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How Bile Acids Neutralize a Deadly Gut Toxin ⚔️
Synthetic bile acids lock the lethal toxin produced by C. difficile into a harmless state, protecting the gut from damage. 🦠
How Bile Acids Neutralize a Deadly Gut Toxin ⚔️
Synthetic bile acids lock the lethal toxin produced by C. difficile into a harmless state, protecting the gut from damage. 🦠
Fungi in Space 🍄 🌌
How microgravity can help fungi’s pathogenicity ✨
Fungi in Space 🍄 🌌
How microgravity can help fungi’s pathogenicity ✨
Security hacked: How phages slip past bacterial defenses 🦠
Phages rely on diverse anti-defense proteins to neutralize bacterial defense systems and successfully infect their host. 👇
Security hacked: How phages slip past bacterial defenses 🦠
Phages rely on diverse anti-defense proteins to neutralize bacterial defense systems and successfully infect their host. 👇
Here’s to a 2026 full of curiosity, discoveries, and tiny microbes making a big impact.
Let’s keep exploring the microscopic world; one bite at a time! 🦠🎉
Here’s to a 2026 full of curiosity, discoveries, and tiny microbes making a big impact.
Let’s keep exploring the microscopic world; one bite at a time! 🦠🎉
Global warming is a summer vacation for the dengue virus ☀️
The dengue virus enjoys warm weather 🦠
Global warming is a summer vacation for the dengue virus ☀️
The dengue virus enjoys warm weather 🦠
Antibiotic Resistance Potential of ESKAPE Pathogens 💊
Multidrug-resistant infections are a growing global threat, driven by diverse bacterial resistance mechanisms, complicating efforts to develop effective, long-lasting antibiotics. 🦠
Antibiotic Resistance Potential of ESKAPE Pathogens 💊
Multidrug-resistant infections are a growing global threat, driven by diverse bacterial resistance mechanisms, complicating efforts to develop effective, long-lasting antibiotics. 🦠
Is the Microbiome Overrated? 🦠
A medical humanities perspective on the way researchers talk about the microbiome. 👇
Is the Microbiome Overrated? 🦠
A medical humanities perspective on the way researchers talk about the microbiome. 👇
Antibiotics revolutionized medicine — but overuse turned them into a global threat. 🌍💊 Discover how resistance genes evolve and spread across ecosystems in our latest piece.
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#WAAW2025 #AMR #OneHealth
Antibiotics revolutionized medicine — but overuse turned them into a global threat. 🌍💊 Discover how resistance genes evolve and spread across ecosystems in our latest piece.
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#WAAW2025 #AMR #OneHealth
When antibiotics fail, bacteriophages step back into the spotlight! 🎶🔬 Dive into the “phage disco” — where viruses that kill bacteria might help us fight AMR.
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#WAAW2025 #PhageTherapy #AMR
When antibiotics fail, bacteriophages step back into the spotlight! 🎶🔬 Dive into the “phage disco” — where viruses that kill bacteria might help us fight AMR.
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#WAAW2025 #PhageTherapy #AMR
Can evolution help us outsmart resistance? 🧠💥 Learn how researchers turn bacteria’s own fitness trade-offs into an advantage in the battle against AMR.
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#WAAW2025 #Microbiology #AMRResearch
Can evolution help us outsmart resistance? 🧠💥 Learn how researchers turn bacteria’s own fitness trade-offs into an advantage in the battle against AMR.
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#WAAW2025 #Microbiology #AMRResearch
No one beats AMR alone. Collaboration between clinicians, farmers, policymakers & scientists is key to protect our present and secure our future. 🌍💪
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#WAAW2025 #OneHealth #ActNow
No one beats AMR alone. Collaboration between clinicians, farmers, policymakers & scientists is key to protect our present and secure our future. 🌍💪
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#WAAW2025 #OneHealth #ActNow
A novel antifungal discovery could tip the scales in our fight against drug resistance! 🧫⚔️ Meet the next-generation compounds targeting tough fungal infections.
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#WAAW2025 #Antifungal #AMR
A novel antifungal discovery could tip the scales in our fight against drug resistance! 🧫⚔️ Meet the next-generation compounds targeting tough fungal infections.
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#WAAW2025 #Antifungal #AMR
Resistance isn’t always genetic — sometimes it’s epigenetic! 🧬 Discover how bacteria “remember” antibiotic exposure and adapt faster than we think.
