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2024.09.18
Whooping cough is a highly contagious respiratory disease that can be severe or even fatal for vulnerable individuals, such as unvaccinated infants. People...
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2022.11.02
Physical forces are essential to biological function, but their impact at the tissue level is not fully understood. The gut is under continuous mechanical...
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2022.11.30
Calmodulin is a protein found in all living organisms, or at least those whose cells have a nucleus. "Calmodulin" literally means "calcium-modulated protein...
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2021.10.19
Although everyone knows about antibiotics, which we take to tackle bacterial infections, we tend not to realize that some bacteria are capable of producing...
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2022.07.22
Most bacterial species have a huge variety of strains, and antibiotic resistance, virulence and potential for transmissibility all vary from one to the next...
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2021.12.14
Listeria monocytogenes is a major human foodborne pathogen, associated with one of the highest medical and economic burdens. In addition, L. monocytogenes is...
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2023.09.11
Food safety is a major concern in our society, requiring constant attention and research efforts to counter the associated microbiological risks. The...
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2023.01.09
Bacteria are single-celled organisms that are capable of interacting with their external environment, for example by secreting molecules outside their cell...
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2021.11.30
During infection, the pathogenic bacterium interacts closely with the bacteria in the gut. They may have to share resources, thereby limiting infection with...
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2021.10.15
The decision to set up an Institut Pasteur in Guinea was made in 2014 in response to the Ebola crisis. It reflects the joint determination of France and Guinea...