Current Research in Microbial Sciences
Current Research in Microbial Sciences is a new journal that specializes in the field of microbiology, the study of microorganisms and/or...
Welcome to Mostly Microbes and Infectious Diseases. David Ojcius posts newspaper and journal articles in the broad field of microbiology.
Current Research in Microbial Sciences is a new journal that specializes in the field of microbiology, the study of microorganisms and/or...
Coronavirus mutations identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa may be provoking alarm, but infectious-disease experts are...
College professors have two jobs in one: teaching & research. Teaching & interacting with students, we also learn from them. Doing...
Review article discusses "CR mimetics": molecules that produce beneficial effects on health & longevity, without the challenges of...
Researchers reveal that people infected with the #coronavirus have immune memory to protect against reinfection for >8 months. The...
Denmark’s mink industry is gone, a victim of the #coronavirus. The nation killed all its 17 million mink because of fears of a mutation...
Caloric restriction (CR) mimetics are molecules that produce beneficial effects on health and longevity in model organisms and humans,...
Researchers pored over weekly reports of deaths in London to get a centuries-long view of how and when smallpox outbreaks ravaged the...
#lifelonglearning #microbiology #oralhealth #immunology #research https://thriveglobal.com/stories/david-ojcius-on-lifelong-learning-as-a...
Researchers have isolated a set of promising nanobodies against #SARSCoV2 that were produced by a llama. Preliminary results suggest that...
At the first signs of an infection or an injury, the innate immune system is the one that kicks into action first to try and stave off...
Get your eight hours of sleep each night. That's the usual message, because with enough sleep comes a whole host of health benefits. But...
Researchers report that the bacterium Zobellella denitrificans ZD1, found in mangroves, can consume sludge and wastewater to produce...
#aging patients still should have an annual “wellness” visit to check blood pressure, blood sugar (for the presence of Type 2 #diabetes),...
Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that can be caused by a variety of different pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and...
CHF is when the heart isn't able to pump enough blood to meet the body's demands, which leads to congestion—or fluid buildup—in various...
Researchers discovered large variability in #microbiota living in certain areas of the mouth & surprising amount of site-specific...
Moderna developed a #coronavirus vaccine known as mRNA-1273. A clinical trial demonstrated that the vaccine has an efficacy rate of 94.1...
Researchers identified Bifidobacterium longum APC1472 as regulator of appetite & metabolism. In overweight or obese people, the novel...