While it draws on the idea of human fecal transplants, a medical procedure where bacteria from a healthy donor's stool is transferred to a patient's gastrointestinal tract to restore balance to ...

These chemical messengers produce inflammation throughout your body. The infection can be due to bacteria in the bloodstream, but sepsis can also be produced by an infection that is present only in ...

Bacteria consumed by immune cells become part of the cell Date: February 26, 2025 Source: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Summary: Immune cells that eat bacteria in the body don't ...

We use them to clean the dishes we eat off, but your kitchen sponge is a damp, crumb-filled environment that is perfect for bacteria to thrive in. Should you opt for a washing up brush instead?

In an unprecedented workaround, biologist Bryan Hsu's team engineered bacteria-eating viruses called phages to infect and reprogram bacterial cells to produce and release a sustained flow of a ...

Bad news, though: If you're not giving your Hydro Flask a regular scrub with a bottle brush, there might be a bacterial storm a-brewing inside its walls that could potentially get you sick.