bacteria

  • Our Cancers Are Filled With Fungi

    Our Cancers Are Filled With Fungi

    People’s cancers are apparently playing host to their very own fungi. A pair of studies this week have documented the unique neighbourhoods of fungal species that can live inside our tumours. It’s possible that these microbes may even influence how cancers grow or manage to fend off certain treatments.


  • We’re All Eating Poo, Apparently

    We’re All Eating Poo, Apparently

    If you’re eating, please put whatever you’re snacking on down. You don’t want to be near food while reading this article. Sorted? Okay, great. Let’s talk about poop particles then, shall we? In some pretty nasty news, recycled toilet paper company Who Gives a Crap has found data that suggests many Aussies are unknowingly covering…


  • New Strain of Extensively Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Appears in Austria

    New Strain of Extensively Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Appears in Austria

    The rise of super gonorrhea continues unabated. This week, scientists in Europe say they’ve discovered a new strain of extensively drug-resistant gonorrhea — the second such strain to be found worldwide in recent years. The bacteria was detected in April in a man from Austria, who likely caught it while travelling in Cambodia.


  • Can a Poo Transplant a Day Really Keep the Doctor Away?

    Can a Poo Transplant a Day Really Keep the Doctor Away?

    In a world first, two Australians with bipolar have had poo transplants, their symptoms improved, and their cases written up in peer-reviewed journals. One of us (Parker) treated the second of these patients with so-called faecal microbiota transplantation, and published his case study in recent weeks. The other (Green) is part of a team recruiting…