Researchers have revealed how polymyxins, crucial last-resort antibiotics, break down bacterial armor by forcing cells to ...
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Extraordinary pictures show what a common antibiotic does to E. coli
The way antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armour of bacteria has been revealed in stunning detail by high-resolution ...
A team led by UCL (University College London) and Imperial College London researchers has shown for the first time how ...
The new study, published in the journal Nature Microbiology, revealed in high-resolution images and biochemical experiments ...
After the advent of antibiotics in the 1940s, scientists were certain that they were on the cusp of conquering infectious ...
E. coli is the field's main "workhorse" says Prof Wallace, who has also genetically engineered it in the lab to turn plastic ...
The antibiotic polymyxin can pierce the armor of active bacteria, but are ineffective when armor production is shut off in dormant bacteria.
Scientists have uncovered how certain E. coli bacteria in the gut promote colon cancer by binding to intestinal cells and ...
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How Much Does a Single Cell Weigh? The Brilliant Physics Trick of Weighing Something Less Than a Trillionth of a Gram
How much does life weigh? It sounds like a strange question, but to biologists it makes all the sense in the world. Yeast cells tip the scales at about 100 picograms each. A single E. coli bacterium ...
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Scientists capture live images of bacteria battling antibiotics
Physicians have relied on a class of antibiotics called polymyxins to fight potentially life-threatening Gram-negative ...
Scientists have uncovered how certain E. coli bacteria in the gut promote colon cancer by binding to intestinal cells and releasing a DNA-damaging toxin. The study, published in Nature, sheds light on ...
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