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Bacteria communicate like us, using electrical signalling similar to how neurones fire in the human brain ⚡️🦠⁠ Researchers at University of Warwick and Politecnico di Milano can control bacteria's electrical signalling with the molecule, Ziapin2 which may have implications for antibiotic resistance

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