Getting bacteria and yeast to talk to each other, thanks to a ‘nanotranslator’ (IMAGE)

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Getting bacteria and yeast to talk to each other, thanks to a ‘nanotranslator’

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Caption: In the new system illustrated above, a nanotranslator (circle with dots) made it possible for yeast (green) to respond to a signal sent by bacteria (brown).

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Adapted from Nano Letters 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02435

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