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Treating Bacterial Vaginosis as an STI Could Improve Outcomes

发表于 2025-04-10 vaginosis bacterial bv

Bacterial vaginosis (BV), an overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria in the vagina, affects nearly one in three people with a vagina. While you can get BV without eve…

Nicotine-Chomping Bacteria Could Help Smokers Quit

发表于 2015-08-14 chomping smokers nicotine

Researchers isolated a bacterial enzyme that could break down nicotine before smokers get the buzz that keeps them coming back for more. Christopher Intagliata …

Sociable Chimps Get Richer Gut Microbiomes

发表于 2016-01-16 sociable bacterial microbiomes

When food is plentiful and chimps are more chummy, they harbor an increased number of different bacterial species in their bellies. Learn more about your ad cho…

Quick Test Could Tell If a Patient Needs Antibiotics

发表于 2016-01-27 infections bacterial antibiotics

Antibiotics work against bacterial infections but are often prescribed to people with viral infections, which don't respond to the drugs. But a new gene test co…

Saharan Dust Brings Bacterial Blooms to the Caribbean

发表于 2016-05-17 saharan dust bacterial

Dust clouds from the Sahara reach the Caribbean—and fertilize waters there when they arrive. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. V…

Alliance of Bacterial Strains Disables Antibiotics

发表于 2016-05-19 strains disables antibiotic

Two different antibiotic-resistant E. coli strains have a protective relationship in which each disables a different antibiotic, allowing both to thrive. Christ…