Researchers find that altered B cell function in children with mitochondrial disorders leads to a weaker & less diverse antibody response...

#aging increases vulnerability to respiratory viral infections, including by #SARSCoV2. Delval et al. established a causal role for...

Study shows that gut #microbiota members can use dietary fibre to generate beneficial metabolites to suppress metabolic disease....

University of the Pacific secured 62 grants from federal, state and county agencies totaling more than $36 million—one of the best years...

Sequencing the #microbiome of hunter-gatherers & city-dwellers shows that Western lifestyle decreases diversity of gut-bacteria...

Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified several steps in a cellular process responsible for triggering one of the body's important...

A subset of NLRs function to mitigate overzealous pro-inflammatory signaling produced by NF-κB activation. Under normal pathophysiologic...

Studying various animals, a study found that the amount of the semi-essential amino acid #taurine in circulation decreased with age....

Gut #microbiota influence host immunity and metabolism during obesity. Bacterial sensors of the innate immune system relay signals from...

Rising temperatures & ecosystem disturbances are creating a hotbed for fungi that can spark hard-to-treat infections in peoples’ lungs,...

Guest editors: Ozlem Yilmaz and David Ojcius. There is growing awareness that microbes in the oral cavity have a large effect on both...

Compared with viromes of young adults (>18 yr) & old people (>60 yr), centenarians have diverse #virome including previously undescribed...

by Maria Avila, David M Ojcius, Ozlem Yilmaz. The oral cavity of healthy individuals contains hundreds of different bacterial, viral, and...

Coronaviruses, including #SARSCoV2, have caused pandemics in the past two decades. The most prevalent SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern can...

David Ojcius is the assistant dean of research and the chair of the Biomedical Sciences department at the University of the Pacific....

by David M. Ojcius, Ardavan Jafari, Laxmi Yeruva, Christian W. Schindler, Ali A. Abdul-Sater Inflammation plays a critical role in...

· Eat like a centenarian by incorporating fiber-rich foods into your diet. · Exercise your body. · #Exercise your brain. · Stay...

Centenarians display youth-associated features in gut #microbiome such as over-representation of #Bacteroides-dominated enterotype,...

A small study in humans found that #IntermittentFasting modulates the intestinal #microbiota & improves #obesity & host energy...

Highlights • #Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and $Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) co-infections are common. • N. gonorrhoeae may cause a...