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The A(H5N1) avian influenza virus and its intriguing trajectories between domestic animals, wildlife and humans

While the SARS-CoV-2 betacoronavirus keeps undergoing mutations, thereby increasing its affinity to target cells and tissues and bypassing antiviral immunity, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus A(H5N1) has alarmingly emerged, once again, in the global eco-epidemiological scenario.

Giovanni Di Guardo

Mar 09, 2023

A review of the RTS,S malaria vaccine - efficacy, impact and mechanisms of protection

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A review of the RTS,S malaria vaccine - efficacy, impact and mechanisms of protection

Mar 06, 2023

Nature Communications

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Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis is spatially organized in the pathogen Brucella abortus

In Gram-negative bacteria, newly made lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is exported to the outer membrane. We report where key steps in the LPS biosynthesis occur in the asymmetric bacterium Brucella abortus. Moreover, we discovered an enzyme with two activities allowing it to complete LPS biosynthesis.

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Xavier De Bolle and 1 other

Mar 02, 2023

Is this environmental juice worth anything?

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Is this environmental juice worth anything?

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Ariel Chazan and 2 others

Mar 02, 2023

Temporal segregation of biosynthetic processes is responsible for metabolic oscillations during the budding yeast cell cycle

Nature Metabolism

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Temporal segregation of biosynthetic processes is responsible for metabolic oscillations during the budding yeast cell cycle

Vakil Takhaveev

Feb 28, 2023

Scientific Reports

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The right model for the right virus

Studying HIV-1 infection in human vaginal mucosa

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Teunis Geijtenbeek and 2 others

Feb 27, 2023

They say, you cannot teach an old dog new tricks. However, when it picks up one by itself, we are left scratching our heads to how

Nature Communications

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They say, you cannot teach an old dog new tricks. However, when it picks up one by itself, we are left scratching our heads to how

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Magnus Ganer Jespersen and 2 others

Feb 27, 2023

Imaging phage resistance in real time: The role of the Lsr2 protein in phage infection of Mycobacteria is shown using novel microscopy and engineered phages.

Nature Microbiology

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Imaging phage resistance in real time: The role of the Lsr2 protein in phage infection of Mycobacteria is shown using novel microscopy and engineered phages.

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Carlos Guerrero-Bustamante and 2 others

Feb 23, 2023

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Behind Promising Cryptococcal Vaccines

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Ruiying Wang and 1 other

Feb 17, 2023

The interplay between virulence mechanisms is a game changer for fungal pathogenesis

Nature Communications

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The interplay between virulence mechanisms is a game changer for fungal pathogenesis

Feb 17, 2023

Teaming up two ESKAPE: cross-feeding and cross-protection between Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii

Nature Communications

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Teaming up two ESKAPE: cross-feeding and cross-protection between Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii

Catherine Dawson

Feb 16, 2023

Nature Communications

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The infection event could have ended in tragedy

We present the scientific story we discovered (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36123-w) in the form of a drama.

Feb 14, 2023

T cells, but not nAbs, mediate immunity to the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2

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T cells, but not nAbs, mediate immunity to the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2

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Natália Satchiko Hojo-Souza and 1 other

Feb 13, 2023

Claim your spot on particles with secondary metabolites

Nature Communications

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Claim your spot on particles with secondary metabolites

Feb 13, 2023

Funding a technological revolution: who pays for what CRISPR research?

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Funding a technological revolution: who pays for what CRISPR research?

David Fajardo Ortiz

Feb 07, 2023

Microbiome variation correlates with the insecticide susceptibility in different geographic strains of a significant agricultural pest, Nilaparvata lugens

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

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Microbiome variation correlates with the insecticide susceptibility in different geographic strains of a significant agricultural pest, Nilaparvata lugens

Feb 05, 2023

Nature Communications

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Inconsistent associations of gut microbiota with cardiometabolic diseases by using paired fecal and blood metabolomics data

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Kui Deng and 2 others

Feb 03, 2023

An Ultra-Stable Protein Nanowire Made by Bacteria Provides Clues to Combating Climate Change

Nature Microbiology

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An Ultra-Stable Protein Nanowire Made by Bacteria Provides Clues to Combating Climate Change

Nikhil S. Malvankar

Feb 02, 2023

The first covalent inhibitor for aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

Communications Biology

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The first covalent inhibitor for aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

Feb 01, 2023

A hidden hitchhiker brought to light - on how we isolated a novel virophage

Nature Microbiology

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A hidden hitchhiker brought to light - on how we isolated a novel virophage

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Sheila Roitman and 1 other

Jan 26, 2023