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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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Can Single Cells Learn?
A controversial idea from the mid-20th century is attracting renewed attention from researchers developing theories for how cognition...
David Ojcius
May 3, 20211 min read
Scientists create gene-editing tool that could rival CRISPR
A gene-editing tool that could rival #CRISPR. Researchers created a new gene-editing tool that can perform millions of genetic...
David Ojcius
May 3, 20212 min read
Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Unlikely in the US, Experts Now Believe
Reaching #herdimmunity for #COVID19 Is Unlikely in the US, Experts Now Believe. Widely circulating #coronavirus variants & persistent...
David Ojcius
May 3, 20211 min read
Call for Papers: Advances in Microbial Pathogenesis & Host Immunity
#microbiology #immunology The editors of Microbial Pathogenesis (YMPAT), Current Research in Microbial Sciences(CRMICR)and Current...
David Ojcius
May 2, 20211 min read
Watch the video: Current Research in Microbial Sciences
Current Research in Microbial Sciences topics covered include: #Genetics, #metabolism: #bacteria, #fungi, #protozoa, viruses;...
David Ojcius
May 2, 20211 min read
India launches effort to inoculate all adults against COVID
#indiacovid #coronavirus In hopes of taming a monstrous spike in #COVID19 cases, India opened vaccinations to all adults. Photo: A worker...
David Ojcius
May 2, 20211 min read
COVID-19 Is a Vascular Disease: Coronavirus’ Spike Protein Attacks Cells of the Vascular System
#COVID19 #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 Scientists have known for a while that SARS-CoV-2’s distinctive “spike” proteins help the virus infect...
David Ojcius
May 2, 20211 min read
The world is in the midst of its worst Covid crisis so far. It didn't have to be this way
#IndiaCovid #COVID19 #coronavirus A year ago, when the Covid-19 pandemic was still in its relative infancy, the head of the World Health...
David Ojcius
May 2, 20211 min read
California’s secret weapon in COVID-19 success: We are not skeptical about the vaccine
#COVID19 #COVIDVaccines #coronavirus A number of factors have fueled California’s remarkable turnaround from national epicenter of the...
David Ojcius
May 2, 20211 min read
Artificial intelligence approach fighting COVID19 with repurposing drugs
#COVID19 #openaccess #coronavirus #ArtificialIntelligence #AI Background The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 193,825...
David Ojcius
May 1, 20212 min read
Association between periodontal pathogens and systemic disease
by Fiona Bui, Cassio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-da-Silva, Brandon Huynh, Alston Trinh, Jessica Liu, Jacob Woodward, HomerAsadi, David Ojcius A...
David Ojcius
May 1, 20211 min read
Epigenetic reprogramming mechanisms of immunity during influenza A virus infection
#flu #epigenetics #immunology #influenza This paper reviews epigenetic mechanisms by which influenza viruses affect cellular gene...
David Ojcius
May 1, 20211 min read
New studies suggest Z-genome is much more widespread in bacteria-invading viruses than thought
Three teams working independently found evidence that the Z-genome in bacteriophages is much more widespread than previously thought. The...
David Ojcius
May 1, 20211 min read
Guards! Guards! How innate lymphoid cells ensure local law and order
This special issue of the Biomedical Journal is dedicated to the latest official recruits in the field of #immunology: innate lymphoid...
David Ojcius
May 1, 20211 min read
The attenuation of Th1 and Th17 responses via autophagy protects against MRSA-induced sepsis
Whether #autophagy affects methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (#MRSA)-induced sepsis and the associated mechanisms are largely...
David Ojcius
May 1, 20211 min read
The unmaking of India
#IndiaCovidCriss In this article, the Financial Times investigates and analyzes India’s catastrophic #COVID19 response and how it has...
David Ojcius
May 1, 20211 min read
Global Coronavirus Cases Reach New Peak, Driven by India and South America
#COVID19 #coronavirus Worldwide, the number of new coronavirus cases has shot upward since the beginning of March, more than doubling in...
David Ojcius
May 1, 20211 min read
Meconial Methanobrevibacter smithii suggests intrauterine methanogen colonization in preterm neonate
#methanogen #pregnancy #microbiome #archaea To understand the dynamics of methanogens in the human intestinal #microbiota, we...
David Ojcius
Apr 30, 20211 min read
What to Know About India’s Coronavirus Crisis
#IndiaCovidCrisis #COVID19 #India A deadly 2nd wave of #coronavirus infections is devastating India, leaving millions of people infected...
David Ojcius
Apr 30, 20211 min read
Expanding the phylogenetic diversity of Asgard archaea
Researchers from China and the US found evidence of multiple novel Asgard MAGs that expands the phylogenetic diversity of Asgard...
David Ojcius
Apr 30, 20212 min read
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