Tag: Microbiology

$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

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

September 29, 2020

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

September 29, 2020

Study advances science's understanding of interferons, proteins that help combat viruses like SARS-CoV-2Credit: Hao Lab, UC San Diego Science's pursuits ...

Painting a clearer picture of COVID-19

September 28, 2020

MU researchers team up with 8th grader, MU undergrad to identify mutations in virus that may be causing its high ...

Microbiome-based technologies drive multibillion-dollar market

September 28, 2020

New research field promises to transform food production and treatment of diseases; a global panel of experts unified concepts to ...

Water at the end of the tunnel

September 28, 2020

How methanogens are able to render oxygen molecules harmlessCredit: S. Engilberge and T. Wagner Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas ...

A new twist on public health tick surveillance

UMass Amherst scientists to capture the outdoor locations of people with tick-borne diseasesCredit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

Ultrapotent antibody mix blocks COVID-19 virus attachment

A cocktail of powerful antibodies identified in recovered patients locks the coronavirus infection machinery, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 attachment to host cells, ...

Study could be first step in providing personalized care to patients with ureteral stents

Credit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ONTARIO - For patients with kidney stones, ureteral stents (hollow devices placed in the ...

Potential drug target for dangerous E. coli infections identified

Credit: UNSW Sydney Escherichia coli, known as E. coli, are bacteria which many people associate with causing mild food poisoning, ...

Secondary variant of Photorhabdus luminescens interacts with plant roots