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New research reveals how some immune responses shield gonorrhoea bacteria from attack, offering crucial insights for developing an effective vaccine.

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Dr. Maik Luu discusses how postbiotics can be used to reprogram CAR T cells to promote anti-tumor function and what further research is needed to bring probiotic-boosted therapies to the clinic.

More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas ...

A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future biotechnologies.

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