Mastodawn

A new #Gel could #Combat resistant #Bacteria in wounds and around implant sites, while also supporting healing. The hydrogel, which is inspired by natural immune defences, has produced highly promising results in animal models.

Fighting superbugs with nets a...

Fighting superbugs with nets and light switches

A new gel could combat resistant bacteria in wounds and around implant sites, while also supporting healing. The hydrogel, which is inspired by natural immune defences, has produced highly promising results in animal models.

ETH Zurich

Microjo 21h ago

Eine absolute Hörempfehlung ist dieser sehr gut gemachte #Podcast vom #DLF über das größte zusammenhänge Ökosystem unserer Erde und die Frage wie (mikrobielles) Leben in den tiefsten Tiefen möglich ist.

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/leben-unterwelt-wo-endet-tiefe-biosphaere-100.html/

@MARUM
#Mikrobiologie #Microbiology #Bacteria #Bakterien #Archaea #Archaeen

Leben in der Unterwelt - Wo endet die tiefe Biosphäre?

Tief im Meeresboden fristen Mikroben ein Dasein fast ohne Nahrung. Wie schaffen sie das? Und was erzählt die tiefe Biosphäre über die Grenzen des Lebens?

Deutschlandfunk

Nickel Pickle 1d ago

Digital painting of a bunch of bacteria hanging out! 🦠✨

Done in Procreate 🖊️ ✨

#illustration #digitalArt #art #painting #bacteria

Paul Houle 1d ago

🦠 How one startup is using probiotics to try and ease the copper shortage

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/15/how-one-startup-is-using-probiotics-to-try-and-ease-the-copper-shortage/

#bacteria #copper #metals #materials #resources #microbes #mining

Exclusive: How one startup is using prebiotics to try and ease the copper shortage | TechCrunch

Transition Metal Solutions is applying a special cocktail to coax microbes into unlocking more copper from ore.

TechCrunch

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬2d ago

This newfound cascade of events may explain some #female #gut #pain
#Women of reproductive age more likely than others to report gut problems like #irritablebowelsyndrome (#IBS), and can feel dismissed by doctors, as clinicians often put pain down to diet, stress or hormones.
It was never just “in their heads.” Interplay between an important hormone, chemical signals, rare populations of gut cells and the output of gut #bacteria could explain why.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/female-gut-pain-estrogen-ibs-bacteria
https://archive.ph/o1AH7

This newfound cascade of events may explain some female gut pain

Gut problems like irritable bowel syndrome are often worse in women. A mouse study reveals a pain pathway involving estrogen, gut cells and bacteria.

Science News

Paul Houle 2d ago

🧬 Golden Gate method enables fully-synthetic engineering of therapeutically relevant bacteriophages

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-golden-gate-method-enables-fully.html

#molbio #virus #bacteriophage #bacteria #microbes #biotech #gmo

Golden Gate method enables fully-synthetic engineering of therapeutically relevant bacteriophages

Bacteriophages have been used therapeutically to treat infectious bacterial diseases for over a century. As antibiotic-resistant infections increasingly threaten public health, interest in bacteriophages as therapeutics has seen a resurgence. However, the field remains largely limited to naturally occurring strains, as laborious strain engineering techniques have limited the pace of discovery and the creation of tailored therapeutic strains.

Phys.org

Paul Houle 3d ago

🐘 Black Ivory coffee: Elephant gut bacteria may contribute to its smooth, chocolaty flavor

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-black-ivory-coffee-elephant-gut.html

#elephants #animals #coffee #microbiome #bacteria

Black Ivory coffee: Elephant gut bacteria may contribute to its smooth, chocolaty flavor

Coffee beans that pass through the digestive tracts of animals get their unique flavors from the activity of gut microbes, report researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo. The guts of Asian elephants that produce Black Ivory coffee (BIC) were rich in pectin-digesting bacteria. Heat-driven degradation of pectin during roasting makes coffee bitter. Bacterial activity that reduces the pectin content of BIC could be the source of its smoother, chocolaty, and less bitter flavor.

Phys.org

Miro Collas 5d ago

Bacteria Communicate Using Techniques Similar to Radio - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBkSmoIrIhs

#Biology #Bacteria

Bacteria Communicate Using Techniques Similar to Radio

YouTube

Olly 👾6d ago

Scientists are hacking Bacteria to fight Cancer, then Self-Destruct.

Bacteria are rapidly emerging as a new class of "living medicines" used to kill cancer cells. We're still a long way from a "cure" for cancer. But one day we could have programmable, self-navigating bacteria that find tumours, release treatment only where needed, then vanish without a trace.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-025-02623-x

#bacteria #living #medicine #cancer #healthcare #science #tech #media #health #nature #news