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New life form discovered in saliva is linked to human disease | New Scientist
Bacteria that parasitise other bacteria have been found for the first time, and are linked to gum disease, cystic fibrosis and antimicrobial resistance By …
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Physicists confirm there’s a second layer of information hidden in our DNA
Theoretical physicists have confirmed that it’s not just the information coded into our DNA that shapes who we are – it’s also the …
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Scientists dig up proteins from the past | Science News
To learn how today’s proteins evolved, scientists are reconstructing ancient molecules. The influenza virus is a quick-change artist. In a few decades, its genome …
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Scientists have discovered a new trigger for killing cancer cells – ScienceAlert
Scientists have found a new way of triggering the death of cancer cells, using the body’s own cell-clearing function. By harnessing the activity …
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Earth May Be Home to a Trillion Microbes
According to a new estimate, there are about one trillion species of microbes on Earth, and 99.999 percent of them have yet to be …
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Alzheimer’s may be caused by brain’s sticky defence against bugs
The amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease may be the brain’s way of trapping invading microbes that have crossed the blood-brain barrier This suggests …
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Antibiotics found to cause immune system damage and reduce brain cell growth – ScienceAlert
Two new international studies have shed further light on some of the harmful side effects associated with antibiotics – including damage to the …
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Building An Antibiotic To Kill Bad Microbes While Sparing Good Ones
Most antibiotics can’t tell the difference between good and bad bacteria. That means medicines can kill helpful bacteria in your gut while they’re obliterating …
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One person’s cancer can be fought using someone else’s immune cells
For the first time, scientists have shown that even if a patient’s own immune cells are incapable of recognising and attacking tumours, someone else’s …
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Neuroscientists Discover a New Way to Cross the Blood–Brain Barrier – Scientific American
The harmless virus could deliver medicine throughout the brain The brain presents a unique challenge for medical treatment: it is locked away behind …
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IBM Creates A Molecule That Could Destroy All Viruses |
One macromolecule to rule them all, from Ebola to Zika and the flu Finding a cure for viruses like Ebola, Zika, or even the …
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Antibiotics may play havoc with your memory |
Killing off gut microbes has a surprising effect on the hippocampus. Gut microbes appear to have an unexpected influence over our behaviour. But just …
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Autism linked to overdose of folate and vitamin B12 during pregnancy
Pregnant women who overdose on folate and vitamin B12 may increase the risk of autism in their babies, controversial research has shown. Taking too …
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IBM Announces Magic Bullet To Zap All Kinds of Killer Viruses |
Working with Singapore researchers, IBM has engineered a chemical that blocks viruses like Zika, Ebola, dengue, influenza, herpes, and more. SEAN CAPTAIN 05.11.16 9:00 …
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JCVI-syn3.0 — Minimal Cell –
These are time lapse videos of the minimal cell (JCVI-syn3.0) and the wild type organism from which it was designed (JCVI-syn1.0). Magnified 1500X, this …
