Disrupting bacterial "chatter" to improve human health
BMBB Associate Professor Mikael Elias led a collaboration with the School of Dentistry to better understand how bacteria in the mouth communicate, and whether this communication could be “hacked” to prevent the formulation of plaque and maintain a healthy oral biome.
Header image description: Computer-rendered split image of bacteria on a tooth surface. When microbial communication is “on”, disease-associated species grow (left). Disrupting this communication (right) promotes health-associated bacteria. Credit: University of Minnesota
