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bacteria

Gut bacteria influence the birth of new brain cells in mice

Life

Gut bacteria influence the birth of new brain cells in mice

Wiping out a mouse's gut bacteria with a long course of antibiotics hinders the growth of new brain cells – but exercise and probiotics can reverse this

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Microscope image of helicobacter bacteria

Health

Microbiomania: The truth behind the hype about our bodily bugs

Insight

Got dandruff? The bacteria living on your head might be to blame

Life

Got dandruff? The bacteria living on your head might be to blame

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Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars

Earth

Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars

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A woman in a hospital bed with clinician standing by

Health

Quick $2 test reveals if you caught a superbug in hospital

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Gonorrhoea bacteria

Health

Why super-gonorrhoea is spreading and may soon be untreatable

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clouds

Earth

Rain makers: How high-flying bacteria could control the clouds

Features

An illustration of a DNA spiral in green light on a black background with genetic code letters coming out of it a bit like in The Matrix

Life

Bio coding language makes it easier to hack living cells

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A lot of plastic bottles

Earth

Bacteria found to eat PET plastics could help do the recycling

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MRSA bacteria

Health

MRSA superbug’s resistance to antibiotics is broken

Two compounds can make MRSA vulnerable to the drugs they normally resist, showing that antibiotic resistance can be beaten  

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Life

UTI bacteria use hooks to hang on inside you when you pee

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Life

Speargun-toting superbugs end up shooting each other

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Life

Gene change could stop GM bacteria surviving outside the lab

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Your gut's trick for controlling the bacteria that live in it

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