Bacteria in the gut can modulate the availability and efficacy of therapeutic drugs. Interactions at this level have only recently started to being systematically mapped and the main underlying mechanism proposed is chemical transformation of drugs by microbes (biotransformation). Here, we invest...
Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs) dominated by Microcystis aeruginosa threaten the ecological integrity and beneficial uses of lakes globally. In addition to producing hepatotoxic microcystins (MC), M. aeruginosa exudates (MaE) contain various compounds with demonstrat...
Tumours arise from uncontrolled cell proliferation driven by mutations in genes that regulate stem cell renewal and differentiation. Intestinal tumours, however, retain some hierarchical organization, maintaining both cancer stem cells (CSCs) and cancer differentiated cells (CDCs). This heterogen...