Articles: microbiology

• How the TB bug dodges the immune system

  A Harvard School of Public Health researcher is figuring out how tuberculosis bacteria defend themselves so well against immune attack and drug treatment... Boston news article.

  • 25 January 2008
  • Courtney Humphries
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• Squeezing juice from bugs

  Two Boston research groups say bacteria-powered fuel cells can fulfill energy needs in the developing world. .. Boston news article.

  • 18 January 2008
  • Jennifer Cutraro
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• Fast, cheap DNA-sequencing technologies make their mark in local labs.

  From bugs and drugs to embryonic stem cells, high-throughput sequencing is enabling scientists to ask a wide range of new research questions. .. Boston news article.

  • 06 September 2007
  • Jillian Lokere
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• A bridge between bio and geo

  Harvard postdoc Tanja Bosak brings together genomics and geology and along the way has learned to deal with differences in research culture... Boston news article.

  • 24 August 2007
  • Robin Orwant
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• How the brain tells rough from smooth and what bacteria need to hop from one species to the next

  This week's papers from Boston labs... Boston news article.

  • 20 April 2007
  • Mason Inman
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• Local startup targets drug-resistant bugs

  Harvard technology may enable the development of designer antibiotics. .. Boston news article.

  • 29 March 2007
  • Neil Savage
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