Serious side effects after CAR T cell therapy for multiple myeloma share a common immune root cause
Serious side effects, including neurotoxicity and intestinal inflammation, that appear weeks or months after patients receive CAR T…
‘Fire amoeba’ survives in hotter conditions than any other complex cell
Hot springs at at Lassen Volcanic National Park in California, where the heat-tolerant amoeba was discovered.Credit: Kelly Vandellen/iStock…
International collaboration develops STREAMS to standardize microbiome data
Microbiomes, the communities of microorganisms that live in and around us, play a vital role in everything from…
Study provides new hope for future treatment of intestinal condition IBS
Researchers at örebro University in Sweden have made a significant advance in understanding the intestinal condition IBS. For…
New technique helps understand how bacterial shapes contribute to disease
Scientists have long known that bacteria come in many shapes and sizes, but understanding what those differences mean…
Gut bacteria threatened by pesticides and other common chemical pollutants
A large-scale laboratory screening of human-made chemicals has identified 168 chemicals that are toxic to bacteria found in…
Eschweilenol C and subfractions from Terminalia plants disrupt haemoglobin metabolism, inhibiting Plasmodium falciparum growth at rings and trophozoite stages | Malaria Journal
Maintenance of P. falciparum asexual-blood stages and induction of gametocytogenesis Plasmodium falciparum strains 3D7, NF54-E (MRA-1000), Dd2, and…
A reason to celebrate in a time of uncertainty. Response to: Linblade et al. “Assessing the accuracy of the recording and reporting of malaria rapid diagnostic test results in four African countries—methods and key results” | Malaria Journal
A reason to celebrate in a time of uncertainty. Response to: Linblade et al. “Assessing the accuracy of…
A Tequintavirus bacteriophage SIA3lw isolated from sewage water with antimicrobial potential against antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Infantis | BMC Microbiology
Tack DM, Ray L, Griffin PM, Cieslak PR, Dunn J, Rissman T, et al. Preliminary incidence and trends…
Microbial and seminal traces of sexual intercourse and forensic implications | Microbiome
Isala cohort cross-sectional study The Isala citizen-science project (https://isala.be/en/) was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Antwerp…
A unified catalog of 14,062 microbial species reference genomes provides new insight into the gut microbiota in high-altitude mammals | Microbiome
Zhang Z, Xu D, Wang L, Hao J, Wang J, Zhou X, et al. Convergent evolution of rumen…
The dual antifungal and antibiofilm activities of β-carotene against multidrug-resistant Candida albicans induce wound healing in a diabetic rat model: an in vitro and in vivo study | BMC Microbiology
Microorganism Yeast isolates, isolated from wounds, were obtained from the microbiological laboratory at Tanta University, Egypt, and were…