Common fungi, often present in the gut, teach the immune system how to respond to their more dangerous relatives, according to new research from scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine. Breakdowns in this process can leave people ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 6, 2021
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For about one in 13 children in the U.S., normally harmless foodstuffs such as milk, eggs and peanuts can send the body's natural defenses into overdrive.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 15, 2021
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Ticks live dangerous lives, spending most of their time questing for a host across wildly different habitats and seasons. Once they encounter a reptile, bird, or a mammal like us, they become intimately connected with it—and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 10, 2020
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According to a biologist from RUDN University, fern leaves powder has a positive effect on the immune system, antimicrobial activity, and growth of carps. Based on this data, fish farms can breed big and healthy fish without ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 4, 2020
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Scientists used human white blood cell membranes to carry two drugs, an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory, directly to infected lungs in mice.
Bio & Medicine
Dec 3, 2020
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How do molecules involved in activating our immune system discriminate between our own DNA and foreign pathogens? Researchers from the Thomä group, in collaboration with the EPFL, deciphered the structural and functional ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 26, 2020
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WEHI researchers are studying 'nanobodies' – tiny immune proteins made by alpacas—in a bid to understand whether they might be effective in blocking SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Bio & Medicine
Nov 24, 2020
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"Position 4" didn't seem important until researchers took a long look at a particular peptide.
Biochemistry
Nov 13, 2020
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Animals that live slowly—breeding less rapidly and living longer—could be "reservoirs" of diseases that could jump to new species including humans, new research suggests.
Ecology
Nov 9, 2020
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As the world enters a next wave of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we are aware now more than ever of the importance of a healthy immune system to protect ourselves from disease. This is not only true for humans but corals ...
Environment
Oct 23, 2020
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