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The role of the respiratory microbiome in acute and chronic respiratory diseases
19+ hour, 19+ min ago (403+ words) Nature Reviews Microbiology (2026) Cite this article Cotran, R. S., Kumar, V. & Collins, T. Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease 6th edn (W. B. Saunders, 1999). Hildebrandt, G. Experimentelle untersuchungen über das eindringen pathogener mikroorganismen von den luftwegen und der lunge aus. Beitr. Pathol. Anat. Physiol. 3, 411–450 (1888). Dürck, H. Studien über…...
New Nanoscale Genome Mapping Tool Pinpoints Causal Autoimmunity Variants
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (799+ words) An Oxford-developed single-allele chromatin mapping platform called MCCv identifies causal noncoding variants in autoimmune disease and reveals that a neo-CTCF site blocks super-enhancer contacts to silence the tryptophan-sensing gene SESN3....
DNA Typewriter Traces Developmental Path of Single Mouse Embryo
18+ hour, 22+ min ago (30+ words) DNA Typewriter Tool Maps Developmental Path of Over 1.2M Cells from Single Mouse Embryo Genome Web DNA Typewriter Tool Maps Developmental Path of Over 1.2M Cells from Single Mouse Embryo...
The IBB brings microbiology and Parkinson’s disease research closer to high school students at the outreach activity «Matí de la Recerca»
21+ hour, 56+ min ago (176+ words) The researchers Irantzu Pallarès and Daniel Yero took part in the activities organised by the Faculty of Biosciences as part of the European Researchers’ Night. Proteins against Parkinson’s disease and the language of bacteria During the event at the Faculty…...
Hidden Fungus Rewires Rice Root Chemistry to Summon Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (774+ words) Researchers found that an endophytic fungus alters rice root exudates, enriching p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid to recruit nitrogen-fixing Enterobacter bacteria that boost rice biomass and nitrogen accumulation....
ResolVI cleans up noisy spatial transcriptomics data after segmentation goes wrong
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (77+ words) A new probabilistic deep learning model called ResolVI corrects misassigned RNA molecules and batch effects in spatial transcriptomics data, sharpening cell-type identification across brain, liver cancer and colitis datasets. Subject of Research: A probabilistic deep learning model that corrects segmentation…...
Minimalist Phage Ptero Reveals the Bare Essentials of Bacterial Attack
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (544+ words) Researchers in Australia have characterized phage Ptero and a family of thirteen minimalist bacteriophages whose stripped-down infection machinery reveals the core elements phages use to recognize and kill diverse Klebsiella hosts....
Shrubby Cinquefoil Mitochondrial Genomes Reveal Hidden DNA Traffic Between Cell Compartments
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (58+ words) The first complete mitochondrial genomes of Dasiphora fruticosa and D. glabra reveal stable gene cores, lineage-specific repeats, and extensive DNA transfer between cellular compartments. Subject of Research: Comparative mitochondrial genomics of the alpine shrubs Dasiphora fruticosa and D. glabra News Source: Gavin…...
AI Reads Protein Shapes to Unmask Bacterial Weapons
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (557+ words) A new multimodal deep learning framework called GeoEPred combines protein language model semantics with predicted 3D structures to more accurately identify the virulence effector proteins secreted by Gram-negative bacteria....
Living Near Livestock Farms Linked to Drug-Resistant Genes in Household Dust
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (770+ words) A large metagenomic study of Iowa homes finds that bedroom dust contains more antimicrobial resistance genes when residences sit closer to intensive livestock operations....