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A few things the Symbol Research team are reading.  Complex Insight is curated by Phillip Trotter (www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-trotter) from Symbol Research
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Conquering HIV’s capsid | July 31, 2017 Issue - Vol. 95 Issue 31 | Chemical & Engineering News

Conquering HIV’s capsid | July 31, 2017 Issue - Vol. 95 Issue 31 | Chemical & Engineering News | Complex Insight  - Understanding our world | Scoop.it
First potential new novel  treatment for HIV in 10 years leverages the geometry of the HIV Capsid
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These Bacteria Are Wired to Hunt Like a Tiny Wolf Pack - Wired Science

These Bacteria Are Wired to Hunt Like a Tiny Wolf Pack - Wired Science | Complex Insight  - Understanding our world | Scoop.it

You wouldn’t know it, but there is an elaborate stealth communication network in the Earth beneath your feet. This smart web acts like a superorganism, fortifying defensive capabilities and coordinating deadly attacks on unsuspecting targets. But it’s not run by the NSA, the CIA, or the military. This web is made of bacteria

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Good artile explainging recent findings in bacterial communication research. Understanding how bacteria communicate and organise will be key to next generation treatments rather than relying only on discovered antibiotics.

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Antibiotic resistance: The last resort

Antibiotic resistance: The last resort | Complex Insight  - Understanding our world | Scoop.it
Health officials are watching in horror as bacteria become resistant to powerful carbapenem antibiotics — one of the last drugs on the shelf.
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As antibiotic resistance continues to evolve and spread - it continues to not get the attention and funding it needs. Research work is urgently needed in new treatments but also in how bacteria, evolve, transport and move in and around hospitals, how they communicate, and how to optimize standard infection-control practices.  Good article from Nature. scary reality.

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