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May 27, 2025
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May 27, 2025 — Alterations to the diet of pests could impact how quickly they can adapt to ...
May 27, 2025 — A new study reveals the biological secret to the Zika virus's infectious success: Zika uses host cells' own 'self-care' system of clearing away useless molecules to suppress the host proteins that the virus has employed to get into those cells in ...
May 23, 2025 — Daylight can boost the immune system's ability to fight ...
May 22, 2025 — The bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB) may have an 'on-off switch' that lets them pause and restart growth, according to a new study. The research helps explain why TB is so hard to treat with ...
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May 22, 2025 — Researchers uncover a notorious cholera strain that contains sophisticated immune systems to fend off viruses, which potentially helped it to fuel a devastating epidemic across Latin ...
May 21, 2025 — How do organisms adapt to climate change? A new study reveals the complex interplay between genetic diversity and temperature tolerance ...
May 21, 2025 — Antimicrobial resistance is a growing issue in aquaculture. Researchers discovered that combinations of bacteria from live-feed microalgae are capable of inhibiting ...
May 23, 2025 — The molecular pathways involved in antiviral defenses and counter-defenses in host-pathogen systems remain unclear. Researchers have used Neurospora crassa as a model organism to explore how RNA ...
May 21, 2025 — If you've ever sat waiting at the doctor's office to give a blood sample, you might have wished there was a way to find the same information without needles. But for all the medical breakthroughs of ...
May 22, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread through lice rather than ticks, and how it ...
May 22, 2025 — A new study proves that a type of genetic element called 'introners' are the mechanism by which many introns spread within and between species, also ...
May 21, 2025 — New research demonstrates how specially engineered bacteria taken orally can operate as a delivery system for vaccines and antiviral ...
May 21, 2025 — Bats are known as natural hosts for highly pathogenic viruses such as MERS- and SARS-related coronaviruses, as well as the Marburg and Nipah viruses. In contrast to the severe and often fatal disease ...
May 20, 2025 — A team of researchers studied the properties of membranes to understand how these cellular structures influenced the chemistry of life on Earth as it ...
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May 20, 2025 — A study has used advanced genetic and genomic techniques to offer a major step forward in understanding and diagnosing infectious intestinal diseases. The large-scale study analyzed more than 1,000 ...
May 20, 2025 — By studying Chikungunya virus, scientists shed light on how immune responses to viral infections may lead to persistent symptoms of autoimmune ...
May 19, 2025 — Historically, most human mpox infections have resulted from zoonotic transmission --m eaning from animals to humans -- and these spillovers have rarely led to human-to-human transmission. But during ...
May 19, 2025 — The body defends itself against pathogens by depriving them of vital iron. However, this strategy doesn't always succeed against Salmonella. Researchers have discovered that these bacteria ...
May 19, 2025 — A team was able to show that swimming movements are possible even without a central control unit. This not only explains the behavior of microorganisms, it could also enable nanobots to move in a ...
May 19, 2025 — Nanoplastics are everywhere. These fragments are so tiny they can accumulate on bacteria and be taken up by plant roots; they're in our food, our water, and our bodies. Scientists don't ...
May 16, 2025 — Newly discovered weapons of bacterial self-defense take different approaches to achieving the same goal: preventing a virus from spreading through the bacterial ...
May 16, 2025 — Researchers describe a fundamental mechanism of antibiotic resistance. What happens in a bacterium that is resistant to the antibiotic fusidic acid? With a stop-motion movie at the atomic level, they ...
May 15, 2025 — Until now, most research has used either generalized cell samples or organoids made from just one type of tropical fruit bat, and only from a single organ. But a breakthrough has arrived: a research ...
May 15, 2025 — An international research team has discovered a critical protein that acts as a 'switch' regulating immune responses to ...
May 15, 2025 — When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further enhanced this cooperation by forming a concurrent symbiosis with two different ...
May 14, 2025 — Researchers show how specific immune cells are activated by the vaccine -- an important starting point for the development of new ...
May 14, 2025 — An international team of researchers has discovered saarvienin A, a new type of glycopeptide antibiotic. Their findings introduce a compound with strong activity against highly resistant bacterial ...
May 13, 2025 — Fungi are considered a promising source of biodegradable materials. Researchers have developed a new material based on a fungal mycelium and its own extracellular matrix. This gives the biomaterial ...
