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fromFast Company
1 week ago

AI is coming for superbugs

Antibiotics are essential for modern medicine, but bacteria are evolving and developing resistance, turning routine infections into life-threatening conditions. A global analysis estimates that antibiotic-resistant infections could cause over 39 million deaths by 2050.
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fromNature
1 week ago

'Treasure trove' of antiviral proteins could inspire powerful molecular tools

Bacteria possess a vast array of antiviral proteins, identified through machine-learning algorithms, which could lead to innovative biotechnologies.
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fromNature
3 weeks ago

Zombieland: Genome transplant brings 'dead' bacteria back to life

Researchers have revived 'dead' bacterial cells by replacing their DNA with a working genome from another species, advancing genome engineering.
Public health
fromNature
1 month ago

Capturing dynamic phage-pathogen coevolution by clinical surveillance - Nature

Phage-inducible chromosomal island-like elements (PLEs) in Vibrio cholerae provide defense against ICP1 phage predation, influencing pandemic strain evolution and disease severity through dynamic phage-bacteria interactions.
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fromNature
1 month ago

Daily briefing: Vaccine-carrying mosquitoes could inoculate bats against rabies

Engineered mosquitoes carrying vaccines in saliva show promise for preventing rabies and Nipah virus transmission from bats to humans, though field effectiveness remains uncertain.
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fromNature
1 month ago

'Virtual cell' captures most-basic process of life: bacterial division

Researchers successfully simulated nearly every chemical reaction in a minimal bacterial cell, including DNA replication and cell division.
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fromFuturism
1 month ago

Bacteria Engineered to Eat Tumors From the Inside

Researchers engineered Clostridium sporogenes bacteria to consume tumor cells from inside, offering a potential alternative to traditional cancer treatments.
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fromNature
1 month ago

A membrane-bound nuclease directly cleaves phage DNA during genome injection - Nature

SNIPE is a membrane-bound nuclease defense system in bacteria that directly targets foreign nucleic acids to prevent phage infection through a novel mechanism distinct from established defense pathways.
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fromMail Online
2 months ago

Scientists use AI to create a virus never seen before

Scientists used AI and gene-assembly tools to create Evo-Φ2147, a novel 11-gene virus designed to kill pathogenic E. coli.
Medicine
fromNature
2 months ago

The infection enigma: why some people die from typically harmless germs

Genetic mutations in immune-related genes cause inborn errors of immunity that make some people uniquely vulnerable to severe infections and immune disorders.
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