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No IgA Leads to Intestinal Inflammation in Mice

July 23, 2021
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Tokyo, Japan — While researchers have known for years that immunoglobulin A (IgA) is important for gut health, it has remained unclear exactly what role it plays in preventing infection and disease....

Simple Compound to Control Complex Gut Microbes

July 22, 2021
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Tokyo, Japan — Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) have discovered that acetate, a major metabolite produced by some intestinal bacteria, is involved in regulating...

Newly Discovered Role for CTP in Ensuring Faithful Cell Division in Bacteria

July 21, 2021
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Norwich, UK — To grow and multiply efficiently, bacteria must coordinate cell division with chromosome segregation. Crucial to this process in the bacterium Bacillus subtilis (commonly found in soil...

Match Matters: The Right Combination of Parents can Turn a Gene Off Indefinitely

July 13, 2021
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College Park, MD — Evidence suggests that what happens in one generation–diet, toxin exposure, trauma, fear–can have lasting effects on future generations. Scientists believe these effects...

New Signalling Pathway could Shed Light on Damage Repair During Brain Injury

July 8, 2021
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Plymouth, UK — Most human cells are able to repair damage by dividing at wounds. But mature nerve cells (neurons) in our brain are different. If they attempt division, they will likely die –...

Study Shows Laboratory Developed Protein Spikes Consistent with COVID-19 Virus

July 7, 2021
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Southampton, UK — A new international study has found that the key properties of the spikes of SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes COVID-19 are consistent with those of several laboratory-developed protein...

Belowground Microbial Solutions to Aboveground Plant Problems

July 6, 2021
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Cologne, Germany — Land plants – plants that live primarily in terrestrial habitats and form vegetation on earth – are anchored to the ground through their roots, and their performance...

Unlocking the Power of Microbiome

July 5, 2021
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Zürich, Switzerland — Hundreds of different bacterial species live in and on leaves and roots of plants. A research team led by Julia Vorholt from the Institute of Microbiology at ETH Zurich, together...

Multitalented Filaments in Living Cells

July 2, 2021
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Hamilton, ON — The cells that make up our bodies are constantly exposed to a wide variety of mechanical stresses. For example, the heart and lungs have to withstand lifelong expansion and contraction,...

A Key Player in Cell Death Moonlights as a Mediator of Inflammation

June 21, 2021
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Kanazawa, Japan — Interluekin-1α (IL-1α) is an important part of the immune response, but until now it has been unclear how this molecule is processed from its precursor, pro-IL-1α, and exits the cell...

Stronger Together: How Protein Filaments Interact

June 21, 2021
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Göttingen, Germany — Just as the skeleton and muscles move the human body and hold its shape, all the cells of the body are stabilised and moved by a cellular skeleton. Unlike our skeleton, this cellular...

Shrinking to Survive: Bacteria Adapt to a Lifestyle in Flux

June 15, 2021
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St. Louis, MO — Summer picnics and barbecues are only a few weeks away! As excited as you are to indulge this summer, Escherichia coli bacteria are eager to feast on the all-you-can-eat buffet they...

AI Predicts How Patients with Viral Infections, Including COVID-19, will Fare

June 14, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine used an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to sift through terabytes of gene expression data — which genes...

Researchers Discover a New Cause for the Cerebral Cavernous Malformation

June 10, 2021
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Hong Kong, China — Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Beijing Tiantan Hospital have recently uncovered a new gene mutation responsible for the non-familial...

Vital Tool to Study Virus Evolution in the Test Tube

June 10, 2021
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Brisbane, Australia — Variants of viruses, such as that causing COVID-19, can now be quickly studied in the laboratory, even before they emerge in nature and become a major public health challenge. The...

From Meat-Production to Urinary Tract Infections

June 9, 2021
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Oeiras, Portugal — In young women, Staphylococcus saprophyticus is a main cause of urinary tract infections (UTI), reaching 20% prevalence. Understanding the epidemiology of this microorganism can...

Researchers Develop Method for Rapid, Accurate Detection of Viruses

June 9, 2021
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Singapore — Researchers from Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), an Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART),...

Mechanism Through Which ‘Good’ Viruses Kill ‘Bad’ Bacteria and Block Their Reproduction

June 9, 2021
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Tel Aviv, Israel — The battle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria: A new study at Tel Aviv University revealed a mechanism through which “good” viruses can attack the systems of “bad”...

Gut to Brain: Nerve Cells Detect What We Eat

June 4, 2021
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Halle (Saale), Germany — The gut and the brain communicate with each other in order to adapt satiety and blood sugar levels during food consumption. The vagus nerve is an important communicator between...

Research Uncovers How ‘Non-Professional’ Cells can Trigger Immune Response

May 27, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Included in the vast fallout stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are paying closer attention to microbial infections and how life forms defend against attacks from pathogens. Research...

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