A new tool to investigate bacteria behind hospital infections | MIT News

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Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Study Team (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Investigation and Technologies (Clever), MIT’s investigation business in Singapore, and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have designed a device applying CRISPRi technology that can help recognize and avert biofilm development, drug resistance, and other physiological behaviors of […]

Helminth infections common in Medieval Europe, grave study finds

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Impression: Photomicrograph of a Trichuris trichiura egg from an archaeological deposit. perspective more  Credit history: Adrian Smith and Patrik Flammer, College of Oxford, United kingdom While helminth infections–like tapeworms and roundworms–are amid the world’s major neglected diseases, they are no for a longer period endemic in Europe. However, researchers reporting in […]