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NewsHeat tolerant coral may trade fast growth for resilience
Rresearchers have found that there is a tradeoff for corals dominated by thermally sensitive algae - they have higher growth, but only in cooler water.
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NewsA healthy mouth helps to maintain balanced metabolic profiles
Common oral infections, periodontal diseases and caries are associated with inflammatory metabolic profiles related to an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases, a new study suggests.
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NewsCancer therapy shows promise against tuberculosis
A promising new cancer therapy also appears extremely potent against one of the world’s most devastating infectious diseases: tuberculosis (TB).
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NewsResearchers uncover mechanism behind Pseudomonas virulence
Pseudomonas aeruginosa regulator PvrA binds simultaneously to multiple pseudo-palindromic sites for efficient transcription activation, a research team has found.
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NewsScientists boost vaccines with machine learning to drive more effective treatments
Machine learning guided the discovery of new immune pathway-enhancing molecules and found one particular small molecule that could outperform the best immunomodulators on the market.
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NewsAir cleaners don’t stop you getting sick, research shows
Air filtration systems do not reduce the risk of picking up viral infections, according to new research.
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NewsMetastasis to be fought with bacteria, hypertension drugs and neuroscience
Results presented by world leaders in metastasis research at CNIO change the very concept of this disease, and lead to new ways to fight it, including using bacteria to activate the immune response against tumours.
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NewsBacteria in anal glands help cats to communicate
A new study shows how domestic cats send signals to each other using odors derived from families of bacteria living in their anal glands.
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NewsNeurotoxin BMAA found in dust from Great Salt Lake
Researchers have identified a chronic neurotoxin known as BMAA, linked to neurodegenerative illnesses, in dust particles from the Great Salt Lake’s dried lakebed.
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NewsRole of microhabitats in shaping diversity of periphytic diatom assemblages
Researchers have studied the importance of microhabitat heterogeneity (emergent, submerged and floating macrophytes) in maintaining diverse periphytic diatom assemblages.
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NewsScientists uncover how bacteria recognize viral invasion and activate immune defenses
Researchers have discovered that bacteria sense phages via a defensive response called CBASS that detects viral RNA.
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NewsFourth dose of COVID vaccine boosts protection in patients with rheumatic disease
A new study suggests that the recommendation for patients receiving disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs to receive a fourth dose of the mRNA vaccine has saved lives and reduced hospitalizations among patients in this high-risk group.
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NewsNovel C. diff structures are required for infection and offer new therapeutic targets
Iron storage ‘spheres’ inside the bacterium C. diff — the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections — could offer new targets for antibacterial drugs to combat the pathogen.
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NewsNew method detects bird flu on wetlands beloved of waterfowl
Researchers have developed a method that can detect infectious bird flu virus in wetlands frequented by waterfowl.
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NewsVegan diet fosters changes in gut microbiome that reduce hot flashes by 95%
A low-fat vegan diet that includes soy fosters changes in the gut microbiome that decrease postmenopausal vasomotor symptoms, or hot flashes, overall by 95%, according to a new study.
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NewsDangerous bee virus growing less deadly in at least one US forest, researchers find
The findings suggest the virus can evolve to be less severe and could help inform solutions to mitigate the virus in managed honey bee colonies.
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NewsTiny hinges bend the infection-spreading spikes of a coronavirus
Disabling those hinges could be a good strategy for designing vaccines and treatments against a broad range of coronavirus infections, including COVID-19.
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NewsStudy uncovers mediators of persistent HIV viremia
Researchers examining people with non-suppressible HIV viremia (NSV) despite receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) have found large reservoirs of proviruses inserted into transcriptionally active regions of immune cell genomes.
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NewsIron linked to blindness in ocular toxoplasmosis - offering hope for treatment
Researchers have identified the role of iron in ocular toxoplasmosis (OT), a form of toxoplasmosis that causes blindness, and found that treatment of mice with a compound that decreases iron was successful in reducing their symptoms.
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NewsCOVID-19 compromised U.S. gains in controlling HIV and worsened health disparities
The COVID-19 pandemic slowed previous gains made in controlling HIV blood levels and worsened health disparities, according to researchers leading the largest U.S. evaluation of the impact of the public health crisis on people with HIV.