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Kate MacDonald17 December 2018

Sometimes the same bacteria that make you sick can also make you healthy.

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Damitha Gunathilake2 February 2018

Many doctors prescribe antibiotics to cure infections. But should they be prescribing viruses instead?

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CurioCity5 December 2017

I am a 6th year PhD student in Biochemistry

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Damitha Gunathilake1 August 2017

When groups of microorganisms live in communities, they can both cause and solve problems for people.

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Sakina Bano Mendha25 May 2017

Scientists think that genetically engineered gut bacteria could help fight obesity.

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Tsukushi Kamiya6 March 2017

Treatment and prevention are direct costs associated with a disease. But did you know that diseases also have less obvious, indirect costs? In the case of malaria, they include poor school performance and a higher risk of Salmonella infection.

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CurioCity8 December 2016

I work on poop, specifically the multitudes of microbes that live inside poop. That doesn't sound very glamorous, but we now understand that these microbes have a fundamental role in our health and well-being; we have been very slow to realize this, and our current western lifestyle choices can be hostile to our microbes, in extreme cases causing disease.

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Ivan Lee22 November 2016

In September 2016, the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided to ban antibacterial soaps. But some organizations, like the American Cleaning Institute, are against the ban.

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CurioCity11 November 2016

It’s official: you’ve got the flu. It’s logical to assume that your symptoms are the result of the infection coursing through your body — but is that really the case? (5:00 min.)

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Krystal Rancourt8 November 2016

Research, education and medication have all helped reduce the impact of HIV. But viruses also evolve over time, and HIV may be becoming less harmful.

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