A new study has found that the composition of your gut microbiome helps predict how likely you are to succumb to potentially life-threatening infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae, E.coli and other bugs – and it may be altered by changing your…
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing health threat across the world, but EU-funded scientists are working together to boost research and find new treatments. Bacterial infections are a major health challenge, killing around 100 Europeans a day as they become increasingly…
by S & T • • Commentaires fermés sur Est-il vrai qu’il y a plus de microbes que de cellules dans le corps humain ?
Il est difficile de faire nos courses sans qu’il ne nous soit proposé des produits pour protéger notre microflore ! Notre corps hébergerait dix fois plus de bactéries que de cellules. Vraiment ? La microflore ou microbiote est l’ensemble des micro-organismes qui…
by S & T • • Commentaires fermés sur New aerospace and building materials could repair themselves thanks to fungi and bacteria
EU-funded researchers are using biological matter to create unique new materials that can adapt to their environment and repair themselves. The science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke famously said that ‘any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.’ For Dr…