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MOSTLY MICROBES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Welcome to Mostly Microbes and Infectious Diseases. David Ojcius posts newspaper and journal articles in the broad field of microbiology.

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Analysis of phylloplane and rhizoplane endophytic bacteria in different cocoa production systems
#Amazon #microbiology #agriculture #Brazil Endophytic bacteria colonize different internal tissues of plants without damaging their...
David Ojcius
May 27, 20212 min read


Vaccinate the World! The Best Investment Ever
#COVID19 #coronavirus #COVIDvaccine Let’s begin with a quick quiz question: What’s the highest-return investment you can think of?...
David Ojcius
May 27, 20212 min read


SARS-CoV-2 infection induces long-lived bone marrow plasma cells in humans
#COVID19 #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 #immunology Long-lived bone marrow plasma cells (BMPCs) are a persistent and essential source of...
David Ojcius
May 26, 20211 min read


Immunity to the Coronavirus May Persist for Years, According to New Studies
#coronavirus #COVIDvaccine #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 Memory B cells persist for at least a year, and maybe longer, in people who were infected...
David Ojcius
May 26, 20212 min read


Humans Could Live Up to 150 Years, New Research Suggests
#aging #longevity #resilience Researchers have taken on the question of how long we can live if, by some combination of serendipity and...
David Ojcius
May 26, 20211 min read


The Best Time of Day to Exercise for Metabolic Health
Late-day #exercise had unique benefits for cholesterol levels and blood sugar control, a study of overweight men eating a high-fat diet...
David Ojcius
May 26, 20211 min read


How CD4+ T cells respond to SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 recovered patients
#SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #immunology #coronavirus An international team of researchers from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine,...
David Ojcius
May 26, 20212 min read


Fighting COVID-19: A quick review of diagnoses, therapies, and vaccines
#COVID19 #coronavirus #vaccine #vaccines #COVIDvaccines #SARSCoV2 The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by a novel...
David Ojcius
May 25, 20212 min read


COVID vaccine card: What to do if you lose your vaccination card
#COVID19 vaccine card: What to do if you lose your vaccination card Articles explains how to get a new one, where to store it, whether to...
David Ojcius
May 25, 20211 min read


Moderna Says Its COVID Vaccine Is Highly Effective in Adolescents
#Moderna says its #COVID19 vaccine is powerfully effective for 12- to 17-year olds. It will now apply for US FDA authorization. The...
David Ojcius
May 25, 20211 min read


New study shows never before seen nutrient exchanges between algae and bacteria
#microbiology #bacteriology #metabolism Research co-led by Newcastle University has shed new light on important microscopic scale...
David Ojcius
May 24, 20211 min read


The Most Common Bacterial Cause of Food Poisoning Could Also Be an STI
A new study looking at men who have sex with men (#MSM) has shown for the first time that #Campylobacter (a common bacterial cause of...
David Ojcius
May 24, 20211 min read


U.S. reports lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in nearly a year
#COVID19 #coronavirus The United States last week reported the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in nearly a year, with new infections...
David Ojcius
May 24, 20211 min read


Knoles Hall, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California
#education #research #scholarship #university Pictures of Knoles Hall, one of the buildings on the Stockton campus of the University of...
David Ojcius
May 24, 20211 min read


The role of respiratory epithelium in host defence against influenza virus infection
#flu #influenza #immunology #innateimmunity The respiratory epithelium is the major interface between the environment and the host....
David Ojcius
May 24, 20211 min read


The attenuation of Th1 and Th17 responses via autophagy protects against MRSA
#MRSA #Staphylococcus #immunology #autophagy Whether autophagy affects methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-induced sepsis...
David Ojcius
May 24, 20211 min read


Quadruple protection procedure for resuming pig production in small-scale ASFV+ farms in China
#AfricanSwineFever #ASF #agriculture #virology #pigs #pork African swine fever (ASF) outbreak has caused serious economic losses in Asia...
David Ojcius
May 23, 20211 min read


The Role of Medicine and Technology in Shaping the Future of Oral Health
by Namrata Nayyar, David Ojcius, Arthur Dugoni #oralhealth #dental #dentistry #technology #medicine #genomics #robotics...
David Ojcius
May 23, 20211 min read


Genomic description and characterization of Nigeribacterium massiliense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolate
#taxonomy #genomics #microbiology Strain Marseille-P1302 was isolated from the stool of a 2-year-old Nigerian boy suffering from...
David Ojcius
May 23, 20211 min read


COVID-19: The first documented coronavirus pandemic in history
#COVID19 #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 The novel human coronavirus disease COVID-19 has become the fifth documented pandemic since the 1918 flu...
David Ojcius
May 23, 20211 min read
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