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US researchers decipher how one gut bacterium influences immunity

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Isselbacher Professor of Medicine in the Field of Gastroenterology at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, a core institute member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and co-director of the Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics at MIT. Study after study had suggested that A.

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Researchers develop a new technique to treat middle ear infections

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In a new study, researchers have designed a miniaturized 3D-printed device to inactivate Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common bacterium that causes the infection. Credit: Jungeun Won Middle ear infections, also known as otitis media, affect more than 80% of the children in the U.S.

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Pathogenic genetic variations found to boost the risk of H. pylori–related stomach cancer

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A large case-control study by international researchers at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan has found that people who carry certain genetic risk factors for gastric (stomach) cancer have a much greater risk if they have also been infected by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori.

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Solving a mystery: How the TB bacterium develops rapid resistance to antibiotics

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Credit: SDSU For a slow-growing microbe that multiplies infrequently, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes tuberculosis (TB) has long puzzled researchers as to how it develops resistance to antibiotics so quickly, in a matter of weeks to months.

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Study shows why some people may become seriously ill from meningococcal bacteria

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Credit: Francesco Righetti Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have come one step closer toward understanding why some people become seriously ill or die from a common bacterium that leaves most people unharmed.

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IgG antibodies in breast milk help shape infants’ gut bacteria and immunity

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Researchers have known for some time that maternal breast milk provides critical nutrients for newborns, and antibodies from mothers vaccinated against a specific disease-causing bacterium or virus can be transferred via breast milk to babies.

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Researchers peer inside deadly pathogen’s burglary kit

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Structural insights about a deadly bacterium’s toolbox point to ways to block it Credit: Maria Schumacher Lab, Duke Biochemistry DURHAM, N.C. – The bacterium that causes the tick-borne disease tularemia is a lean, mean infecting machine.