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Lachnospiraceae could be key to successful fecal transplants
Fecal microbiota transplants are a magic bullet for patients with recurring infections from Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), but researchers are only beginning to understand why.
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Researchers home in on vaccine target in an ancient scourge
Researchers and doctors have collected one of the most extensive genomic surveys of the syphilis bacterium to date and correlated the genetic data with clinical information about the patients who provided the samples.
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$1.5M state grant kickstarts efforts to use fungal molecules in batteries, photovoltaics and electronic circuitry
A unique research effort is exploring how complex molecules found in living organisms, such as fungi, could be used to engineer more environmentally friendly energy systems.