Noticias: Investigadores de la Universidad de Okayama y del Instituto Forsyth desarrollan nueva estrategia para el tratamiento de conductos radiculares

Resolvin D2 Induces Resolution of Periapical Inflammation and Promotes Healing of Periapical Lesions in Rat Periapical Periodontitis. Abstract: Periapical periodontitis results from pulpal infection leading to pulpal necrosis and resorption […]

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Collapse of Aztec society linked to catastrophic salmonella outbreak (Noticias)

Dos estudios recientes, basados en DNA bacteriano de cerca de 500 años de antigüedad, extraído de los dientes de restos humanos exhumados en el centro del Estado de Oaxaca, sugieren […]

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Genetic evidence for single bacteria cause of sepsis identified for the first time (Noticias)

Identifican por primera vez evidencias genéticas que demuestran que una sola célula bacteriana es capaz de causar sepsis. Resumen: Un equipo internacional de académicos ha estudiado cómo las infecciones localizadas pueden […]

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Previously unknown “giant virus” that remained burried for more than 30,000 years was revived (Noticias)

Reviven «virus gigante» previamente desconocido que permaneció enterrado por más de 30,000 años. Resumen: Investigadores franceses descubren lo que se cree que es un nuevo organismo del grupo conocido como “virus […]

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The microbial composition of millennium-old dental plaque from ancient skeletons (Noticias)

Científicos describen por primera vez la microbiota de la placa dentobacteriana preservada en esqueletos ancestrales de más de 1,000 años de antigüedad. Resumen: Una ‘Pompeya microbiana’ fue descubierta, conservada en […]

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Discussion: “Bacterial DNA in the human genome”; TWiM69 (Noticias)

Populations of human cells have a constant, intimate relationship with the human microbiome. With that comes a potential for lateral gene transfer that could be analogous to disease-causing DNA insertions […]

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How bacteria communicate with us (Noticias)

Communication is vital to any successful relationship. Researchers from the Institute of Food Research and the University of East Anglia have discovered how the beneficial bacteria in our guts communicate […]

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We are mainly microbe. The Human Microbiome (Noticias)

La mayor parte de lo que somos, son bacterias. Nuestros cuerpos están constituidos por 10 veces más células bacterianas que humanas. La información que nos define como seres humanos, está […]

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Researchers discover new organism related to the origins of multicellular life (Noticias)

Jeffrey Silberman, a professor of biological sciences, isolated a new unicellular anaerobic eukaryote, and worked with former graduate student Matt Brown and others in the lab of Andrew Roger at […]

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El abuso de antibióticos alarga la lista de infecciones consideradas como amenazas urgentes por la CDC (Noticias)

La lista ahora incluye infecciones por Enterobacteriaceae (resistente a carbapenem), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (multiresistente) y Clostridium difficile (multiresistente). The overuse of antibiotics has caused three kinds of bacteria — one that […]

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Oddly Microbial: Prions by Marcia Stone (Noticias)

Prions can turn their victims into zombies—they punch holes in their brains and steal their souls. The infected stumble about, might take a bite out of someone if hungry, certainly […]

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Newly identified oral bacterium linked to heart disease and meningitis (Noticias)

A novel bacterium, thought to be a common inhabitant of the oral cavity, has the potential to cause serious disease if it enters the bloodstream, according to a study in […]

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Abnormal gut bacteria linked to severe malnutrition (Noticias)

4:50 01 February 2013 by Colin Barras There’s more to malnutrition than poor diet. Two complementary studies suggest that microbes have an important role to play in both the onset and […]

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