Scientists find new strategy to combat bacterial infections
E.coli bacterium without pili following exposure to the new inhibitors.
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Increasing numbers of bacteria are developing antibiotic resistance. This forms a...
Virus-cutting enzyme helps bacteria remember a threat
Microbial memory: CRISPR systems allow bacteria to adapt to new viral threats. Above, Staphylococcus aureus microbes lacking a CRISPR system are killed off by...
Harnessing the power of bacteria’s sophisticated immune system
Bacterial culture (stock image). New research has given scientists a clear picture of the bacterial immune system, whose unique shape is likely why bacteria...
How a bacterial cell recognizes its own DNA
Rendering of bacteria. Bacteria have an immune system to fight off invasive viruses called phages, scientists say.
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It may come as...
Link identified between virus recognition, destruction in bacterial immune system
Michael Terns, left to right, and Rebecca Terns listen to postdoctoral scientist Yunzhou Wei as he talks about proteins on a slide after a...
Vet study reveals Salmonella’s hideout strategy
The Penn-led team discovered how Salmonella enterica can persist and cause chronic infections.
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The body's innate immune system is...
Bacteria evade human immune system with a burst of mutations during initial infection
Electron micrograph of the stomach bacteria Helicobactor pylori. A research team including Penn State scientists has discovered that a burst of rapid evolution immediately...
Fish provide insight into the evolution of the immune system
New findings help to explain why we humans have some immune genes that are almost identical to those of chimpanzees.
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Scientists propose existence and interaction of parallel worlds: Many Interacting Worlds theory challenges foundations...
The Burton lab studies tiny, plastic particles as a model for more complex systems. The particles are suspended in a vacuum chamber filled with...
Can the wave function of an electron be divided and trapped?
The electron wave function A canister of liquid helium inside the blue cylinder allowed researchers to experiment with tiny electron bubbles only 3.6 nanometers...
New math and quantum mechanics: Fluid mechanics suggests alternative to quantum orthodoxy
Close-ups of an experiment conducted by John Bush and his student Daniel Harris, in which a bouncing droplet of fluid was propelled across a...
