboratory evolution reveals how bacteria gain drug resistance
This article introduces insights into combatting multidrug resistance via high-throughput laboratory evolution, pointing to the mechanisms of underlying evolved drug resistance.
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RNA sequencing reveals insight into tuberculosis infection
Using single-cell RNA sequencing, researchers have shown that interferon response is correlated with tuberculosis progression.
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ES17 phages can destroy bacteria before gut infection in mice
A study has shown that the ES17 phage binds to heparan sulphate and can target and eliminate ExPEC bacteria in animal models.
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CBD shown to kill Gram-negative bacteria in pre-clinical studies
Researchers have shown that CBD can kill Gram-negative bacteria, which could lead to the first new class of antibiotics for resistant bacteria in 60 years.
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Scientists identify nutrient that helps prevent bacterial infection
Scientists have identified a potential alternative to antibiotics, a nutrient named taurine that helps the microbiome kill invading bacteria.