By engineering a probiotic with tiny antibodies from alpacas, scientists created a potential new oral tool to treat deadly diarrheal … More
Tag: microbiology
A nasal algae vaccine against malaria
Mice vaccinated with spirulina expressing a malaria parasite protein were protected from infection, setting the stage for future clinical trials. … More
Bacterial nanosyringes are drug and delivery all in one
Nanosyringes produced by some bacterial species naturally inject proteins into eukaryotic cells, paving a new frontier for biologic drug delivery. … More
An infective spark for Alzheimer’s disease
A once fringe theory that viral and bacterial infections trigger the neuroinflammation and cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease is … More
From superfood to medicine maker, spirulina is a new cellular factory
Scientists engineer the photosynthetic bacteria spirulina to produce biologics at a large enough scale to treat some of the world’s … More
Ocean robots take the pulse of our planet by measuring microbes
It looks like a trashcan bobbing in the waters off the California coast. But it’s hardly garbage. In fact, it … More
Stephanie DeMarco -- Science Writer 