Chemical Engineers Boost Bacteria’s Production of Useful Chemicals
A team of chemical engineers from MIT has designed a new technique that allows them to dramatically boost bacteria’s production of useful chemicals by shutting…
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MIT Scientists Develop New Method to Deliver Beneficial Bacteria to the GI Tract
By coating bacteria with polymer layers that protect them from the acids and bile salts found in the digestive tract, scientists from MIT have developed…
How Altered Gut Microbes Cause Obesity
New research from Yale University details how altered gut microbiota causes obesity. Obesity is linked to changes in our gut microbes — the trillions of…
New Evidence That Diet and Gut Microbes Can Influence Brain Inflammation
A newly discovered link between deficits in gut flora and brain inflammation may lead researchers to learn more about its impact on multiple sclerosis. A…
New Study Details How Bacteria Become Individualists
No two bacteria are identical – even when they are genetically the same. New research reveals the conditions under which bacteria become individualists and how…
Yale Study Shows Gut Bacteria Aggressively Protect Their Territory
A newly published study from Yale University details how human gut bacteria take on many tasks crucial to health. Bacterially speaking, it gets very crowded…
New Microfluidic Screening Device May Speed Up DNA Insertion in Bacteria
In search of the ideal bacteria for use in a microbial fuel cell, researchers from MIT have developed a new microfluid device to quickly sort…
Yale Examines How Bacteria Might Trigger and Treat Autoimmune Disease
New research from Yale University is exploring how beneficial bacteria that live in the gut might trick the body into an autoimmune reaction known as…
Bacteria Can Be Spatially Excluded from the Exchange of Amino Acids
New research shows that bacteria, which reciprocally exchange amino acids, stabilize their partnership on two-dimensional surfaces and limit the access of non-cooperating bacteria to the…
New Biosensors Turn Bacteria Into a Source of Natural Energy
New biosensors enable complex genetic reprogramming of common bacteria like E. coli. The process could be leveraged for sustainable biomanufacturing, using the metabolic processes of…
MIT Engineers Develop Basic Computing Elements for Bacteria
New research from MIT unveils a series of sensors, memory switches, and circuits that can be encoded in the common human gut bacterium. The “friendly”…
Engineers Develop Probiotics That Can Detect Tumors
By using probiotics, a team of engineers has devised a new way to detect cancer that has spread to the liver. Many types of cancer,…
Biologists Reverse Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics
A newly published study details how a team of researchers returned drug-resistant bacteria to a pre-resistant state. Biologist Miriam Barlow of the University of California,…
Nanotubular Structures Enable a Direct Exchange of Nutrients Between Bacteria
New research from the Max Planck Institute shows that some bacteria can form nanotubular structures between single cells that enable a direct exchange of nutrients….
Nanotech Pores Keep Bacteria from Sticking to Surfaces
A team of researchers used anodization to create nanoscale pores that change the electrical charge and surface energy of a metal surface, creating a nanoporous…
Yale Study Explains How We Live in Harmony With Gut Bacteria
New research from Yale University identifies a strategy that non-harmful gut bacteria employ to preserve this stable relationship with their host during inflammation. Stability in…
Scientists Shed New Light on How ‘Microbial Dark Matter’ Might Cause Disease
A landmark discovery reveals new insights on the biological, ecological and medical importance of TM7, and could lead to better understanding of other elusive bacteria….
Engineered Bacteria Store Memories of Chemical Exposure
New research from MIT reveals that engineered E. coli can store long-term memories of chemical exposure and other events in their DNA. MIT engineers have…