Julian’s Bug Blog

from http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/opinion/37020

I thought I’d share with you a personal bacterial story. We all like personal stories right? There is, at this very moment a little community of what I like to call ‘white dots’ in the back of my throat. The doctor I saw about them this morning refered to the dots as pus, but that’s [...]

Biologist Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria “talk” to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry — and our understanding of ourselves. Watch this talk >>