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November 20, 2024

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An Innovative Antibiotic for Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Nov. 20, 2024 — Antibacterial drugs are important for treating infections. But increasingly, bacterial resistance to current drugs -- so they don't work well, or even at all -- means new ones are urgently needed. Researchers have demonstrated a potential ...

Probiotic Delivers Anticancer Drug to the Gut

Nov. 20, 2024 — Researchers shrink gastrointestinal tumors in mice using a yeast probiotic to deliver immunotherapy to the gut, offering a potentially novel strategy to target hard-to-reach gut ...

Could a Genetic Flaw Be the Key to Stopping People Craving Sugary Treats?

Nov. 12, 2024 — New research has found that people with a genetic defect in their ability to digest sucrose eat less cake, sweets and chocolate, which could hold the key to helping the wider population to eat less sugar. The international study shows that genetic ...

New Nasal Vaccine Shows Promise in Curbing Whooping Cough Spread

Nov. 18, 2024 — A new nasal whooping cough vaccine showed an ability to prevent both infection and transmission of the disease in mice. Current vaccines offer treatment but fail to halt transmission of the bacteria that cause the ...

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Scientists Recreate Mouse from Gene Older Than Animal Life

Nov. 18, 2024 — An international team of researchers has achieved an unprecedented milestone: the creation of mouse stem cells capable of generating a fully developed mouse using genetic tools from a unicellular ...

Protein in Soy May Reduce the Risk of Heart Failure by Affecting Gut Bacteria

Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers have found a potential method to slow heart failure progression. They fed mice a diet high in soybean protein, which influenced gut ...

Dieting: Cause of the Yo-Yo Effect Deciphered

Nov. 18, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a mechanism behind the yo-yo effect: fat cells have a memory that is based on ...

New Study Shows How Salmonella Tricks Gut Defenses to Cause Infection

Nov. 15, 2024 — A study uncovered how Salmonella, a major cause of food poisoning, can invade the gut despite the presence of protective ...

Stress Makes Mice's Memories Less Specific

Nov. 15, 2024 — Stress is a double-edged sword when it comes to memory: stressful or otherwise emotional events are usually more memorable, but stress can also make it harder for us to retrieve memories. Now, ...

Zinc Deficiency Promotes Acinetobacter Lung Infection, Study Finds

Nov. 15, 2024 — Researchers discovered an unexpected link between zinc deficiency, the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-13 (IL-13), and Acinetobacter baumannii lung infection and demonstrated that blocking ...

Generation of Rat Offspring from Ovarian Oocytes by Cross-Species Transplantation

Nov. 15, 2024 — Attempts to obtain eggs and offspring using oocytes in ovary have been made for keeping desirable traits in livestock, preserving human fertility, ...

Behavioral Analysis in Mice: More Precise Results Despite Fewer Animals

Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers are utilizing artificial intelligence to analyze the behavior of laboratory mice more efficiently and reduce the number of animals in ...

Potential Single-Dose Smallpox and Mpox Vaccine Moves Forward

Nov. 13, 2024 — An FDA-approved vaccine for smallpox and mpox is effective but causes side effects. The other requires multiple doses. An experimental single-dose vaccine uses the horsepox virus to harness the ...

Cell Aging in One Organ Can Snowball Into Multi-Organ Failure

Nov. 13, 2024 — The aging and failure of cells that occurs when one part of the body is damaged can spread to other organs, a study ...

Key Influenza-Severity Risk Factor Found Hiding in Plain Sight on Our Antibodies

Nov. 13, 2024 — Why do some people develop severe flu symptoms? A study points the finger at an unsung portion of the antibodies our immune systems generate to fend off invading ...

Study of Mountaineering Mice Sheds Light on Evolutionary Adaptation

Nov. 8, 2024 — Highland deer mice and their lowland cousins ventured on a simulated seven-week ascent to 6,000 meters. By tracking how the mice responded to cold stress and progressively lower oxygen levels, the ...

Mice Tails Whip Up New Insights Into Balance and Neurodegenerative Disease Research

Nov. 6, 2024 — Why do mice have tails? The answer to this is not as simple as you might think. Research has shown that there's more to the humble mouse tail than previously assumed. Using a novel experimental ...

