1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (540+ words) Microbiologists from Stellenbosch University have discovered a previously unknown bacterial genus within the phylum Acidobacteriota. Dedyshia acidiphilia was isolated from soil collected in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve in the Western Cape. Microbiologists from Stellenbosch University have discovered a previously unknown…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago  (735+ words) A research team at Mc Master University has developed a targeted approach to treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) using bacteriophages, viruses that infect specific bacteria, to disarm harmful microbes without disrupting the broader gut ecosystem. The study, published in Science…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago  (183+ words) Bangladesh must adopt integrated and multi-pronged strategies to effectively curb mosquito-borne diseases, Secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology Md Anwar Hossain said on Wednesday. He made these remarks as the chief guest at an inter-ministerial meeting held at…...

3+ hour, 1+ min ago  (876+ words) Behind the tidy skeletons in a natural history display sits a messy job. Getting animal bones clean, without cracking or warping them, has frustrated museum staff for generations. New research now suggests that the larvae of darkling beetles, known as…...

10+ hour, 18+ min ago  (261+ words) Your gut bacteria may be doing far more than aiding digestion-they could be helping build your immune system by directing vitamin A to the right cells. A new preclinical study from UT Southwestern Medical Center has uncovered a previously unknown…...

5+ hour, 1+ min ago  (482+ words) For decades, scientists have known that certain bacteria can produce some of nature's most powerful anti-cancer compounds. What they couldn't explain was how. The microbes appeared to make several versions of the same cancer-fighting molecule with very little biological machinery....

6+ hour, 3+ min ago  (402+ words) London: Researchers at the University of Sheffield have discovered that a fungus deadly to people with weakened immune systems can disable a critical defence used by neutrophils, the body's front-line infection-fighting white blood cells. An estimated 40 to 60 per cent of…...

7+ hour, 59+ min ago  (321+ words) Scientists restored a depleted gut microbe and eased lupus-like disease in mice....

19+ hour, 1+ min ago  (624+ words) Every human body carries more bacteria than there are stars in the Milky Way. They coat our skin, line our noses, and swarm through our guts. Scientists who study them say almost no biological process runs without them. Yet most…...

11+ hour, 17+ min ago  (610+ words) With fibremaxxing at full tilt, a Dutch partnership seeks to turn microbiome science into premium probiotic solutions. Nizo Food Research, a contract manufacturing organisation based in Ede, has joined forces with supplement producer Winclove Probiotics to speed up the discovery…...