Monday, January 19, 2015

BacterioFiles 199 - Prokaryote Protein Provokes Problem

This episode: A protein from gut bacteria has been tentatively linked with a human protein related to eating disorders!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
  • Plant virus affects parasitism suffered by insect that carries the virus (paper)
  • Bacteria could help make more powerful lasers (paper)
  • Gut microbes can control gene expression of gut cells somewhat
  • Using bacterial immune system to turn off HPV defenses in cervical cancer
  • Gut community composition could be used to detect cancer

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    Monday, January 5, 2015

    BacterioFiles 198 - Dampening Dust Defense

    This episode: Modified probiotic bacteria could reduce life-threatening allergies!

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    Show notes:
    Journal Paper

    Other interesting stories:
  • Bacteria can be toxic to tomato late blight pathogen (paper)
  • Phages could be very good at treating C. difficile infections
  • Soil cyanobacteria can help plants in many ways (review)
  • Finding heavy metal-resistant bacteria near nuclear storage sites (paper)
  • Using phage to prevent infection rather than to kill pathogens (paper)

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