May 13, 2025 — Researchers have identified a never-before-seen mechanism that enables HIV-1 to evade the body's natural defenses and use it to support its survival and replication. The 'loophole' is ...
May 12, 2025 — Research shows microbial communities in echidna pseudo-pouches undergo dramatic changes while the animal is lactating, which could help in creating an environment for their young, known as puggles, ...
May 12, 2025 — An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the measles virus in Houston samples collected in early January 2025, before cases were ...
May 12, 2025 — A team of researchers investigated a sequence of coastal dunes of different ages (from 0-700,000 years old) in Cooloola National Park near Rainbow Beach to understand how soil microorganisms coped ...
May 9, 2025 — Millions of kilometers of rivers around the world are carrying antibiotic pollution at levels high enough to promote drug resistance and harm aquatic life, a new study warns. The study estimated the ...
May 9, 2025 — A research team has achieved a significant breakthrough in developing broadly protective, live-attenuated influenza vaccines (LAIV). These innovative LAIV platforms offer potential to develop ...
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- Advanced Genomics Study Improves Detection of Hard-to-Find Diarrheal Infections
- Why Some Viral Infections Appear to Trigger Autoimmune Disease
Monday, May 19, 2025
- Genomic Data Shows Widespread Mpox Transmission in West Africa Prior to 2022 Global Outbreak
- Survival Trick: Pathogen Taps Iron Source in Immune Cells
- How to Swim Without a Brain
- Could Nanoplastics in the Environment Turn E. Coli Into a Bigger Villain?
Friday, May 16, 2025
- Researchers Find CRISPR Is Capable of Even More Than We Thought
- How Antibiotic Resistance to Fusidic Acid Works
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- World's Largest Bat Organoid Platform Paves the Way for Pandemic Preparedness
- Protein Switch Turns Anti-Viral Immune Response on and Off
- Dual Associations With Two Fungi Improve Tree Fitness
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Yellow Fever Vaccination: How Strong Immune Responses Are Triggered
- New Hope Against Superbugs: Promising Antibiotic Candidate Discovered
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- Researchers Develop Living Material from Fungi
- 'Loop'hole: HIV-1 Hijacks Human Immune Cells Using Circular RNAs
Monday, May 12, 2025
- Echidna Microbiome Changes While Mums Nurse Puggle
- Measles Virus Detected in Houston Wastewater Before Cases Were Reported
- Microbial 'phosphorus Gatekeeping' Found at Center of Study Exploring 700,000 Years of Iconic Coastline
Friday, May 9, 2025
- Antibiotics from Human Use Are Contaminating Rivers Worldwide, Study Shows
- Novel, Needle-Free, Live-Attenuated Influenza Vaccines With Broad Protection Against Human and Avian Virus Subtypes
- Researchers Map 7,000-Year-Old Genetic Mutation That Protects Against HIV
- Bacterium Produces 'organic Dishwashing Liquid' To Degrade Oil
- Can Frisky Flies Save Human Lives?
- Heart Rhythm Disorder Traced to Bacterium Lurking in Our Gums
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Researchers Find New Defense Against Hard-to-Treat Plant Diseases
- Bacteria: Recording Gene Activity More Efficiently
- Discovery Opens Up for New Ways to Treat Chlamydia
- Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of a Smallpox Vaccine for Preventing Mpox
- Engineering an Antibody Against Flu With Sticky Staying Power
- Building Vaccines for Future Versions of a Virus
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Discovery of Antibiotic Resistance in Newly Identified Bacterium
- Viruses Under the Super Microscope: How Influenza Viruses Communicate With Cells
- Researchers Restore Antibiotic Effect in the Event of Resistance
- Cracking the Code: Deciphering How Concrete Can Heal Itself
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Food as Medicine: How Diet Shapes Gut Microbiome Health
- Research Advances on 'displacing' Antibiotic Resistance Gene from Bacteria
- Fruit and Microbes Boost Biogas Production and Fermentation
Monday, May 5, 2025
- Topical Gel Relieved Ear Infections in Animals After Just One Dose
- Min Proteins for Max Efficiency During Cell Division
- New Molecular Label Could Lead to Simpler, Faster Tuberculosis Tests
- Biological Particles May Be Crucial for Inducing Heavy Rain
- Urban Rats Spread Deadly Bacteria as They Migrate, Study Finds
Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Electricity-Generating Bacteria May Power Future Innovations
- A Digestive 'treasure Chest' Shows Promise for Targeted Drug Treatment in the Gut
- Invasive Rats and Rainforest Mammals Are Sharing Gut Microbes as Urban Areas Grow
- Study of Facial Bacteria Could Lead to Probiotics That Promote Healthy Skin
- Designer Microbe Shows Promise for Reducing Mercury Absorption from Seafood
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- New AI Technique Can Uncover Antiviral Compounds Using Limited Data
- Geobiology: Iron, Sulfur, Heat -- And First Life
- Protein Sources Change the Gut Microbiome -- Some Drastically
- Hiding in Plain Sight: Researchers Uncover the Prevalence of 'curiosity' Virus
- Broader Antibiotic Use Could Change the Course of Cholera Outbreaks, Research Suggests
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Bacteria's Mysterious Viruses Can Fan Flames of Antibiotic Damage
- Influenza Virus Hacks Cell's Internal System
Friday, April 25, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- No More Copy-Pasting: DNA Base Editing for Better Lactobacillus Strains
- Scientists Repurpose Gene Editing Tool to Help Uncover Hidden Microbial Diversity
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Hotter Temps Trigger Wetlands to Emit More Methane as Microbes Struggle to Keep Up
- The Antibiotic That Takes the Bite out of Lyme
- Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome May Be Driven by Remnants of Infection
- Scientists Identify Potential Treatments for Emerging Zoonotic Pathogens
- Childhood Exposure to Bacterial Toxin May Be Triggering Colorectal Cancer Epidemic Among the Young
- Bacteria Killing Material Creates Superbug Busting Paint
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- New Species of Electricity-Conducting Organism, Name It After Tribe
- How Do You Like Them Apples? Apple Genus Evolution Revealed
- Oil Cleanup Agents Do Not Impede Natural Biodegradation
- Using Blue Light to Fight Drug-Resistant Infections
- Study Reveals Gaps in Flu Treatment for High-Risk Adults
Monday, April 21, 2025
- More Ticks Carry Lyme Disease Bacteria in Pheasant-Release Areas
- Experimental Cancer Drug Could Streamline Standard Tuberculosis Treatment and Prevent Post-TB Lung Disease, Study Suggests
- How Bacteria Use Sneaky Chemistry to Disable Plant Defenses
- The Eukaryotic Cell Emerged as an Evolutionary Algorithmic Phase Transition
Friday, April 18, 2025
Thursday, April 17, 2025
- Experimental Bird Flu Vaccine Excels in Animal Models
- Sugar-Mimicking Molecule Central to Virulence of a Common Crop Disease
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Microbes in Brooklyn Superfund Site Teach Lessons on Fighting Industrial Pollution
- New Giant Virus Isolated
- Living Fungus-Based Building Material Repairs Itself for Over a Month
- Structural Images of a Tuberculosis-Fighting Virus
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- Gut Microbes Release Cancer-Fighting Bile Acids That Block Hormone Signals
- Phages: Molecular-Scale Components of Head, Tail Tube, Tail Tip
Monday, April 14, 2025
- New Plant Molecule Encourages Plant-Fungi Symbiosis to Improve Crops
- New Tool for Cutting DNA: Promising Prospects for Biotechnology
- A Mysterious Pathogen: Oropouche Virus More Common in Latin America Than Previously Thought
- Recently Discovered Immune Cell Type Is Key to Understanding Food Allergies
Friday, April 11, 2025
- Deadly Rodent-Borne Hantavirus Is an Emerging Disease With Pandemic Potential
- Engineered Bacteria Emit Signals That Can Be Spotted from a Distance
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Immune Protein Modification Blocks Viral Replication, Heart Inflammation
- Large Dormant Virus Can Be Reactivated in Model Green Alga
- Genes in Bacterial Genomes Are Arranged in a Meaningful Order
- A New Tool for Parsing the 'metabolic Dialogue' Between Microorganisms
- In Croatia's Freshwater Lakes, Selfish Bacteria Hoard Nutrients
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Coral Reefs Exude Myriad Chemicals, Fueling Dynamic Microbial Recycling of Nutrients
- Certain Nasal Bacteria May Boost the Risk for COVID-19 Infection, Study Finds
- From Bacterial Immunity to Plant Sex
- Engineering Smart Delivery for Gene Editors
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Lactic Acid Bacteria Can Improve Plant-Based Dairy Alternatives
- Viral 'backbone' Underlies Variation in Rotavirus Vaccine Effectiveness