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    Specific bacteria in your gut are involved in compulsive eating and obesity

    2024-06-26T22:01:00Z

    Researchers have identified specific bacteria in the gut that are associated with both mice and humans developing an addiction to food that can lead to obesity. They have also identified bacteria that play a beneficial role in preventing food addiction.

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    Researchers create molecule to tackle antimicrobial resistance

    2023-11-22T11:52:00Z

    Researchers at Maynooth University, working as part of an international team, have created a new molecule that could help in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria. Source: Ella Maru Studios Researchers have created a new molecule to fight drug-resistant bacteria Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi ...