Medical research
What bats can teach us about stopping the next pandemic
Why are bats often linked to incubating coronaviruses such as those behind COVID-19, SARS and other highly contagious respiratory diseases?
Jul 27, 2022
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Health informatics
Biologists train AI to generate medicines and vaccines
Scientists have developed artificial intelligence software that can create proteins that may be useful as vaccines, cancer treatments, or even tools for pulling carbon pollution out of the air.
Jul 21, 2022
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Medical research
How gut microbes can evolve and become dangerous
Gut microbes have been linked to both good health and the promotion of diseases such as autoimmune disorders, inflammatory bowel diseases, metabolic syndrome, and even neuropsychiatric disorders.
Jul 13, 2022
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Immunology
In colitis patients, skin conditions may originate in the gut
A new study by UC San Francisco researchers reveals how gut inflammation can disrupt not only the digestive system, but also the skin. It's a tale in which the main players are specialized immune cells and the bacterial communities—called ...
Jul 11, 2022
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Immunology
Immune cells anchored in tissues offer unique defenses against pathogens and cancers
Scientists exploring how our immune system responds to pathogens and cancers have ramped up their attention to CD8+ T cells, which are deployed in response to infections and malignancies and equipped to remember the identities ...
Jun 29, 2022
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Dentistry
Researchers propose new strategy for prevention and treatment of dental caries
One of the most common biofilm-related infections is dental caries which affects more than 60% of children and almost all adults around the world.
Jun 20, 2022
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Medical research
Researchers team up to unravel mysteries of puzzling bacterial signals in our blood
A type of bacteria that live in our mouths and guts send signals—in the form of lipids—through our blood, which could be good or bad, depending on the context. A multi-disciplinary collaboration of UConn researchers based ...
Jun 7, 2022
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Immunology
T cells found to require rest and maintenance
T cells, biology textbooks teach us, are the soldiers of the immune system, constantly on the ready to respond to a variety of threats, from viruses to tumors. However, without rest and maintenance T cells can die and leave ...
May 27, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dynamics of adaptive immunity in tuberculosis uncovered
Unlike other infectious diseases that affect the lungs, the immune response to fight tuberculosis (TB) infections develops at least twice as slowly. Until recently, the dynamic interplay between bacteria and the host's immune ...
May 17, 2022
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Immunology
The gut microbiota protects against viral infections by keeping the immune system alert
The microbiota is fundamental for health. But how these non-invasive microbes communicate with the rest of the body to influence host physiology is not fully understood. Researchers from Stockholm, Umeå, and Gothenburg Universities, ...
May 11, 2022
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