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July 26, 2024
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July 25, 2024 — Findings from a small, proof-of-concept clinical trial have suggested that fecal microbiota transplants (FMTs) can boost the effectiveness of immunotherapy in a range of gastrointestinal cancers. In ...
July 25, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a new evasion strategy used by the varicella zoster virus, which causes chickenpox and shingles, that may allow it to affect tissues far from the original site of ...
July 25, 2024 — New research shows that a certain bug, Alcaligenes faecalis (A. faecalis), can facilitate healing of hard-to-treat wounds among people with diabetes. While there are many studies done on potentially harmful bacteria in wounds, the researchers ...
July 22, 2024 — Mosquito-borne viral infections once confined to tropical regions are spreading. Dengue virus infects up to 400 million people worldwide each year according to World Health Organization estimates, and no available treatments exist for this disease. ...
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July 25, 2024 — Over the last century, a once-deadly mosquito-borne virus has evolved so that it no longer sickens humans. New research shows that changes in the virus's ability to target human cells paralleled the ...
July 24, 2024 — Researchers conducted a breakthrough proof-of-concept study that found an HIV-like virus particle that could cease the need for lifelong ...
July 24, 2024 — The team verified that microbes found in Yellowstone National Park hot springs produce methane to ...
July 24, 2024 — A new study provides evidence that a spillover of avian influenza from birds to dairy cattle across several U.S. states has now led to mammal-to-mammal transmission -- between cows and from cows to ...
July 23, 2024 — A new method that can rapidly determine whether a virus is infectious or non-infectious could revolutionize the response to future pandemics, researchers ...
July 23, 2024 — Scientists use a multimodal approach that combines hard X-ray computed tomography and X-ray fluorescence imaging to see the structure and chemical processes inside of a single ...
July 23, 2024 — New drug that disrupts two cellular targets would make it much harder for bacteria to evolve ...
July 22, 2024 — Scientists have identified a critical factor that may contribute to the spread of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), shedding light on why these ...
July 22, 2024 — New research has implications for addressing a leading contributor to climate warming, ...
July 22, 2024 — Researchers use genomes to help restore the American chestnut population and adjust species breeding to the changing ...
Earlier Headlines
July 18, 2024 — A multitude of new genomic sequence data fills major gaps in the fruit fly tree of life, researchers ...
July 18, 2024 — A group of small, freshwater animals (bdelloid rotifers) protect themselves from infections using antibiotic recipes 'stolen' from bacteria, according to new research. This raises the ...
July 18, 2024 — New research is shedding light on how viruses ensure their survival by precisely timing the release of new viruses. The discovery offers a new theoretical framework for understanding these dynamic ...
July 17, 2024 — Polyphenols are generally toxic to microorganisms. In peatlands, scientists thought microorganisms avoided this toxicity by degrading polyphenols using an oxygen-dependent enzyme, and thus that ...
July 17, 2024 — The human genome is filled with flecks of DNA left behind by viruses that infected primate ancestors tens of millions of years ago. Scientists used to think they were harmless, but new research shows ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered an under the sea phenomenon where coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish larvae have been feasting on blue-green algae bacteria known as 'sea ...
July 17, 2024 — When it comes to diatoms that live in the ocean, new research suggests that photosynthesis is not the only strategy for accumulating carbon. Instead, these single-celled plankton are also building ...
July 17, 2024 — Pet cats may be excellent animal models for the study of obesity origins and treatment in humans, a new study of feline gut microbes suggests -- and both species would likely get healthier in the ...
July 17, 2024 — Most influenza viruses enter human or animal cells through specific pathways on the cells' surface. Researchers have now discovered that certain human flu viruses and avian flu viruses can also ...
July 17, 2024 — Biology researchers have developed a new antibody therapy that can neutralize a wide variety of HIV-1 strains. They found success in an unlikely source -- ...
July 17, 2024 — Tens of millions of still-unknown or misunderstood viruses can cause diseases -- including new pandemics -- and affect the health of valuable terrestrial and marine environments. Now a new pipeline ...
July 16, 2024 — CRISPR-Cas systems, defense systems in bacteria, have become a plentiful source of technologies for molecular diagnostics. Researchers have now expanded this extensive toolbox further. Their novel ...
July 16, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that a single-celled organism, a close relative of animals, harbors the remnants of ancient giant viruses woven into its own genetic code. This finding sheds light on how ...
July 16, 2024 — Researchers have developed a strategy to identify new antimicrobial drugs with therapeutic promise from bacterial datasets, providing clues for discovering alternatives to traditional ...
