How bacteria learned to target numerous cell types

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...
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New mode of communication inside cells helps bacterial pathogens to evade drugs

Biologists have uncovered a new mode of communication inside cells that helps bacterial pathogens learn how to evade drugs.
Phys.org

Crosstalk inside cells helps pathogens evade drugs, study finds

Biologists have uncovered a new mode of communication inside cells that helps bacterial pathogens learn how to evade drugs. Their findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, describe how ...
The Conversation

Tiny laboratories that fit in your hand can rapidly identify pathogens using electricity

Blanca H. Lapizco-Encinas receives funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and other agencies to fund her research in microfluidics and electrokinetics. She is one of the editors-in-chief ...
eLife

Compressed sensing-based approach identifies modular neural circuitry driving learned pathogen avoidance

An efficient neural screening approach rapidly identifies circuit modules governing distinct behavioral transitions in response to pathogen exposure.