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#WAAW2025 #Epigenetics #AMR
Resistance isn’t always genetic — sometimes it’s epigenetic! 🧬 Discover how bacteria “remember” antibiotic exposure and adapt faster than we think.
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#WAAW2025 #Epigenetics #AMR
That’s Metal! Tackling AMR with Bismuth
Could metals help fight superbugs? ⚡️🧫 Learn how bismuth-based compounds disrupt bacterial defenses — an old element with new promise!
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#WAAW2025 #Innovation #AMR
That’s Metal! Tackling AMR with Bismuth
Could metals help fight superbugs? ⚡️🧫 Learn how bismuth-based compounds disrupt bacterial defenses — an old element with new promise!
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#WAAW2025 #Innovation #AMR
Have We Always Been Alone? 🦠
More specific searches for signs of extraterrestrial life might provide the answers we seek on the Red Planet. 👽
Have We Always Been Alone? 🦠
More specific searches for signs of extraterrestrial life might provide the answers we seek on the Red Planet. 👽
How do plants perceive their microbiome? 🌱
In this interview, researcher Andreas Keppler explains how plants determine whether to fight or welcome the microbes that colonize them.… 🦠 👇
How do plants perceive their microbiome? 🌱
In this interview, researcher Andreas Keppler explains how plants determine whether to fight or welcome the microbes that colonize them.… 🦠 👇
When Microbes Become Master Chocolatiers 🍫
Fine chocolate owes its depth to microbes, tiny chocolatiers fermenting cocoa bean pulp into the complex flavors we crave. 🦠
When Microbes Become Master Chocolatiers 🍫
Fine chocolate owes its depth to microbes, tiny chocolatiers fermenting cocoa bean pulp into the complex flavors we crave. 🦠
Engineered Parasites as Potential Treatments for Neurological Disorders 🦠
Engineered parasites like Toxoplasma gondii offer novel, targeted therapies for brain disorders by delivering treatments directly into neurons. 🧠
Engineered Parasites as Potential Treatments for Neurological Disorders 🦠
Engineered parasites like Toxoplasma gondii offer novel, targeted therapies for brain disorders by delivering treatments directly into neurons. 🧠
Scientists are turning to an unexpected ally — algae. These tiny organisms can power buildings, clean wastewater, and even fuel cars. Smart cities start at the microscopic level. 🌿🏙️ #WorldCitiesDay
Scientists are turning to an unexpected ally — algae. These tiny organisms can power buildings, clean wastewater, and even fuel cars. Smart cities start at the microscopic level. 🌿🏙️ #WorldCitiesDay
Unexpected baby-guardians 👶
On Mum’s gut bacteria and how they could boost her baby’s healthy development and avoid preeclampsia 🦠
Unexpected baby-guardians 👶
On Mum’s gut bacteria and how they could boost her baby’s healthy development and avoid preeclampsia 🦠
Using urine to detect fungal infection 🍄
How a new test can figure out if patients have a fungal infection 🦠
Using urine to detect fungal infection 🍄
How a new test can figure out if patients have a fungal infection 🦠
Baking Better Bread 🍞
To customize sourdough bread to your specific preferences, you may just need to pick the right microorganisms for the job 🦠
Baking Better Bread 🍞
To customize sourdough bread to your specific preferences, you may just need to pick the right microorganisms for the job 🦠
Imagine food made from food waste — nutritious, flavorful, and zero-waste. Thanks to solid-state fermentation, fungi like Neurospora intermedia are showing us how to turn today’s leftovers into tomorrow’s meals. 🔄🌾
Imagine food made from food waste — nutritious, flavorful, and zero-waste. Thanks to solid-state fermentation, fungi like Neurospora intermedia are showing us how to turn today’s leftovers into tomorrow’s meals. 🔄🌾
Gut Inflammation Disrupts Hormone Signals and the Brain 🧠
Reproductive hormones in male mice are susceptible to gut inflammation during early life. 🦠
Gut Inflammation Disrupts Hormone Signals and the Brain 🧠
Reproductive hormones in male mice are susceptible to gut inflammation during early life. 🦠
‘Pharaoh’s curse fungus’ turned into a cure for cancer 🍄
The deadly fungus, Aspergillus flavus, once denoted as the ‘Pharaoh’s curse fungus’, has now been found to cure leukaemia. 👇
‘Pharaoh’s curse fungus’ turned into a cure for cancer 🍄
The deadly fungus, Aspergillus flavus, once denoted as the ‘Pharaoh’s curse fungus’, has now been found to cure leukaemia. 👇