Dec. 9, 2020 — Patients living in precarious circumstances are less likely to use antibiotics appropriately according to a new study, suggesting that efforts to improve conditions for those with little security in ...
Dec. 9, 2020 — The unique partnership between root-dwelling microbes and the plants they inhabit can reduce drought ...
Dec. 9, 2020 — Researchers have discovered a new strain of bacterium that can remove both nitrogen and phosphorous from sewage wastewater. Their findings offer a simpler, cheaper and greener method of wastewater ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — The binding of a SARS-CoV-2 virus surface protein spike -- a projection from the spherical virus particle -- to the human cell surface protein ACE2 is the first step to infection that may lead to ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — A mechanical engineering research team has invented a novel light-controlled, contamination-free fluidic processor, which can serve as a useful tool to greatly reduce the risk of infection of ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — New insight on how bacteria in the lungs protect against invading pathogens has been ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — Scientists use magnetic bacteria to control liquids at the micro level. They are already thinking about using them in the human bloodstream for precision delivery of cancer drugs to a ...
Dec. 7, 2020 — Researchers have come one step closer toward understanding why some people become seriously ill or die from a common bacterium that leaves most people unharmed. The researchers linked RNA mutations ...
Dec. 7, 2020 — Researchers have created a version of COVID-19 in mice that shows how the disease damages organs other than the lungs. Using their model, the scientists discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can shut ...
Dec. 7, 2020 — Research teams explore the activation of plant immune receptors by ...
Dec. 7, 2020 — Researchers have developed a sensitive testing system that allows the rapid and reliable detection of resistance in bacteria. The system is based on tiny, functionalized cantilevers that bend due to ...
Dec. 7, 2020 — A research team developed a new decoding method for viral genes that can easily and quickly obtain even non-canonical genetic information. Using this new decoding method, they identified nine novel ...
Dec. 4, 2020 — Looking at a group of bacteria from soil, researchers discovered that these organisms overcome limitation in their carbon processing machinery by rerouting their metabolic pathways to favor producing ...
Dec. 3, 2020 — Leaf microbiomes of sugar maple trees vary across the species' range, changing in accordance with the types of trees in the surrounding ...
Dec. 3, 2020 — Biologists found single-celled organisms living in sediments 1180 meters beneath the ocean at temperatures of 120 degrees ...
Dec. 3, 2020 — A collaborative study on a plant intracellular immune receptor not only shows how an important resistance protein is activated during pathogen infection but also reveals some common operational ...
Dec. 3, 2020 — Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection with a new antiviral drug, MK-4482/EIDD-2801 or Molnupiravir, completely suppresses virus transmission within 24 hours, researchers have ...
Dec. 3, 2020 — What makes the elderly and people with underlying conditions more vulnerable to COVID-19? According to a new study, clues can be found in the proteins involved in initiating infection, as the virus ...
Dec. 3, 2020 — Researchers have completed the most comprehensive study to date on how a class of persistent pollutants called semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) are associated with the gut microbiome in human ...
Dec. 3, 2020 — A novel bioinformatics pipeline identifies both previously known and novel ...
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