Researchers developed a new family of polymers capable of killing bacteria without inducing antibiotic resistance by disrupting the membrane of these microorganisms.
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A new study has elucidated the structure of the machinery responsible for writing much of our “dark genome”—the 98 percent of our DNA that has largely unknown biological function. These results may spur novel treatments for autoimmune diseases, cancer and neurodegeneration.
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A few years ago, scientists studying female infertility encountered a family with premature ovarian insufficiency in which changes to a gene called Eif4enif1 appeared to be responsible for the disease.
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Theoretical modeling has been used to explore the spread of AMR through the microbiome of the symbiotic, or nonpathogenic, gut of animals. The present study represents a real-world investigation.
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This work is the first to show that rotavirus-altered lipid metabolism in the intestine plays a role in the disease.
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Alzheimer’s disease has plagued one large Colombian family for generations, striking down half of its members in the prime of life. But one member of that family evaded what had seemed would be fate.
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In a recent study, researchers engineered cells to release insulin in response to specific sound waves: the music of the band Queen.
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An immune system protein—DECTIN-1—programmed to protect against fungal infection can also exacerbate the severity of certain autoimmune disorders.
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Researchers have created tiny biological robots that they call Anthrobots from human tracheal cells that can move across a surface and have been found to encourage the growth of neurons across a region of damage in a lab dish.
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By identifying ribosomal RNAs exclusively present in diseased, dying, and dead sponges, the team found three distinct Vibrio species.
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Researchers have discovered a previously unknown process by which pathogens enter a cell with physical force, breaching the body's immune defenses that prevent infection.
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In the largest study to date of ancient dental calculus, scientists at Penn State suggest that the Black Death, which killed 30 to 60 percent of the European population, may have shifted the composition of the human oral microbiome toward one that contributes to chronic diseases in modern-day humans.
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The simple tool can identify all of the genetic material in bacteria, allowing researchers and clinicians to find out more quickly what kind of bacteria a sick person or animal is affected by.
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Researchers have created organoids with features that more closely mimic the real-life version, including shape, architectural organization, and several properties of cells.
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The research team tested several nonantibiotic compounds and tracked which ones were able to accumulate inside P. aeruginosa.
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