Grant awarded to study how plants affect microbiomes
Credit: Logan Wallace For centuries, scientists have worked above ground, studying plants and their effect on biodiversity. Lying below the ...
Tag: Microbiology
A hydrogel that could help repair damaged nerves
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c05197 Injuries to peripheral nerves -- tissues that transmit bioelectrical signals from the ...
The plant hormone auxin may promote disease by regulating virulence gene expression
Credit: APS Scientists have long known that the plant hormone auxin controls many aspects of plant growth, development, and responses ...
Nearing a treatment for farsightedness
UH professor developing new technology to detect lens elasticityCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston biomedical researcher is developing ...
Yale cancer receives ACGT grant to advance strategies for treating pancreatic cancer
Versatile and highly scalable technology simultaneously targets multiple differences and activates multiple immune system responsesCredit: Yale Cancer Center With a ...
Supercharged clones spark scarlet fevers re-emergence
Credit: The University of Queensland A University of Queensland-led team of international researchers says supercharged "clones" of the bacteria Streptococcus ...
Fly larvae extract will replace antibiotics in fighting plant pathogens
Credit: Natalia Arefieva/MIPT Press Office Biotechnologists from MIPT have developed a method for extracting the active constituents from the fat ...
80-year-old antibiotic redesigned for new medical uses
Synthetic strategy to enhance natural chemistryCredit: Image by Hiroaki Itoh, first published in Nature Communications, CC-BY. Physicians and scientists have ...
A tale of two cesspits: DNA reveals intestinal health in Medieval Europe and Middle East
New research proves the feasibility of retrieving bacterial DNA from ancient latrinesCredit: Uldis Kal?jis A new study published this week ...
Lab grown tumour models could lead to improved ovarian cancer treatments
Credit: Alvaro Mata Scientists have created a three-dimensional (3D) tumour model in the laboratory for ovarian cancer that could lead ...
Research shows cell perturbation system could have medical applications
Nanofountain Probe Electroporation system may lead to quicker and more customized treatment plansCredit: Northwestern McCormick School of Engineering Cell lines ...
Forsyth researchers demonstrate how changing the stem cell response to inflammation may reverse periodontal disease
Credit: Photo by Matthew Modoono Periodontal disease, also known as gum disease, is a serious infection that affects nearly 50 ...
Laundry lint can cause significant tissue damage within marine mussels
Credit: University of Plymouth Microscopic fibres created during the laundry cycle can cause damage to the gills, liver and DNA ...
Carb-eating bacteria under viral threat
Scientists characterize previously unknown gut reactionsCredit: (Purdue University and Seyet LLC) Strictly speaking, humans cannot digest complex carbohydrates -- that's ...
Award supports study of collagen regulation in breast cancer health disparities
$3 million grant to Hollings Cancer Center researcher focuses on defining changes in collagen structure that are linked to disparities ...
Zebrafish embryos help prove what happens to nanoparticles in the blood
Credit: Yuya Hayashi. Adapted from Mohammad-Beigi et al. (2020) ACS Nano. Copyright 2020 American Chemical Society A variety of nanoparticles ...
New discovery helps researchers rethink organoid cultures
Credit: University of Texas at Austin Organoids are stem cell-based tissue surrogates that can mimic the structure and function of ...
Breaking COVID-19’s ‘clutch’ to stop its spread
Researchers engineer RNA-targeting compounds that disable the pandemic coronavirus' replication engineCredit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - Sept. ...
Gut microbiome may influence how cancer patients respond to oral therapies, study suggests
Credit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ONTARIO - A new study from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University illustrates ...
New research provides clues on optimizing cell defenses when viruses attack
Study advances science's understanding of interferons, proteins that help combat viruses like SARS-CoV-2Credit: Hao Lab, UC San Diego Science's pursuits ...