All Editorial articles – Page 234
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NewsScientists uncover role of epigenetics in symbiosis between poplar trees and fungi
Scientists have investigated the role of DNA methylation in the mycorrhization of poplar to establish whether epigenetics affects mycorrhization in trees.
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NewsStudy outlines world’s third successful cure of HIV infection after stem cell transplantation
The ‘Düsseldorf patient’, a 53-year-old man, is now the third person in the world to be completely cured of HIV with a stem cell transplant.
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NewsNew phytoplankton study shines light on oceans’ capacity to absorb atmospheric CO2
A new study demonstrates the important role of a common group of marine calcifying phytoplankton (coccolithophores) in the regulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere.
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NewsUCF researchers receive patent for COVID-killing nano-coating
A team of researchers have been awarded a patent for their nanomaterial-based disinfectant that can not only destroy the COVID-19 virus, but combat the spread of Zika virus, SARS, parainfluenza, rhinovirus and vesicular stomatitis.
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NewsSifting through sewage can forecast COVID-19 infections 5 days in advance
A new mathematical model uses wastewater samples to effectively forecast the number of clinical COVID-19 cases in a community five days in advance.
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NewsEU-funded PANDASIA project reduces risk of pandemics in Thailand and Europe
An international team of scientists will investigate how infectious diseases are transmitted between animals, humans and environment and how potential pandemics emerge, as part of the PANDASIA project w potential pandemics emerge.
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NewsClinicians ID severe form of mpox with high mortality in people with advanced HIV
An international collaboration of clinicians has identified a severe, necrotising form of mpox with a high mortality in immunosuppressed people living with HIV.
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NewsBetter instrumentation is needed to detect ancient life on Mars, researchers say
Current state-of-the-art instrumentation being sent to Mars to collect and analyze evidence of life might not be sensitive enough to make accurate assessments, according to researchers.
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NewsThree new appointments announced at AOAC International
Dr Katerina Mastovska has been named Deputy Executive Director and Chief Science Officer with AOAC International.
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NewsProbiotic spray boosts piglets’ gut microbiota - and growth performance
Early-life intervention by spraying compound probiotics can reshape the microbiota composition of the delivery room environment and significantly improve the growth performance and immune function of piglets, a new study shows.
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NewsHIV vaccine candidate aims to block virus before it takes root
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $3.8 million to Texas Biomedical Research Institute to further develop a promising HIV vaccine candidate that stops the virus upon entry, before it begins rapidly spreading throughout the body.
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NewsAutoPLP designs nucleic acid probes to detect rapidly mutating bacteria and viruses
Researchers have developed a procedure that could help researchers catch up to rapidly mutating microbes with an “AutoPLP” technique that designs nucleic acid probes to detect new variants quickly, accurately and easily.
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NewsClimate change portends wider malaria risk as mosquitoes expand range in Africa
Scientists have found that the mosquitoes responsible for transmitting malaria in Africa are spreading deeper into southern Africa and to higher elevations than previously recorded.
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NewsVillainous pairing makes superbugs more deadly and drug-resistant
Some of the world’s most deadly and drug-resistant pathogens work collaboratively to become more powerful and infectious, a new study has found.
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NewsMicrobiota from mum regulates lung immunity in newborns
Researchers have discovered that a type of white blood cells, the γδ T cells, influences the transfer of maternal microbiota during birth and nursing, and impacts the lung immune response in newborns.
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NewsMicrobes that co-operate contribute more carbon emissions
Communities of microbes that work together release more carbon dioxide than competitive communities, contributing more to climate change, a new study reveals.
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NewsBright orange lichens use their pigments as a ‘sunscreen’ while avoiding toxic effects
Fungi in orange lichens can avoid the toxic effects of bright pigments, allowing them to handle high UV loads.
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NewsCellular evidence reveals why men are at higher risk from COVID-19
Researchers from Osaka University provide cellular evidence for the observed differences between the response to COVID-19 infection in male and female patients.
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NewsFlashing bacteria unveil electric signalling's role in antimicrobial resistance
Like the neurons firing in human brains, bacteria use electricity to communicate and respond to environmental cues. Now, researchers have discovered a way to control this electrical signalling in bacteria, to better understand resistance to antibiotics.
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NewsProbiotic blend may deliver double whammy of health benefits when added to animal feed
Researchers have discovered a blend of organisms that not only act as a probiotic in animal feed, but can also inhibit the toxic effects of a mycotoxin in the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line.