An illustration of the human intestinal microbiota. Hypoxic guts can help avoid fungal blooms post antibiotic treatment.
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Antibiotics increase the gut oxygen levels and favor growth of harmful fungi. Chemically restoring intestinal gut hypoxia could deter fungal blooms.

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An Antibiotic That Distinguishes Friend from Foe

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How a Moldy Cantaloupe Brought Fleming’s Penicillin to the World

Salmonella living within macrophages can survive antibiotic treatment and potentially give rise to resistance by two different mechanisms that slow or arrest their growth.

Slow Bacterial Growth Enables Antibiotic Resistance

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Harnessing the Power of AI to Design Novel Antibiotics

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Introduction to Bioprocessing

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Antimicrobial Resistance: The Silent Pandemic

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How Bacterial Communities Divvy up Duties

The Biofilm Life Cycle

Infographic: Stages of Biofilm Formation

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Science Falls Behind as Syphilis Stages Another Comeback

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Q&A: What if Immune Cells Don’t Actually Detect Viruses and Bacteria?

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Double Agents: Engineered Bacteria Tackle Pathogenic Biofilms in Mice

Brush Up: Quorum Sensing in Bacteria and Beyond

Brush Up: Quorum Sensing in Bacteria and Beyond

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What Happens to the Gut Microbiome After Taking Antibiotics?

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Antibiotics Tied to Lower Effectiveness of Childhood Vaccines

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Bacteria in the Lungs Can Regulate Autoimmunity in Rat Brains

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Antibiotics Given to Moths Spur Upregulation of Growth Genes

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World’s Rivers Rife with Drugs: Study

Antibiotics May Influence Brain Development

Antibiotics May Influence Brain Development

Remove a Common Source of Experimental Error

Reducing Risk in Therapeutic Drug Treatment and Monitoring

Discover new treatments for pandemic diseases

Treatments for Disease Pandemics

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The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks

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Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

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Universe 25 Experiment

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A Fungus, Not Its Insect Host, Paints the World Red

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Advances in Automated RNA Library Preparation

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Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

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Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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Multiplexing PCR Technologies for Biopharmaceutical Research

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