A toxin produced by E. coli may be driving rates of bowel cancer in young people in the United Kingdom, scientists have discovered.Experts believe the finding could help explain why rates of bowel ...

Toxin timeline. Colibactin was linked to colorectal cancer cases in younger people, according to a study published in the ...

coli’s deadliest toxins, revealing how it slips past our body’s defenses to attack gut cells from within. The study, published in the journal Gut Microbes, shows how this bacterial toxin, called EspC, ...

Published in Gut Microbes, the research reveals for the first time the three-dimensional structure of a toxin secreted by enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) bacteria, and shows how the bacteria use the ...

The toxin, which is an enzyme called EspC, destroys the cells by cutting up their internal protein structure. La Trobe University scientist Professor Begoña Heras, who co-led the research, said ...

Scientists at La Trobe University have discovered how a diarrhea-causing strain of bacteria uses "molecular scissors" to cut open and destroy gut cells, leading to severe illness and sometimes death.

The paper was made available online on March 21, 2025, in the journal Carbon. The study highlights how bacterial properties improve GO's effectiveness in cancer therapy. Certain bacteria naturally ...

Engineers have created new technology that can move cells without touching them, enabling critical tasks that currently require large pieces of lab equipment to be carried out on a benchtop device ...

The new antibiotic causes the breakdown of an antitoxin in gonococci, so that the toxin part is released and kills the bacteria. Importantly, the AQ substance can even eliminate multi-resistant ...

Pneumonia caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most dangerous infections that can occur in hospital. Particularly worrying are multi-resistant strains, against which many ...