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A new study maps how specific lactic acid bacteria can enhance both the flavor and nutritional quality of plant-based dairy alternatives. The findings may have wide-reaching perspectives for the ...

Researchers combined a vaccine and a probiotic supplement to tend the microbial garden inside the intestines of mice, ...

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In miniature test tubes in biologist Ryan Baugh's lab at Duke, thousands of tiny wriggling worms—each one a fraction the size ...

For centuries, sailors have reported the eerie glow of "milky seas" — vast areas of ocean that shine at night like a soft ...

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A new study maps how specific lactic acid bacteria can enhance both the flavor and nutritional quality of plant-based dairy alternatives. The findings may have wide-reaching perspectives for the ...

Cases of drug-resistant gonorrhoea are on the rise, warns the UK Health Security Agency. According to new data, there have been 17 cases of ceftriaxone-resistant (the main drug used to treat the STI) ...