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Sim Singhrao

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Gum disease and Alzheimer’s: The importance of oral hygiene

The bacteria in our bodies affect our minds. Cell biologist Sim Singhrao explains how improved oral hygiene, diet and exercise can stave off dementia

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Environment

CO2-guzzling bacteria made in the lab could help tackle climate change

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Infections might alter brain development while in the womb

Mind

Bacterial infections in pregnancy may make schizophrenia more likely

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Life

Deep-sea anglerfish may shed luminous bacteria into the ocean water

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Hospital treatments may alter the balance of bacteria in your body

Health

Just three days in hospital can change the bacteria in your gut

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Hans Christian Gram: The biologist who helped investigate bacteria

Health

Hans Christian Gram: The biologist who helped investigate bacteria

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Megan Rossi

Health

Healthy gut, happy mind: What to eat to boost how you feel

Features

How what you eat directly influences your mental health

Health

How what you eat directly influences your mental health

Features

Red wine may be better than other alcoholic drinks for your microbiome

Health

Red wine drinkers have more diverse gut bacteria than other drinkers

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Some microbes manage to live in the inhospitable Atacama desert

Earth

Bacteria fly into the Atacama Desert every afternoon on the wind

The Atacama Desert is one of the most hostile places on Earth, but new microbes arrive there every day on dust grains carried by the wind

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Health

Lyme disease in England and Wales is most common in older, white women

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Health

Ibuprofen and other common drugs may help antibiotic resistance spread

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Health

Have we found the true cause of diabetes, stroke and Alzheimer's?

Features

Health

London’s public spaces are rife with multidrug-resistant bacteria

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