The US surpasses 11 million infections with the new coronavirus
Officials in the US reported >11 million total cases of coronavirus as of Sunday. Cases passed 10 million just a week ago, and >1 in 400...
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Officials in the US reported >11 million total cases of coronavirus as of Sunday. Cases passed 10 million just a week ago, and >1 in 400...
The world has come to depend on antibody tests to check whether someone's already had Covid-19, but a different test, one that looks at...
Researchers have long been interested in the tube used by bacteriophages to implant their DNA into bacteria. They have now revealed the...
Most patients with severe complications from COVID-19 have underlying conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. In...
Researchers were able to associate teff-seed extracts & teff consumption with positive effects on the intestinal microbiome composition &...
Researchers found that children with autism spectrum disorder have an unusual microbial profile. Adjusting the gut microbiota by...
The test is based on multiple antigens from the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, mostly from its outer spike & nucleocapsid proteins....
Delhi, India, is battling both toxic air pollution & a record surge in coronavirus cases. The combination can have deadly consequences,...
The fungus that some dogs carry in their nose (Aspergillus fumigatus) evolves within the dog's nose. The genetic changes indicate...
RT-PCRs to detect SARS-CoV-2 RNA is key to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyzed SARS-CoV-2 viral loads from 22′323 RT-PCR results...
Currently, there is no specific antiviral treatment for COVID-19. However, drugs previously developed to treat other viral infections are...
The last five years has seen a sharp rise in anti-science rhetoric in the United States, especially from the political far right, mostly...
Researchers confirm the correlation between an imbalance in the gut microbiota and the development of amyloid plaques in the brain in...
A psittacosis epidemic linked to fulmar hunting occurred on the Faroe Islands in the 1930s. This study investigates a plausible...
Toxoplasma gondii reproduces sexually in felines and asexually in virtually all warm-blooded animals, including humans. This obligate...
Mycobacterium avium complex is a causative organism for refractory diseases. In this study, we examined the effects of N-acetyl-cysteine...
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain P13 was isolated from the Kanchengayao glacier's accumulation zone. A comprehensive study was done on...
Host defense peptides (HDPs), such as cathelicidins, are small, cationic, amphipathic peptides and represent an important part of the...
Environmental copper pollution causes major destruction to ecological systems, which require the development of environmentally friendly...
Lyme disease is an inflammatory disease caused by infection with Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb). Inflammatory sequelae of Bb infection appear...