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Scientists discover how a cell may cheat its own death
Cells may back out of self-destruction, posing one way they can manage their own functions.
Researchers are using gassy, explosive bacteria to destroy cancer cells
Researchers are weaponizing an ancient protein against cancer.
Millennium- old poop reveals the surprising diversity of our ancestors’ microbiomes
Recovering ancient microbiomes could lead to health remedies in the future.
The world’s most diverse group of bacteria lives inside your mouth
Mapping the planet’s microbiomes starts on your tongue.
This WWII shipwreck hosts an underwater kingdom of bacteria
Iron-eating bacteria were among the thousands of microbes dwelling within the shipwreck.
This photo confirms that your tongue is basically a microbe party
Microbes live in communities together with their buds, the new image shows.
Some viruses can actually protect our health
We may even rely on certain types of viruses to ward off infections.
Every work of art has its own microbiome. Most could use a probiotic.
Italian scientists analyzed the microbial colonization on a historic easel painting.
This new device could teach us how the crud in our air affects our health
A person’s ‘exposome’ is just as important, if not more so, as their genetic predisposition to disease.
Mouse poop might get humans to Mars
Researchers are testing how life on the International Space Station affects the microbiome.
