Lifecycle of Coronavirus as represented by SARS-CoV-1/2 and MERS-CoV viruses. Credit: Jennifer Matthews/Scripps Oceanography Review of the life histories of RNA viruses, their genetics, and…
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Cryptosporidium “Crypto” parasite. Credit: CDC A chain reaction led by cells lining the intestines tips the immune system off to the presence of the parasite…
A false-color transmission electron micrograph of multiple bacteriophages attached to a bacterial cell wall. Credit: Wikimedia Commons A new genetic approach can accelerate the study…
Bacteria image. Credit: The Wistar Institute Dual-acting immuno-antibiotics block an essential pathway in bacteria and activate the adaptive immune response. Wistar Institute scientists have discovered…
18 host proteins play an important role during SARS-CoV-2 infection — two of them are particularly interesting. They could open up new ways to treat…
Micrograph showing Rothia cells (light blue) in their native habitat, a bacterial biofilm scraped from the human tongue. Credit: Jessica Mark Welch, Marine Biological Laboratory…
African Salmonella electron microscope image. Credit: Dr. Sian Owen and Dr. Rocio Canals University of Liverpool scientists have exploited the combined power of genomics and…
Smoke from the growing number of annual wildfires across the western United States and Australia has led to lengthy periods of unhealthy and hazardous air…
The waterborne algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Credit: Image by He et al Carbon is one of the main building blocks for life on Earth. It’s abundant…
A vertically exaggerated, false-color view of a large, water-carved channel on Mars called Dao Vallis. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. 3D rendered and…
Artistic interpretation of how microbial genome sequences from the GEM catalog can help fill in gaps of knowledge about the microbes that play key roles…
The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine has been theorized to provide protection against COVID-19. In a new study published today (November 20, 2020) in mBio, an open-access…
Viruses are tiny invaders that cause a wide range of diseases, from rabies to tomato spotted wilt virus and, most recently, COVID-19 in humans. But…
Mining Rocks in Orbit – Using Bacteria-Powered Biomining Reactors – Could Aid Deep Space Exploration
Astronaut Luca Parmitano places biomining reactors into a centrifuge onboard the International Space Station. Credit: European Space Agency The first mining experiments conducted in space…
A nasal antiviral created by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons blocked transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in ferrets, suggesting the nasal spray…
Specimens of the clover-like Medicago truncatula plant were each given an initial mixture of two strains of the nitrogen-fixing bacteria Ensifer meliloti to learn what…
Using “lab on a chip” technology, Stanford engineers have created a microlab half the size of a credit card that can detect COVID-19 in just…
How pairs make the whole. Credit: Erida Gjini Researchers propose new model for host colonization by different microbial species, providing fundamental advances for the understanding…
New research shows that COVID-19 exposure risk from contaminated candy could be successfully mitigated both by washing hands and washing candy using a simple at-home…
Bacillus biofilms resemble embryos. Credit: Dr. Momir Futo, Rudjer Boskovic Institute Discovery that bacterial biofilms behave like animal embryos sheds new light on the origin…