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NewsNewborn piglets serve as a model for studying influenza
A multidisciplinary team of researchers has studied newborn piglets to better understand the progression of influenza infections.
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News Increased hygiene during pandemic may have curbed development of immunity in children
Increased hygiene during the pandemic reduced microbial diversity in daycare settings - and this may have affected development of immunity against non-communicable diseases in children by limiting exposure to diverse microbes.
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NewsAntimicrobial peptides modulate lung injury by altering the intestinal microbiota
Researchers have identified a gut-lung axis driven by intestinal antimicrobial peptide expression and mediated by the intestinal microbiota that is linked to lung injury in newborns.
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NewsCommon wristbands are hotbed for harmful bacteria
A new study tested various textures of wristbands and their ability to harbour harmful pathogenic bacteria.
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NewsStudy explores microbiome of hip and knee osteoarthritis
Next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) techniques show the presence of bacterial DNA in surgical specimens of hip and knee arthritis, from patients undergoing first-time total joint arthroplasty, a new study reports.
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NewsPeptide combats multidrug-resistant bacteria in less than one hour
A synthetic peptide inspired by molecules secreted by the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum has presented promising antibacterial results within one hour in laboratory trials.
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NewsSloth fur may carry antibiotic-producing bacteria
The fur of Costa Rican sloths appears to harbour antibiotic-producing bacteria that may hold a solution to the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance.
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NewsStudy finds diverse differences in microbes in breast tumours from women of different races
The breast tumours of Asian, black and white women have very different cellular, microbial and genomic features that could potentially be used to personalize care or predict disease progression, according to new research by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Source: National Cancer Institute Potential ...
