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A study from Jiangnan University reveals that a gut microbe, Bacteroides vulgatus, can naturally regulate blood sugar levels ...

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Scientists inserted DNA-encoding methylmercury detoxification enzymes into the genome of an abundant human gut bacterium. The engineered bacterium detoxified methylmercury in the gut of mice and ...

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Living in a house made of fungi and bacteria may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers are now one step ...

Living in a house made of fungi and bacteria may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers are now one step ...

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