Fungal infections worldwide are becoming resistant to drugs and more deadly
Say "fungus" and most people in the world would probably visualize a mushroom.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 28, 2021
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News tagged with medical researchers
Coronaviruses can induce host cell apoptosis
A large team of researchers working at the University of Hong Kong has found that three major types of coronaviruses are able to induce cell apoptosis in infected hosts. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, ...
Clever biomolecular labeling enables identification of immune cells
Biomolecules regulate the biological functions inside every living cell. If scientists can understand the molecular mechanisms of such functions, then it is possible to detect the severe dysfunction which can lead to illness. ...
Biotechnology
Jun 8, 2021
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Man's best friend in life and death: Pet dog brain banking supports aging research
Two recent papers from Hungarian researchers highlight the so far underrated relevance of pet dog biobanking in molecular research and introduce their initiative to make pioneering steps in this field. The Hungarian Canine ...
Veterinary medicine
May 13, 2021
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Protein remodels intracellular membrane to help Legionella bacteria survive in host cells
Scientists at UT Southwestern have discovered a key protein that helps the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease to set up house in the cells of humans and other hosts. The findings, published in Science, could offer ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 10, 2021
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Breakthrough purification of fossil pollen using a new large-particle on-chip sorter
Particle sorting is fundamental to biological and medical research, although existing methods are unable to sort large-sized particles via high-throughput sorting. In a new report, Y. Kasai and a research team in Japan, Germany ...
New method preserves viable fruit fly embryos in liquid nitrogen
Cryopreservation, or the long-term storage of biomaterials at ultralow temperatures, has been used across cell types and species. However, until now, the practical cryopreservation of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)—which ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 27, 2021
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Discovery of an elusive cell type in fish sensory organs
One of the evolutionary disadvantages for mammals, relative to other vertebrates like fish and chickens, is the inability to regenerate sensory hair cells. The inner hair cells in our ears are responsible for transforming ...
Evolution
Apr 26, 2021
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Consumers will pay more for crowdfunded products to boost equality in marketplace
New research has revealed that shoppers are significantly more likely to purchase crowdfunded products than items that use an alternative funding source, as they want to see less inequality in the marketplace.
Economics & Business
Apr 19, 2021
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We're creating 'humanized pigs' in our ultraclean lab to study human illnesses and treatments
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires all new medicines to be tested in animals before use in people. Pigs make better medical research subjects than mice, because they are closer to humans in size, physiology and ...
Biotechnology
Apr 13, 2021
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