To weaken; make less strong; to reduce in force, intensity, quantity or even value; to make thin or slender
Casey Theriot
@theriotmicrobe.bsky.social
New preprint from the Theriot lab and collaborators, which looks at how strain-dependent bile acid transformations by commensal Clostridia attenuate C. difficile virulence and disease without decreasing colonization!
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.11.711146v1.article-info
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Adam Higgitt
@ahiggitt.bsky.social
btw, you know we're all heading to the point when re-opening the Strait of Hormuz becomes Trump's moment to declare victory, right?
It's classic Trump:
1. Cause chaos
2. Intervene to attenuate chaos
3. Claim credit for ending chaos.
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Soen
@ohsoen.bsky.social
Sometimes I write sentences that surprise me.
"I'm looking for any infection vector that may cause the pentose phosphate pathway to attenuate or cease producing ribose."
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