Hit TV show "The Last of Us" follows on from an outbreak of a fictitious fungi, but Imperial experts are among those battling very real fungal diseases.
Plants & Animals
Jan 30, 2023
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Researchers at University of California San Diego and UC Riverside have further elucidated the molecular pathway used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus to infect human lung cells, identifying a key host-cell player that may prove a ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 23, 2023
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Honeybees, which pollinate one-third of the crops Americans eat, face many threats, including infectious diseases. On Jan. 4, 2023, a Georgia biotechnology company called Dalan Animal Health announced that it had received ...
Ecology
Jan 23, 2023
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Researchers have uncovered how some bacteria use electrical spikes to overcome antibacterial drugs, potentially leading to 'superbugs' that are resistant to antibiotics.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 11, 2023
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Antibiotic resistance, when infection-causing bacteria evolve so they are no longer affected by typical antibiotics, is a global concern. New research at the University of Tokyo has mapped the evolution and process of natural ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 13, 2022
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Antimicrobial resistance, including bacteria that have evolved to defy antibiotics, is one of the top 10 global public health threats humanity faces, according to the World Health Organization. A Penn State-led multidisciplinary ...
Biochemistry
Nov 16, 2022
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) has emerged as a frequently diagnosed disease. Advanced CRCs are highly heterogenous and often evade treatments, building drug resistance and reoccurring.
Bio & Medicine
Nov 10, 2022
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Klebsiella pneumoniae are bacteria that can cause various infections. These bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to treatment, leading to life-threatening illnesses.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 9, 2022
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A team of Canadian researchers from Université de Montréal has designed and validated a new class of drug transporters made of DNA that are 20,000 times smaller than a human hair and that could improve how cancers and other ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 2, 2022
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Antibiotic resistance is currently a serious health problem. Since the discovery of new antibiotics no longer seems to be a sufficient tool in the fight against multidrug-resistant infections, adjuvant therapy is gaining ...
Biochemistry
Nov 2, 2022
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