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The Mouth Microbe Implicated in Colorectal Cancer
Bloomberg· 7 days agoHi, it’s Jason in Melbourne. Some causes of cancers, like smoking, are well known; others are a mystery that science is steadily unraveling. Before I get...
This Harvard spinoff uses plastic-eating microbes to clean up waste
Fast Company Magazine· 7 days agoA plastic fishing line might take 600 years to break down in nature or a landfill. A plastic bottle...
FDA finds traces of H5N1 bird flu viruses in grocery store milk
WFXT via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe FDA said Tuesday that milk from sick cows is being “diverted or destroyed,” while milk sold in...
What Are the Short-Term Effects of Alcohol?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 4 days agoDrinking any amount of alcohol comes with many short and long-term effects on the body. Learn more about the immediate dangers and health effects of...
Bacteria in the intestine that change in response to inflammation could have an impact on our immune...
Medical Xpress· 6 days agoNew research from the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology has made a discovery that could lead...
A dietary commensal microbe enhances antitumor immunity by activating tumor macrophages to sequester...
Nature· 4 days agoHere the authors show that a heteropolysaccharide from a commensal bacteria commonly found in the Korean food kimchi is able to bolster antitumor immune responses by instructing tumor-associated ...
Dirt to Soil: Bio-complete compost
Citrus Chronicle Online· 4 days agoIf a grower doesn’t use chemical fertilizer, how are plants going to obtain the nutrients they need? Microbes in the soil, that is bacteria, protozoa and...
Scientists discover once-in-a-billion-year event — 2 lifeforms merging to create a new cell part
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThey've dubbed the newfound cell part the "nitroplast." And according to two recent studies, the...
Is Sourdough Bread Good for You?
Verywell Fit via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSourdough bread has become a popular bread variety, but how nutritious is it? A registered dietitian explains the benefits behind the reduced gluten...
Pathway to resistance in blight-devastated wheat found
Cosmos· 1 hour agoThe role that a specific gene plays in developing resistance to the fungal pathogen has been...