Category: Microbiology
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Fungi Found in Brains of Alzheimer’s Patients
An intriguing new line of investigation.
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A Revolution in Basic Microbiology?
Harnessing the untapped potential of microorganisms often begins by growing them in the lab.
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Protecting Coffee Crops: Beetles and Bugs
THE coffee-berry borer is a pesky beetle. It is thought to destroy $500m-worth of unpicked coffee beans a year, thus diminishing the incomes of some 20m farmers. The borer spends most of its life as a larva, buried inside a coffee berry, feeding on the beans within. To do so, it has to defy the…
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Your Viral History in a Drop of Blood
A giant leap forward for personalized medicine.
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How Yellowstone Revolutionized Biotechnology
The beautiful hot springs played a direct role in the biotechnology revolution.
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Pathogen Jumped from Humans to Rabbits in 1976
We should always remember that as humans continue to expand our footprint around the globe, we may be only one mutation away from being infected with a strange and dangerous new pathogen.
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Malaria May Be Driving Evolution of Blood Type
Malaria causes more severe illness in patients with type A blood.
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A Very Strange Lemon-Shaped Virus
Viruses are among the weirdest things on the planet.
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Solar Fuel: Converting Sunlight to Alcohol
It’a a neat trick, but the bioelectrochemical cell essentially takes an inefficient process and reduces its efficiency even further.
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‘Cold Plasma’ Kills Off Norovirus
Norovirus, the most common cause of gastroenteritis in the world, can be killed with “cold plasma,” researchers in Germany have reported. The virus, which elicits vomiting and diarrhea, has gained international notoriety for causing outbreaks on cruise ships. Continue reading at BBC News.