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NewsInfants exposed to certain biologics during pregnancy can safely receive rotavirus vaccine
New research in Canada may prompt a change to vaccination guidelines for infants. Researchers investigated how the immune systems of babies exposed to biologic agent medications during pregnancy are affected.
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NewsThreats and resources found in colonies of bacteria and fungi on ocean plastic trash
Scientists have found both potential threats and promising resources in the thriving colonies of bacteria and fungi on plastic trash washed up on Singapore shores.
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NewsRNA trickery disarms the antiviral CRISPR defenses of bacteria
Bacteria-attacking viruses, known as bacteriophages, use small RNAs to disarm the CRISPR-Cas immune systems of bacteria.
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NewsDormant bacterial spores offer key insights into evolutionary survival strategies
A new study illuminates the mechanism through which dormant bacterial spores uphold and activate an enduring transcriptional program upon revival, showcasing an extraordinary genetic memory system.
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NewsSpike in premature births caused by COVID, and halted by vaccines
COVID-19 caused an alarming surge in premature births, but vaccines were key to returning the early birth rate to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new analysis of California birth records.
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NewsHuman case of flu seen in pigs found in UK for first time
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has detected a single confirmed human case of influenza A(H1N2)v.
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NewsGut bacteria derived metabolites offer alternative treatment for fatty liver disease
Researchers have identified gut-bacteria derived metabolites that can mitigate fatty liver disease.
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NewsResearchers make sense of bacterial Babel
An improved understanding of bacterial languages brings us closer to controlling and coordinating the behaviour of bacteria.
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NewsClimate shapes life-history traits of abundant bacteria in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
A new study shows that the abundant bacteria of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau grassland soils in the Lhasa and Nyang watersheds exhibit different life history strategies due to pronounced differences in climate.
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NewsPlants that survived dinosaur extinction aided by microbes to pull nitrogen from air
Scientists have found that the cycad species that survived extinction relied on symbiotic bacteria in their roots, which provide them with nitrogen to grow.
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NewsDr Raquel Peixoto named as winner of the inaugural Rachel Carson Prize 2023
Dr Raquel Peixoto of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia has been named as this year’s winner of the inaugural Rachel Carson Prize for microbiology.
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NewsStudy links deprivation with risk of dying from sepsis
The most socioeconomically deprived groups in society are nearly twice as likely to die from sepsis within 30 days, researchers have found.
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NewsE coli may be better at evolving resistance than previously thought
E. coli bacteria may be far more capable at evolving antibiotic resistance than scientists previously thought, according to a new study.
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NewsWHO makes request to China for information on pneumonia cluster reports in children
WHO has made an official request to China for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children.
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NewsScientists discover rules for breaking into Pseudomonas
Researchers have found a way to get antibacterial drugs through the nearly impenetrable outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium that – once it infects a person – is notoriously difficult to treat.
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NewsVaccine created to prevent dangerous tropical disease receives FDA approval
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the world’s first vaccine against the chikungunya virus – Ixchiq.
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NewsWastewater testing improves predictions for COVID-19 hospital admissions
Testing wastewater for COVID-19 provides a better forecast of new COVID hospital admissions than clinical data, a new study suggests.
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NewsScientists probe mechanism of robust motility in flagellated bacteria
Researchers say they have dispelled the idea that flagellar motors in bacteria are under high load during bacterial swimming.
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NewsNon-living processes in rice paddies as significant as microbes in CO2 emissions
Scientists have shown that natural processes, especially reactions involving certain reactive oxygen species, play a big role in how paddy soils release CO2.
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NewsCOVID vaccination before infection strongly linked to reduced risk of developing long covid
Unvaccinated individuals are almost four times as likely to be diagnosed than those vaccinated before first infection, new research shows.