Life extension is the concept of extending the human lifespan, either modestly through improvements in medicine or dramatically by...

by Jan Martel, David M. Ojcius, John D. Young. #senescence is a condition of cell cycle arrest that increases #inflammation and...

Assistant Provost for Research: David Ojcius. The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs strives to provide the highest quality of...

#CalorieRestriction is known to delay progression of age-related diseases in animal models. A new study suggests the same biological...

Scientists have used #CRISPR to create chickens that have some resistance to #avianflu. The research is "proof of concept that we can...

Urbanization associates with restricted gut #microbiome diversity & delayed maturation in infants in Senegal. •Urban infants also more...

by Jan Martel, Shih-Hsin Chang, Yun-Fei Ko, Tsong-Long Hwang, John D. Young & David M. Ojcius Maintenance of gut barrier integrity is...

Study identifies a new type of membrane-containing #bacteriophage, Jorvik, that infects the freshwater mixotrophic model bacterium...

How your #necrobiome recycles your body to nourish new life. Studies show that not only do our microbes continue to live on after we die,...

Fungal diseases in general are appearing in places they have never been seen before & previously harmless or mildly harmful #fungi are...

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

• #Staphylococcus aureus activates #NLRP3 #inflammasome in macrophages • NLRP3 activation --> depletion of glucose in macrophage...

Review article highlights recent understanding of biogeography of oral niches at the species level & summarizes the relationship between...

Large GWAS indicated that genetic factors influence the response to #SARSCoV2. However, sex, age, concomitant diseases, differences in...

Study shows that a simple mouth rinse that checks white blood cell levels may be helpful in predicting #heart disease. The rinse can...

The chlamydiae are important obligate intracellular prokaryotic pathogens that, each year, are responsible for millions of human...

Introduction: #Smoking is known to alter the regenerative and immunomodulatory properties of many types of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)....

According to newest study, all complex life forms (eukaryotes) trace their roots back to a common ancestor among a group of microbes...