A consortium of researchers from Russia, Belarus, Japan, Germany and France led by a Skoltech scientist have uncovered the way in which Mycobacterium tuberculosis survives in iron-deficient conditions by utilizing rubredoxin ...
Biochemistry
Apr 8, 2021
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A diet rich in human food may be wreaking havoc on the health of urban coyotes, according to a new study by University of Alberta biologists.
Plants & Animals
Feb 25, 2021
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Scientists are opening new windows into understanding more about the constantly shifting evolutionary arms race between viruses and the hosts they seek to infect. Host organisms and pathogens are in a perennial chess match ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 28, 2021
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The two key molecules that interact to drive fungal sepsis and meningitis are IP7—a molecule essential for fungal cell metabolism, and the protein Pho81—which regulates intake of the essential nutrient, phosphate.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 21, 2020
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COVID-19 is a collective risk. It threatens everyone, and we all must cooperate to lower the chance that the coronavirus harms any one individual. Among other things, that means keeping safe social distances and wearing masks. ...
Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2020
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URBANA, Ill. - Pigs that eat soybean as a regular part of their diet may be better protected against viral pathogens, a new study from University of Illinois shows. The researchers attribute the effect to isoflavones, a ...
Veterinary medicine
Jul 18, 2020
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A collaboration led by Texas A&M AgriLife researchers has identified an early immune response step that could have broad-ranging implications for crop, animal and human health.
Molecular & Computational biology
May 27, 2020
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If you've already recovered from the coronavirus, can you go back to the workplace carefree?
Social Sciences
May 21, 2020
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Horseshoe bats in China are a natural wildlife reservoir of SARS-like coronaviruses. Some health experts think wildlife markets—specifically in Wuhan, China—led to the spillover of the new coronavirus into human populations. ...
Ecology
Apr 24, 2020
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In a new study, published in the journal Nature, Michigan State University scientists show how plant genes select which microbes get to live inside their leaves in order to stay healthy.
Biotechnology
Apr 9, 2020
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