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How your housemates could be changing your gut bacteria
5+ hour, 57+ min ago (593+ words) It's not just milk, bills and a pile of washing up " you probably also share gut bacteria with your housemates. That's according to scientists from the University of East Anglia (UEA), who found living with friends or a partner may…...
Social closeness drives the exchange of gut bacteria
39+ min ago (210+ words) News-Medical Social closeness drives the exchange of gut bacteria Living with friends may quietly be altering your gut bacteria - according to a new study from the University of East Anglia. How the research happened Researchers studied the Seychelles warbler, a…...
Epigenetic Alterations at Birth Linked to Infant Microbiome and
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (872+ words) In a groundbreaking observational study published on April 10, 2026, in the prestigious open-access journal Cell Press Blue, researchers from The Chinese University of Hong Kong have unveiled a complex and dynamic interplay between the epigenome and gut microbiome during early infancy…...
Bumblebee Bacterium Enables Vitamin B2 Production in Soya Drinks
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (909+ words) In a breakthrough that could revolutionize the production of fortified plant-based dairy alternatives, researchers at the DTU National Food Institute have pioneered a high-throughput screening method for identifying bacteria capable of producing vitamin B2, or riboflavin, directly within plant-based beverages. This…...
Development of an HRM-q RT-PCR platform for fast and cost-effective genotyping of infectious bronchitis virus in Egypt - Scientific Reports
58+ min ago (1105+ words) As a result, the purpose of this research was to evaluate the application of HRM analysis as an effective, low-cost solution to the rapid diagnosis and genotyping of IBV in Egypt, targeting the N-gene and 3 UTR, offering a new method…...
Activation of innate and adaptive immunity in response to Cas9.
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (25+ words) (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! Cas9, CRISPR-associated protein 9. Parto Toofan, Mark Singh, Andrew Brooks, Keith Mc Luckie...
Evaluation Of The Bacterial Diversity In The World's Deepest Cave'Veryovkina, Arabika Massif, Western Caucasus
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (216+ words) astrobiology. com Evaluation Of The Bacterial Diversity In The World's Deepest Cave'Veryovkina, Arabika Massif, Western Caucasus Veryovkina Cave is the world's deepest known cave (2212 m deep). It is located in the Arabika Massif of Gagra Mountain in the Western Caucasus....
Birth Epigenetics Linked to Infant Microbiome, Development
2+ hour, 54+ min ago (275+ words) "Certain bacteria seem to offer protection, which is exciting because it suggests there could be ways to support a child's development through diet or probiotics in the future," says senior author and gastroenterologist Francis Ka Leung Chan of The Chinese…...
Tiny Worms Headed to Space to Solve Major Health Challenges for Astronauts
4+ hour, 42+ min ago (333+ words) Tiny worms aboard a Space X rocket may hold the key to solving one of the biggest challenges facing future space missions: how to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration flights to the Moon and Mars. "The conditions of space, including…...
Novel Phage Effectively Inhibits Antimicrobial-Resistant Salmonella, Biofilms on Food, Surfaces
8+ hour, 57+ min ago (293+ words) A recent study evaluated the antibiofilm efficacy of a novel lytic bacteriophage (phage W5) against antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) Salmonella, demonstrating strong potential for food industry applications in controlling biofilms on food products and processing surfaces. Bacteriophages are natural viral predators of bacteria,…...