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5,615 results for: Bacteria

  1. Health & Medicine

    Mini stomachs grown in lab

    Clumps of human gastric cells could help researchers study stomach diseases.

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  2. Life

    Gut microbes less diverse in humans than in apes

    An analysis of gut bacteria shows that humans have evolved to possess less diversity in microbe populations.

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  3. Life

    Chemotherapy needs gut bacteria to work

    Antibiotics may prevent anticancer drugs from killing tumors.

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  4. Science & Society

    Home-brewed heroin: Hold the hype

    Now is the time to think about policy for synthetically produced morphine, but the process, if it bears out, is years away from working.

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  5. Microbes

    Bacteria turn threatening in tests with immune cells

    In less than 30 days, nonthreatening E. coli can transform into dangerous microbes in mice.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Staph bacteria linger deep in our noses

    The nasal cavity has hidden crevices where the disease-causing bacteria like to hang out.

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  7. Microbes

    Bacteria starved in space grow better

    Given limited resources microbes in microgravity make more new cells than their counterparts on Earth.

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  8. Microbes

    Feedback

    Readers shares stories about bacteria, discuss ancient volcanic eruptions and express a fondness for science-inspired art.

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  9. Climate

    Glacial microbes gobble methane

    While some bacteria produce methane in Greenland’s melting ice sheet, others may consume the greenhouse gas as it escapes.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Viruses can zoom through workplaces in hours

    A virus on an office door handle can spread to more than half the people working there within a few hours.

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  11. Oceans

    Deepwater Horizon methane lingered longer than thought

    Microbes may not have consumed methane from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill as fast as previously thought.

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  12. Chemistry

    Nanoparticles in foods raise safety questions

    As scientists cook up ways to improve palatability and even make foods healthier, some are considering the potential health risks of tiny additives.

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