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Your cells can 'hear': Uncovering the relationship between life and sound
There's a sensation that you experience—near a plane taking off or a speaker bank at a concert—from a sound so total that you feel it in your very being. When this happens, not only do your brain and ears perceive it, ...
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Chlorotonils: Naturals antibiotics' dual-action mechanism against multidrug-resistant pathogens uncovered
The development and spread of antibiotic resistance represents one of the greatest threats to global health. To overcome these resistances, drugs with novel modes of action are urgently needed.
Cell & Microbiology
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Bumble bee decline tied to air pollution's disruption of gut microbiome
A study of bumble bees has uncovered a potential reason for the insects' decline. By studying bumble bee exposure to particulate air pollutants, scientists at the University of Leicester have determined that the diversity ...
Ecology
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How circadian clocks maintain robustness in changing environments
New research has uncovered how a simple circadian clock network demonstrates advanced noise-filtering capabilities, enhancing our understanding of how biological circuits maintain accuracy in dynamic natural environments.
Cell & Microbiology
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Imaging techniques show phages in unprecedented detail
Researchers at Pitt have produced the most detailed image to date of a bacteriophage–phage for short–that has allowed them to see for the first time the structural makeup of the part of the phage that directly attaches ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Electron transporter identified in mammals protects against low oxygen
Ubiquinone, a metabolite critical to generating energy in cells, has long been thought to be the only mitochondrial electron transport chain carrier in mammals. Although other electron transporters have been identified in ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Bacterium uses double protection against plant defenses
Plants know how to defend themselves against pathogenic microorganisms. In turn, pathogens have sensors to detect such defense mechanisms. What happens when plant and pathogen are locked in that duel?
Plants & Animals
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Live imaging captures DNA folding in sperm cells for the first time
Researchers at Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University and colleagues have achieved a breakthrough in understanding sperm DNA packaging. Using high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM), they captured ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2025
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New pathoblocker can stop Salmonella infections early on
Pathogenic Salmonella injects effector proteins into the cells of the gastrointestinal tract to penetrate and multiply within them. The bacteria are usually ingested with contaminated food. They can cause serious gastrointestinal ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2025
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Understanding DNA repair: How a 'twisting switch' and SUMO4 protein could refine cancer therapies
Researchers from the University of Birmingham have uncovered answers that provide the detail to explain two specific DNA repair processes that have long been in question.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2025
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Infection control: How the Salmonella pathogen survives a hostile environment
For years scientists have puzzled over why the intracellular pathogen Salmonella is able to survive—and thrive—in human and animal tissues, even within otherwise hostile cells that are part of the body's immune system, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2025
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AI-driven UV technique offers rapid contamination check for cell cultures
A team of researchers have developed a novel method that can quickly and automatically detect and monitor microbial contamination in cell therapy products (CTPs) early on during the manufacturing process.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2025
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Añana Saltern microorganisms help to clarify the groundwater flow pattern
The MicroIker group of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has explored the diversity and distribution of unicellular organisms in the springs of the Añana Salt Valley. The study is published in the journal Microbial ...
Ecology
Apr 11, 2025
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Researchers identify simple rules for folding the genome
An international team of researchers co-led by Job Dekker, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, have identified rules that tell cells how to fold DNA into the tightly packed, iconic X-shaped chromosomes formed during mitosis ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2025
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CRISPR screen identifies EIF3D as critical regulator of stem cell pluripotency maintenance
A team of CiRA researchers has uncovered the crucial role of EIF3D—a protein translational regulator—in primed pluripotency. The research is published in the journal Science Advances.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2025
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Q&A: Hunting for 'good' viruses in the fight against drug-resistant infections
In the fight against antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) superbugs, an important weapon may just be hiding in some polluted stream, in some remote village that lacks adequate sewage infrastructure, or in a wastewater treatment ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2025
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Engineered bacteria emit signals that can be spotted from a distance
Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety of molecules, such as pollutants or soil nutrients. In most cases, however, these signals can only be detected by looking at the cells under a microscope or similarly sensitive ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2025
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Strategic gene placement in bacteria offers insights into evolutionary success
Bioinformaticians from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the university in Linköping (Sweden) have established that the genes in bacterial genomes are arranged in a meaningful order. In the journal Science, ...
Evolution
Apr 10, 2025
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A new tool for parsing the 'metabolic dialogue' between microorganisms
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research have developed an innovative system called MetaFlowTrain that allows the study of metabolic exchange and interactions within microbial communities under different ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 10, 2025
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Nucleotide database can improve microbe identification for science and medicine
Imagine creating a comprehensive, searchable index for a library containing hundreds of millions of books—a task that would take a single person a lifetime to complete. Now imagine discovering that many of these books contain ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 10, 2025
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