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NewsPowered by renewable energy, microbes turn CO2 into protein and vitamins
Researchers can harvest protein and vitamin B9 from microbes by feeding them nothing much more than hydrogen, oxygen, and CO2, a new study reveals.
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NewsReport recommends ‘highly ambitious enterprise’ to create world-leading UK Microbiome Biobank
A new report calls for a ’highly ambitious enterprise’ to create a microbiome biobank that will contribute significantly to the advancement of science and its application to human health.
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NewsMicroorganisms can travel long distances in the troposphere
Air samples taken at altitudes up to 3,000 metres over Japan unveil the presence of a wide array of microbes, some of which are potentially pathogenic to humans, transported thousands of kilometers by aerosols originating in northeast China.
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NewsNew intestinal disease screening method can support horse health
Researchers are developing a promising method to support the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) in horses. This study is the first to show an association between the gut microbiota composition and chronic types of IBD in horses.
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NewsResearchers identify new tools for anti-Acinetobacter drug development and AMR preparedness
Researchers have engineered a library of strains that can be used to develop new antibacterial compounds to help address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria.
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NewsAttenuated viruses could be used to enhance crop performance
Researchers propose using viruses as vehicles for crop improvement, an approach established in human therapies but little explored in agriculture.
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NewsStudy identifies areas of Europe at risk from dengue fever
As Europe grapples with the growing threat of tropical diseases brought by the Asian tiger mosquito, a research breakthrough is enabling scientists to accurately predict towns across the continent where there is a high risk of dengue fever.
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NewsScientists close in on mystery of deadly Hep C virus
A new study by a cross-disciplinary research team has identified the protein complex at the surface of the hepatitis C virus that enables it to bind to human cells, opening a pathway to vaccine candidates that can prevent the virus from infecting the cells.
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NewsNASA brings space leaders to London to shape future of microgravity research
Leading space experts from around the world gathered at the Royal Institution to discuss the future of microgravity research and prepare for the next generation of human presence in low Earth orbit.
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NewsPerfect protection - melanins are particularly important for lichens
Researchers have found evidence in the genome of a newly named lichen that an unusually large proportion of its polyketide synthases are likely responsible for the production of melanins, which protect lichens from excessive sunlight.
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NewsGut bacteria influence responses to immunotherapy in patients with asbestos related cancer
A cancer study has found that certain gut bacteria may influence whether or not a patient’s immune system is successful in fighting mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer.
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NewsResearchers create new framework to understand how microbial communities emerge
Virtually all multicellular organisms on Earth live in symbiotic associations with very large and complex microbial communities known as microbiomes. New research has just been published aimed at offering a complete understanding how those relationships form.
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NewsStudy on E. coli outbreak in the UK demonstrates increasing impact of climate change on public health and food security
A study to investigate an UK E. coli outbreak identified contaminated lettuce as the most likely source of the infection, and determined that heavy rainfall and flooding may have carried STEC from animal feces to the lettuce crops.
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NewsA chemical cocktail of micropollutants amplified the effect of algal toxins causing mass fish mortality on the River Oder
Researchers investigating summer 2022’s environmental disaster on the River Oder, which killed up to 60 per cent of fish biomass, have been able to detect more than 120 organic micropollutants in the water samples.
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News‘Ice bucket challenge’ reveals that bacteria can anticipate the seasons
Bacteria use their internal 24-hour clocks to anticipate the arrival of new seasons, according to research carried out with the assistance of an ‘ice bucket challenge’.
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NewsFirst sustained remission of HIV infection following a bone marrow transplant in the absence of protective mutation
A total of seven individuals worldwide (two patients in Berlin and patients in London, Düsseldorf, New York, City of Hope and Geneva) are considered likely to have been cured or to be in long-term remission of HIV infection after receiving a bone marrow transplant to treat blood cancer. ...
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NewsChristian Gaebler receives ERC Starting Grant to study HIV patients living without medication
Prof. Christian Gaebler aims to develop treatments that cure HIV infection in patients or prompt the immune system to keep the virus in check in the long term, and has won funding to study patients who are already living without medication.
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NewsWound peptides can help detect dangerous infections more quickly
After identifying unique peptide patterns and changes in these patterns based on different types of bacteria in wounds, researchers can now assess the severity of the infection, a new study reveals.
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NewsNatural probiotic discovered in UK newborns’ microbiomes
Newborn babies have one of three pioneer bacteria in their gut shortly after birth, one of which could be used to develop new personalised infant therapeutic probiotics, researchers show.
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NewsHijacking the command center of the cell: nuclear parasites in deep-sea mussels
Researchers have revealed how a bacterial parasite thrives inside the nuclei of deep-sea mussels, a remarkable feat given that the nucleus is the control center of the cell.