#microbiology

Jonathan Harker @jonathanharker@cloudisland.nz

· 3mo ago

*boggle https://www.quantamagazine.org/martin-picards-mitochondrial-theory-of-mind-20260717/ #consciousness #microbiology

Martin Picard’s Mitochondrial Theory of Mind | Quanta Magazine

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Martin Picard’s Mitochondrial Theory of Mind | Quanta Magazine

The biologist’s bold “energetic view of life” looks to the body’s strangest organelles as the link between cells, health, and mind and the foundation of our experience of being alive.

Ars Technica @ars_technica@robot.villas

· 3mo ago

Woman loses vision in one eye after UTI bacteria evolves to invade her brain https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/07/woman-loses-vision-in-one-eye-after-uti-bacteria-evolves-to-invade-her-brain/ #Health #Science #Microbiology

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Scientific Frontline @sflorg@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

The human skin microbiome constitutes a vast, diverse community of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that acts as a protective barrier against external pathogens. Recent research indicates that these endogenous microbial populations naturally produce novel antimicrobial compounds to defend their host. #Microbiology #Biochemistry #BiomedicalSciences #InfectiousDiseasePharmacology #sflorg

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Scientific Frontline: The Skin Microbiome: A New Antimicrobial Source

Gizmodo @gizmodo@robot.villas

· 3mo ago

Woman's Cornea Gets 'Eaten' by Parasite After Contact Lens Blunder https://gizmodo.com/womans-cornea-gets-eaten-by-parasite-after-contact-lens-blunder-2000787736 #Health #Science #Microbiology

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Woman's Cornea Gets 'Eaten' by Parasite After Contact Lens Blunder

47-year-old Emma Marsden developed a rare corneal infection after washing her face with her contacts still on.

Scientific Frontline @sflorg@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

Researchers have discovered that metabolites produced by a specific gut bacterium can significantly enhance the body's immune response to cancer. The bacterium Bacteroides uniformis converts the amino acid tryptophan into indoles, which subsequently suppress tumor growth and boost anti-tumor immunity. #Oncology #Immunology #Microbiology #NutritionalScience #sflorg

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Scientific Frontline: Gut Microbe Enhances Cancer Immunity

Flux @discoverflux@masto.ai

· 4mo ago

Boosted by @mattsheffield@mastodon.social

Beliefs in mind uploading and mechanical immortality are very common within the American tech bro scene. But these are absurd delusions that are not at all supported by biology. We just published a comprehensive rebuttal of this fantasy by biologist and philosopher @yoginho@spore.social https://plus.flux.community/p/the-myth-of-mind-uploading #philosophy #ai #biology #microbiology

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The myth of mind uploading

Minds are what bodies do

Nora Tindall @noracodes@tenforward.social

· 4mo ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

Hi fedi. Are there any microbiologists, mycologists, botanists, or other scientists or science enjoyers #OnHere who would have some reading recommendations for me in understanding the succession of life in forefields and other sterile environments? I am a filthy scifi writer so I am actually interested in this process in the setting of exoplanet regolith but I feel like understanding the research we have on similar environments on Earth is the only real place to start. Please boost 💜 Thank you! #AskFedi #ScienceSideOfFedi #AskMastodon #Microbiology #Mycology #Botany #Biology #Scifi #FediPaperClub