Bacterial energy enzyme reveals dual-trigger sodium pump mechanism, offering antibiotic clues

NQR enzyme is vital for energy production in pathogenic bacteria like the one that causes cholera, making it a highly ...

Implantable bacteria can now be safely contained, clearing a major hurdle for fighting infection and cancer

Researchers have long known that bacteria could potentially be used to deliver therapeutic drugs inside the human body. However, safely and successfully carrying out such a feat in humans has been a ...
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Electric Networks of Infection: How Extracellular Electron Transfer Drives Bacterial Virulence, Biofilm Resilience, and Cross-Species Cooperation

Bacterial pathogenesis research has traditionally centered on canonical metabolic and virulence pathways, yet a critical facet of microbial survival and ...
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This nearly indestructible lab virus kept sabotaging cultures until researchers found a way to protect against it

Researchers from the VEB.RF Group of Skoltech have uncovered the molecular mechanisms that make one of the most persistent ...