July 16, 2024 — Researchers studying antimicrobial-resistant E. coli -- the leading cause of human death due to antimicrobial resistance worldwide -- have identified a mechanism in dogs that may render multiple ...
July 15, 2024 — Nitrogen fertilizers make it possible to feed the world's growing population, but they are also costly adn harm ecosystems. However, a few plants have evolved the ability to acquire their own ...
July 15, 2024 — A study helps explain why dairy cows infected by highly pathogenic avian influenza are shedding the virus in their milk. Their findings could help develop biosecurity measures aimed at slowing the ...
July 12, 2024 — Researchers have shed light on Earth's earliest ecosystem, showing that within a few hundred million years of planetary formation, life on Earth was already ...
July 12, 2024 — Researchers have identified how a common bacterium is able to manipulate the human immune system during respiratory infections and cause persistent ...
July 11, 2024 — A method to screen a wide variety of drug candidates without laborious purification steps could advance the fight against drug-resistant ...
Thursday, July 18, 2024
- Hundreds of New Genome Sequences Fill Gaps in the Fruit Fly Tree of Life
- Small Animals Acquire Genes from Bacteria That Can Produce Antibiotics
- Secrets Behind Viral Precision
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- Although Tiny, Peatland Microorganisms Have a Big Impact on Climate
- Ancient Viruses Fuel Modern-Day Cancers
- Reef Pest Feasts on 'sea Sawdust'
- Diatom Surprise Could Rewrite the Global Carbon Cycle
- What Fat Cats on a Diet May Tell Us About Obesity in Humans
- Influenza Viruses Can Use Two Ways to Infect Cells
- Llama Nanobodies: A Breakthrough in Building HIV Immunity
- 'Sacrifice' Of Virus Data Clears the Path to Open a Disease Discovery Pipeline
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
- A New Addition to the CRISPR Toolbox: Teaching the Gene Scissors to Detect RNA
- Ancient Microbes Offer Clues to How Complex Life Evolved
- Harnessing Big Data Helps Scientists Home in on New Antimicrobials
- E. Coli Variant May Cause Antimicrobial Resistance in Dogs, Humans
Monday, July 15, 2024
- Building a Roadmap to Bioengineer Plants That Produce Their Own Nitrogen Fertilizer
- Receptors Make Dairy Cows a Prime Target for Influenza
Friday, July 12, 2024
- Insight Into One of Life's Earliest Ancestors Revealed in New Study
- Respiratory Bacteria 'turn Off' Immune System to Survive
Thursday, July 11, 2024
- A Comprehensive Derivative Synthesis Method for Development of New Antimicrobial Drugs
- A Stealth Fungus Has Decimated North American Bats but Scientists May Be a Step Closer to Treating White-Nose Syndrome
- Researchers Develop a Way to Make Lifesaving Phages Accessible, Transportable and Much Easier to Use
- Mapping the World's Fungi from Air Samples
- Wild Plants and Crops Don't Make Great Neighbors, Research Finds
- Phage-Derived Enzyme Targets E. Faecalis Biofilms to Mitigate Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
- Pumpkin Disease Not Evolving, Could Make a Difference for Management
- Discovery of a New Defense Mechanism in Bacteria
- Not So Simple: Mosses and Ferns Offer New Hope for Crop Protection
- Big Gain in Battle Against Harmful Bacteria
- The Plague May Have Caused the Downfall of the Stone Age Farmers
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Monday, July 8, 2024
- Raw Milk Is Risky, but Airborne Transmission of H5N1 from Cow's Milk Is Inefficient in Mammals
- Scientists Discover How to Improve Vaccine Responses to Potentially Deadly Bacterium
- Study Reveals Environmental Impact of Artificial Sweeteners
- New Bio-Based Tool Quickly Detects Concerning Coronavirus Variants
Friday, July 5, 2024
Thursday, July 4, 2024
- Not So Selfish After All: Viruses Use Freeloading Genes as Weapons
- Scientists Map How Deadly Bacteria Evolved to Become Epidemic
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
- Retreating Glaciers: Fungi Enhance Carbon Storage in Young Arctic Soils
- Pasteurization Inactivates Highly Infectious Avian Flu in Milk, Study Suggests
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
- Bacteria Detected in Tattoo and Permanent Makeup Inks, Study Finds
- Study Illuminates Cues Algae Use to 'listen' To Their Environment
Monday, July 1, 2024
