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Scientists Program Microalgae’s ‘Oil Factory’ to Produce Various Oils

April 16, 2021
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Beijing, China — By combining the ‘chassis’ of an oil-producing microalgae with genes from a Cuphea plant, scientists from the Single-Cell Center, Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess...

Lab Study Solves Textbook Problem: How Cells Know Their Size

April 15, 2021
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Hanover, NH — Scientists have searched for years to understand how cells measure their size. Cell size is critical. It’s what regulates cell division in a growing organism. When the microscopic...

Tummy Invader: This Bacterial Molecule may be Key to Fighting Stomach Cancer

April 13, 2021
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Osaka, Japan — Humans are exposed to many types of bacteria daily, the majority of which are harmless. However, some bacteria are pathogenic, which means they can cause disease. An extremely common...

First Images of Cells Exposed to COVID-19 Vaccine Reveal Native-Like Coronavirus Spikes

April 9, 2021
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Southampton, UK — New research has for the first time compared images of the protein spikes that develop on the surface of cells exposed to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to the protein spike of the...

Junctions Between Three Cells Serve as Gateways for Transport of Substances

April 8, 2021
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Münster, Germany — Within multicellular organisms, cells build connections with each other forming cell layers that cover the surfaces of tissues and organs and separate structures in the body. For...

Anti-Inflammatory Drug Protects Against Lethal Inflammation from COVID-19 in Animal Models

April 1, 2021
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New York, NY — Mount Sinai researchers have found that a widely available and inexpensive drug targeting inflammatory genes has reduced morbidity and mortality in mice infected with SARS-CoV-2, the...

How Streptococcus Pyogenes can Survive on Skin and Cause Skin Infections

April 1, 2021
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Osaka, Japan — Streptococcus pyogenes is one of the most important bacterial causes of human skin infections. If S. pyogenes invades deep into the tissue, it can cause life-threatening illnesses, such...

T-Cell Stimulatory Protein and Interleukin-10 Synergize to Prevent Gut Inflammation

March 26, 2021
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Birmingham, AL — Researchers have found an unexpected synergy between a T-cell stimulatory protein — the ICOS ligand — and interleukin-10, an immunoregulatory cytokine, to prevent inflammatory...

Breakthrough in Developing New Diagnostic Procedure for Pulmonary Aspergillosis

March 24, 2021
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Exeter, UK — Scientists have developed a pioneering new procedure that will help diagnose a potentially lethal fungal lung disease with greater speed and accuracy, and with less distress to the patient. A...

Redox Imaging Allows Measurement of Drug Responses in Lab-Grown Cancer Samples

March 23, 2021
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Cardiff, UK — Organoids are tiny three-dimensional cellular assemblies that are grown in a laboratory from tissue-specific cells. They are particularly interesting to biologists because of their ability...

New Discoveries on Deadly Fungus – might be a Key for Treatment

March 22, 2021
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Bergen, Norway — Aspergillus fumigatus kills as many people as malaria and tuberculosis, but is less known. It is found “everywhere”, for example in the soil or in our compost, but is not...

Simple Blood Test could Replace Surgery for Some Brain Tumour Patients

March 18, 2021
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Plymouth, UK — A research breakthrough shows that a simple blood test could reduce, or in some cases replace, the need for intrusive surgery when determining the best course of treatment for patients...

Researchers Unlock the Micro-Molecular Physiochemical Mechanism of Dental Plaque Formation

March 17, 2021
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Hong Kong, China — An inter-disciplinary team of researchers led by Prof. Qian Peiyuan, Chair Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)’s Department of Ocean Science...

How Bacterial Traffic Jams Lead to Antibiotic-Resistant, Multilayer Biofilms

March 17, 2021
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Coventry, UK — The bacterial equivalent of a traffic jam causes multilayered biofilms to form in the presence of antibiotics, shows a study published today in eLife. The study reveals how the collective...

New Study Points to Novel Drug Target for Treating COVID-19

March 17, 2021
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Lucie, FL — Researchers from Cleveland Clinic’s Florida Research and Innovation Center (FRIC) have identified a potential new target for anti-COVID-19 therapies. Their findings were published...

Bacteria Adapt Syringe Apparatus to Changing Conditions

March 16, 2021
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Halle (Saale), Germany — Basic, acidic, basic again: for pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella, the human digestive tract is a sea change. So how do the bacteria manage to react to these changes?...

Of Mice and Men and Their Different Tolerance to Pathogens

March 16, 2021
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Boston, MA — Trillions of commensal microbes live on the mucosal and epidermal surfaces of the body and it is firmly established that this microbiome affects its host’s tolerance and sensitivity...

Are Bacterial Probiotics’ a Game-Changer for Biofuels Industry?

March 11, 2021
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Kongens Lyngby, Denmark — In a study recently published in Nature Communications, scientists from The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU) and Yale University have investigated...

Deciphering the Impacts of Small RNA Interactions in Individual Bacterial Cells

March 11, 2021
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Urbana, IL — Bacteria employ many different strategies to regulate gene expression in response to fluctuating, often stressful, conditions in their environments. One type of regulation involves non-coding...

Membrane Around Tumours may be Key to Preventing Metastasis

March 9, 2021
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Cambridge, MA — For cancer cells to metastasize, they must first break free of a tumour’s own defenses. Most tumours are sheathed in a protective “basement” membrane — a thin,...

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