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Hydrogel wound dressing uses immune system proteins to kill bacteria

It's no secret that the more we use antibiotics, the greater the chances that bacteria will develop a resistance to them. A new...

A New Gene Editing Tool Could Rival CRISPR, and Makes Millions of Edits at Once

With CRISPR’s meteoric rise as a gene editing marvel, it’s easy to forget its lowly origins: it was first discovered as a quirk...

Molecular tweezers pick apart the defenses of drug-resistant bacteria

The rise of drug-resistant bacteria, which are superbugs that are evolving the ability to evade the defenses offered by our best medicines, is...

Fundamental regulation mechanism of proteins discovered

A research team led by Göttingen University find novel switch in proteins with wide-ranging implications for medical treatments Proteins perform a vast array...

Last-resort antibiotic found to pop superbugs like balloons

By turning modern scientific tools on an antibiotic discovered 70 years ago, researchers have unearthed a previously unknown mechanism it uses to pierce...

Seaweed supplement claimed to quadruple immune response of farmed fish

As is the case with other types of livestock farming, antibiotics are widely used in aquaculture to prevent disease. There may soon be...

Sticky bacterial biofilm traps and sinks microplastics for recycling

The pervasive nature of plastic pollution makes it an incredibly difficult problem to tackle, but lately we're seeing how microscopic organisms might offer...

Sustainable Startups: THIS – Plant-Based Food for Meat-Lovers

When investing, your capital is at risk. The forecast for 2021 is looking cloudy with a 0% chance of meatballs, unless they’re meat-free...

Why Cannabis Edibles Don’t Work For Some People

Cannabis edibles are trending big time. Not only do they offer many advantages that smoking simply does not, such as added discretion and...

ESA and FAO unite to tackle food security and more

“Ethical Markets welcomes ESA’s important initiatives in using satellite information to better inform Earth System Sciences and even more important, this collaboration with...

Vitamin D Supplementation May Lead to Small Risk Reduction for Acute Respiratory Infections

Vitamin D supplementation may safely reduce the overall risk for acute respiratory infection compared with placebo, but the risk reduction is small...

Bringing gene editing into high schools

St. Georges Technical High School in southern New Castle County, Delaware is the first high school in the United States to use ChristianaCare...

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