Hay treated with hot steam is safer for horses but provides them with less protein. The horse forage is treated with steam to rid it of potentially harmful microorganisms and to bind particles that could otherwise be inhaled. ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 28, 2022
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Microbial communities are performing important functions all around us - from the earth in our flowerpots to the human gut. Now researchers have developed a method for studying the metabolic functions of microbial communities ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 11, 2010
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The ultimate source of some cancers is embryonic cells. Research published in the June 24th Cell, a Cell Press publication, traces the precursor of deadly esophageal cancers to leftover embryonic cells found in all adults.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 23, 2011
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Researchers at the University of Oregon have identified a novel protein secreted by a common gut bacterium in zebrafish that reduces inflammation in the gut and delays death by septic shock.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 6, 2018
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The last decade has seen a boom in the field of organoids, miniature organs grown from stem cells in vitro. These systems recapitulate the cell type composition and numerous functions of parent organs—such as brain, kidney, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 8, 2020
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Almost one in six people worldwide are infected by parasitic worms, while parasitic infections of livestock cause economic losses of billions of Euro per year. Resistance to the few drugs available to treat infections is ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 4, 2013
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As an effective method of preventing a wide range of bacterial diseases, vaccination plays a key role in aquaculture disease control, contributing to its environmental, social, and economic sustainability. In particular, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 13, 2023
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Researchers have clarified how vaccinations can combat bacterial intestinal diseases: vaccine-induced antibodies in the intestine chain up pathogens as they grow in the intestine, which prevents disease and surprisingly also ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 18, 2017
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Whether it's making rash decisions or feeling grumpy, hunger can make us think and act differently—"hangry," even. But little is known about how hunger signals in the gut communicate with the brain to change behavior. Now, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 5, 2022
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New work led by Carnegie's Steven Farber sheds light on how form follows function for intestinal cells responding to high-fat foods that are rich in cholesterol and triglycerides. Their findings are published in the Journal ...
Biochemistry
Nov 2, 2016
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