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A gut bacterium’s guide to building a microbiome: Unlike invading pathogens, which are attacked by the immune system, certain good bacteria in the gut invite an immune response in order to establish robust gut colonization

The mammalian gut is warm, moist, and incredibly nutrient-rich — an environment that is perfect for bacterial growth. The communities

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Microbeads to combat infection show promise in burn wound simulations: A potential alternative to antibiotics, protein-coated beads block bacteria from binding host cells

Computer simulations of microscopic, protein-coated beads that block bacteria from binding to host cells suggest that the microbeads could help

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