The researchers showed that when curcumin is intentionally given to bacteria as food and then activated by light, it can trigger deleterious reactions within these microbes, eventually killing them.

Meet Staphylococcus aureus, the ultimate microscopic escape artist that invades, adapts, tricks, and thrives within our ...

Bar. Date. Martini. Olive. Bank. Deep in your brain, neurons known as concept cells are firing. You might have concept cells that fire for martinis but not for olives. Or ones that fire for bars — ...

Extracting hemolymph from a Sydney rock oyster. (Kate Summer) These peptides and proteins can disrupt bacterial cell membranes, helping conventional antibiotics reach their targets more easily. Many ...

These peptides and proteins can disrupt bacterial cell membranes, helping conventional antibiotics reach their targets more easily. Many of these proteins and peptides can also boost the host’s immune ...

Shandong Key Laboratory of Healthy Food Resources Exploration and Creation, School of Food Sciences and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of ...

Scientists at the University of Stuttgart have succeeded in controlling the structure and function of biological membranes with the help of "DNA origami". The system they developed may facilitate the ...

The most detailed study to date on the mechanisms by which a common type of bacterium, Staphylococcus ... with human cells and the immune system. Researchers found that some S. aureus strains ...

They allow the creation of novel transport channels that are large enough to facilitate the passage of therapeutic proteins across cell membranes. In this emerging field, Prof. Laura Na Liu ...