How the Keto Diet Could One Day Treat Autoimmune Disorders

Nov. 4, 2024 — Scientists have long suspected the keto diet might be able to calm an overactive immune system and help some people with diseases like multiple sclerosis. Now, they have reason to believe it could be ...

New Research Identifies Ways to Protect Neurons from the Negative Effect of High-Fat Diet on Multiple Sclerosis Progression

Nov. 4, 2024 — New research has identified crucial links between dietary choices and the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). The study explored how enzymes called ceramide synthase 5 and 6 are responsible for ...

Discovery Illuminates How Sleeping Sickness Parasite Outsmarts Immune Response

Oct. 30, 2024 — A new study sheds light on how the blood-borne parasite that causes African sleeping sickness in humans and related diseases in cattle and other animals establishes long-term infections in hosts. ...

Crunching Fruit Fly and Human Data Via Machine Learning and Systems Biology Results in the Identification of Key Metabolites That Impact Lifespan in Both Species

Oct. 29, 2024 — Discoveries that impact lifespan and healthspan in fruit flies are usually tested in mice before being considered potentially relevant in humans, a process that is expensive and time intensive. A ...

Scientific Discovery Scratching Beneath the Surface of Itchiness

Oct. 25, 2024 — A collaborative study has revealed how a specific species of mammal-targeting worms found a way around itch, allowing researchers to better understand the mammalian urge to ...

An Individual's Reward-Seeking Strategy Reflects Responses to Nicotine

Oct. 24, 2024 — Individualistic reward-seeking strategies predict responses to nicotine among mice living in a micro-society, according to a new ...

Gut Bacteria Transfer Genes to Disable Weapons of Their Competitors

Oct. 24, 2024 — New research shows that a large, ubiquitous mobile genetic element changes the antagonistic weaponry of Bacteroides fragilis, a common bacterium of the human ...

Novel Antibody Platform Tackles Viral Mutations

Oct. 23, 2024 — Scientists have developed an innovative antibody platform aimed at tackling one of the greatest challenges in treating rapidly evolving viruses like SARS-CoV-2: their ability to mutate and evade ...

Bacterial Vaccine Shows Promise as Cancer Immunotherapy

Oct. 16, 2024 — Researchers have engineered bacteria as personalized cancer vaccines that activate the immune system to specifically seek out and destroy cancer ...

Fearful Memories of Others Seen in Mouse Brain

Oct. 16, 2024 — Researchers have revealed that the CA1 and CA2 regions in the brain respectively encode the locations and individuals linked with a threatening experience. The results show that, beyond simply ...

Study Explores How Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) May Be Linked to Alzheimer's Disease

Oct. 16, 2024 — Researchers used mouse models and human post-mortem brain tissue to study the molecular underpinnings that may increase the risk of Alzheimer's after traumatic brain injury ...

Elucidating the Neural Basis of Reduced Sexual Receptivity in Female Mice During the Non-Estrus Phase

Oct. 16, 2024 — Researchers investigated the neural mechanisms underlying the behavioral transition from the sexually receptive estrus stage to the non-receptive phase, as part of the hormone-dependent behavioral ...

New Bacteria-Based Therapy Shows Promise for Fighting Cancer

Oct. 15, 2024 — Bacteria-based therapies represent an exciting breakthrough in cancer treatment, harnessing their remarkable ability to specifically target and attack tumors. To fully harness the potential of this ...

Does Fermented Black Garlic Extract Help Treat Prostate Cancer?

Oct. 15, 2024 — A team tests the protective effect of a fermented black garlic extract against inflammation and the progression of prostate cancer in a study conducted on human prostate cancer cell models in the ...

Male Mice Use Female Mice to Distract Aggressors and Avoid Conflict

Oct. 15, 2024 — Researchers tracked the behavior of mice using machine learning to understand how they handle aggressive behavior from other mice. The researchers' findings show that male mice deescalate ...

Cord Blood Cells Can Build a Better Human Immune System Into Mice

Oct. 11, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new method to recreate a robust and functional human immune system in mice using mononuclear cells from the cord blood. This new kind of mice, that count with most of the ...

How a Bunch of Seemingly Disorganized Cells Go on to Form a Robust Embryo

Oct. 10, 2024 — Embryo development starts when a single egg cell is fertilized and starts dividing continuously. Initially a chaotic cluster, it gradually evolves into a highly organized structure. Scientists have ...