Researchers from Tianjin University have developed a groundbreaking oral capsule that allows users to control gut bacteria ...

Researchers have developed an ingestible capsule that uses smartphone technology to control gut bacteria, potentially ...

A smartphone-controlled ingestible capsule that can control and allow for two-way communication with gut bacteria in pigs is ...

The bacteria that are present in a person's gastrointestinal tract can reveal a lot about their health. A newly developed capsule could provide even more information, by gathering bacteria from ...

News Release 29-Feb-2016 Capsule shedding: A new bacterial pathway that promotes invasive disease Peer-Reviewed Publication St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ...

Capsule shedding: New bacterial pathway that promotes invasive disease Date: February 29, 2016 Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Summary: An enzyme antibiotics rely on to kill bacteria ...

Amandine Buffet, Eduardo P. C. Rocha, Olaya Rendueles, Nutrient conditions are primary drivers of bacterial capsule maintenance in Klebsiella, Proceedings: Biological Sciences, Vol. 288, No. 1946 (10 ...

The results also suggest bacteria are pre-programmed to rapidly add or remove capsules as needed to avoid detection and destruction by different branches of the disease-fighting immune system.

Capsule for sensing biomarkers in vivo with whole-cell bacterial sensors and wireless electronic readout. Cross section, electrical system diagram, and front- and back-side photos of the device.

While capsules enveloping bacteria are usually composed of polysaccharides, the capsule of virulent strains of Bacillus anthracis is made of polymers of D-glutamic acid (PDGA) linked covalently by ...

The abundance or lack of certain types of gut bacteria has been linked to everything from depression to heart disease to childhood asthma. Non-invasively determining which microbes make up a ...