- Shrinking Glaciers: Microscopic Fungi Enhance Soil Carbon Storage in New Landscapes Created by Shrinking Arctic Glaciers
- Degradation of Cell Wall Key in the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance
- Researchers Thwart Resistant Bacteria's Strategy
Thursday, June 27, 2024
- New Mathematical Model Sheds Light on the Absence of Breastfeeding in Male Mammals
- Long-Standing Marine Mystery Solved: How Algae Get Nitrogen to Grow
- Bird Flu Stays Stable on Milking Equipment for at Least One Hour
- A Promising Weapon Against Measles
- Under Pressure: How Comb Jellies Have Adapted to Life at the Bottom of the Ocean
- Why the Harsh Snowball Earth Kick-Started Our Earliest Multicellular Ancestors
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
- 3D-Printed Chip Sensor Detects Foodborne Pathogens for Safer Products
- Should You Eat More Dietary Fiber? New Study Says It Depends
Friday, June 21, 2024
Thursday, June 20, 2024
- Wild Chimpanzees Seek out Medicinal Plants to Treat Illness and Injuries
- Wild Yeasts from Patagonia Could Yield New Flavors of Lagers
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
- Blessing in Disguise: Mycoviruses Enhance Fungicide Effectiveness Against Plant Pathogens
- Wooden Surfaces May Have Natural Antiviral Properties
Monday, June 17, 2024
- Treating the Gut-Brain Connection With B Vitamins to Treat Parkinson's Disease
- A High-Fat Diet May Fuel Anxiety
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Friday, June 14, 2024
- A New Weapon in the Battle Against Antibiotic Resistance: Temperature
- Infectious H5N1 Influenza Virus in Raw Milk Rapidly Declines With Heat Treatment
Thursday, June 13, 2024
- Can Engineered Plants Help Make Baby Formula as Nutritious as Breast Milk?
- The Scary, Yet Promising World of Phages, the Pathogen's Pathogen
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
- Soil Bacteria Respire More CO2 After Sugar-Free Meals
- Virus-Like Nanoparticles Control the Multicellular Organization and Reproduction of Host Bacteria
- Scientists Unlock Secrets of How Archaea, the Third Domain of Life, Makes Energy
- New Insights on Polymicrobial Infections in Chronic Lung Diseases
- Novel Lipopeptide Proves Lethal Against Staphylococcus Areus
Monday, June 10, 2024
- Breakthrough in Creating Cyclic Peptide Opens the Way for New Antibiotics
- Protein Study Could Help Researchers Develop New Antibiotics
- How Human Derived RNA Fragments Help the Hepatitis E Virus
- Lung Organoids Unveil Secret: How Pathogens Infect Human Lung Tissue
- Gut Microbes from Aged Mice Induce Inflammation in Young Mice, Study Finds
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
- Researchers Solve 2,000-Year-Old Mystery of the Shipworm
- Bone Loss Drugs Can Help Azoles Fight Fungal Infections
- Unlocking the World Around Us for Next-Gen Antibiotics
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
- Giant Viruses Found on Greenland Ice Sheet
- An Anti-Inflammatory Curbs Spread of Fungi Causing Serious Blood Infections
- Small, but Smart: How Symbiotic Bacteria Adapt to Big Environmental Changes
Monday, June 3, 2024
- Oral Nucleoside Antiviral Is Progressing Toward Future Pandemic Preparedness
- Fungus Breaks Down Ocean Plastic
Friday, May 31, 2024
- Antibodies May Aid Effort to Fight Influenza B
- Researchers Discover 'trojan Horse' Virus Hiding in Human Parasite
- The World's Most Powerful Anti-Fungal Chemistries Cause Fungal Pathogens to Self-Destruct
Thursday, May 30, 2024
- New, Modified CRISPR Protein Can Fit Inside Virus Used for Gene Therapy
- Scientists Invent 'living Bioelectronics' That Can Sense and Heal Skin
- Novel Virus Identified in Zebrafish from the Pet Trade Causes Disease in Laboratory Fish
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
- Antibiotic Pollution Disrupts the Gut Microbiome and Blocks Memory in Aquatic Snails
- New Antibiotic Kills Pathogenic Bacteria, Spares Healthy Gut Microbes
- Orchids Support Seedlings Through 'parental Nurture' Via Shared Underground Fungal Networks
- Bird Flu: Diverse Range of Vaccines Platforms 'crucial' For Enhancing Human Pandemic Preparedness
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
- Intermittent Fasting Shows Promise in Improving Gut Health, Weight Management
- Mechanisms for Selective Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Strategy
- Finnish Vole Fever Spreading Further South