Health
What we know so far about strep A child deaths in the UK
Nobody knows for sure why more children than usual have died due to the group A streptococcus bacterium this year, but increased mixing and viral infections may be factors
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Environment
Microfibres that pollute the seas are floating homes for bacteria
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Health
An mRNA vaccine protects mice against deadly plague bacteria
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Leprosy bacteria may hold the key to helping the liver regenerate
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Health
We now know why some poos float and others sink
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Health
Appetite-suppressing probiotic helps overweight people lose weight
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Antimicrobial drug derived from tree sap could treat chronic wounds
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Life
Heat-loving, oil-eating bacteria are seeping out of the seafloor
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Life
E. coli that is recoded to be virus resistant may aid drug production
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Life
Antarctic bacteria reveal an evolutionary limit to dealing with heat
Some bacteria living in the Southern Ocean can't adapt to temperatures 2°C higher than what they can usually survive, and other organisms could face similar limits adapting to higher temperatures
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Health
Faecal transplants ease irritable bowel syndrome for three years
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Life
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be killed by pom-pom molecules
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Life
Largest known bacteria in the world are visible to the naked eye
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Health
Origin of Black Death finally found in bacteria from Kyrgyzstan graves
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