All Editorial articles – Page 95
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NewsGlobal sisterhood seeks to understand what makes a healthy vaginal microbiome
A study shares insights gleaned from a ’sisterhood’ of thousands of citizen scientists, illuminating gaps in knowledge about the vaginal microbiome, including which bacteria are helpful or harmful and whether microbiomes look different for people across the globe.
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NewsScientists reveal gut microbes’ hidden role in anxiety—Could probiotics be the next mental health breakthrough?
Scientists have discovered a crucial connection between gut microbes and anxiety-related behaviour, suggesting that microbial metabolites – specifically indoles – play a direct role in regulating brain activity linked to anxiety.
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NewsRelief could be on the way for UTI sufferers dealing with debilitating pain
A new study shows that UTIs cause the nerves in the bladder to become hypersensitive, resulting in the extremely painful and frequent urge to urinate, pelvic pain, and burning pain while urinating.
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NewsImpact of rapid urbanization on the emergence of zoonotic diseases
A study has looked into the rapid urbanization into the wildland-urban interface (WUI) causing the spillover of zoonotic diseases, which would help mapping for disease transmission risks.
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NewsMouth bacteria may hold insight into your future brain function
A study revealed that the types of bacteria in our mouths may have direct impacts to brain health, which would link mental illness, such as Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
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NewsJumbo phages deploying secret handshakes could usher in new antibiotics
Jumbo phages create a restricted space inside bacteria where they can copy their DNA while surrounded by a protective shield. A new study reveals that the shield works via a set of ’secret handshakes’, allowing only a specific set of useful proteins to pass through.
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NewsResearchers discover new way to customize living materials for tissue engineering, drug delivery and 3D printing
Researchers have revealed novel sequence-structure-property relationships for customizing engineered living materials (ELMs), enabling more precise control over their structure and how they respond to deformation forces like stretching or compression.
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NewsDrying and rewetting cycles substantially increase soil CO2 release
A study of forest and pastureland soils in Japan revealed that the amount of CO2 released from soil increases significantly due to the repeated drying and rewetting cycles (DWCs) expected to be caused by changes in precipitation patterns due to global warming.
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NewsFirst success in overcoming gene therapy challenges deploys nanomachines loaded with wine ingredients
Scientists have demonstrated the ability to overcome significant challenges in gene therapy using adeno-associated virus vectors (AAV) by employing a novel smart nanomachine equipped with AAV.
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NewsStudy shows some species are susceptible to broad range of viruses
A study of fruit flies shows some species are highly susceptible to a wide range of viruses. But fly species that were resistant to one virus were generally resistant to others – including very different types of virus.
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NewsYour voice matters: AMI teams up with the Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum
Applied Microbiology International has announced that it is partnering with the Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum (MLSFF) conference, which takes place at the end of March.
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NewsNasal COVID-19 vaccine to enter US clinical trials
A nasal vaccine for COVID-19 is poised to enter a phase 1 clinical trial in the U.S. after an investigational new drug application from Ocugen, Inc. was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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NewsGHG concentration and emissions vary seasonally and alongside human behaviors in estuaries
A new study suggests that industrial processes can be a major factor in the concentrations of methane and nitrous oxide in the the Pearl River Estuary and possibly other estuarine areas - but there are other influences.
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NewsEfforts to find alien life could be boosted by simple test that triggers microbes
Scientists explored microbial movement as a possible biosignature to detect life on Mars and beyond, cheaper and faster than ever before.
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NewsClean air policies inadvertently boost wetland methane emissions by up to 34m tonnes
A new study suggests that the decline of global sulphur emissions as the result of clean air policies, coupled with the warming and fertilization effects of carbon dioxide emissions lifts a lid on wetland methane production, resulting in increased emissions.
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NewsPersister act: Why antibiotics can fail even against non-resistant bacteria
A new study challenges the concept that persisters are the cause of antibiotic ineffectiveness, demonstrating that standard laboratory tests of antimicrobial clearance produce misleading results, giving a false impression of a small group of particularly resilient persisters.
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NewsAsthma and antibiotic use may predict nasal polyp recurrence after endoscopic sinus surgery
A recent study suggests that patients with chronic rhinosinusitis, who had undergone endoscopic sinus surgery, have a higher chance of undergoing revision sinus surgery that removes nasal polyps if they have asthma and are using antibiotics.
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NewsNew study reveals how Sudan virus binds to human cells
The interaction between human NPC1 receptor and Sudan virus, closely related to Ebola virus, has been structurally characterised, and gives insight to the pathogenesis of other related filoviruses.
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NewsJuicing may harm your health in just three days
Juicing without fibres turns out to be detrimental to both gut and oral microbiomes by disrupting their compositions, leading to the flourishing of harmful bacteria associated with inflammation.
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NewsLancaster University spinout secures funding to advance healthcare diagnostics
Lancaster University spin out CCI Photonics has secured significant funding to develop its diagnostic technology, which aims to improve healthcare outcomes by using AI to detect infectious diseases and determine patients’ antibiotic susceptibilities in under 15 minutes.