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Why initial UTIs increase susceptibility to further infection: Prior infections can cause lasting changes to bladder’s immune response
More than 60% of women will experience a urinary tract infection (UTI) at some point in their lives, and about
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New cause of cell aging discovered: Findings have huge implications for cancer and age-related health conditions
New research from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering could be key to our understanding of how the aging process
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Combining antibiotics, researchers deliver one-two punch against ubiquitous bacterium
By combining two well-established antibiotics for the first time, a scientific team led by Case Western Reserve University School of
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A tale of two proteins: The best and worst of metabolic adaptation: Researchers reveal two enzymes responsible for inducing lean and obese states
The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis is supported by multiple human epidemiological studies and animal studies. It
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Would you eat genetically modified food if you understood the science behind it?
Jonathon McPhetres, a newly minted PhD in psychology from the University of Rochester, admits he’s “personally amazed” what we can
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Painting a fuller picture of how antibiotics kill: Machine learning reveals metabolic pathways disrupted by the drugs, offering new targets to combat resistance
Most antibiotics work by interfering with critical functions such as DNA replication or construction of the bacterial cell wall. However,
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Early-life exposure to microbiota restricts colon cancer later in life, study finds
Exposure to microbiota, or microorganisms such as bacteria, in the early stages of life plays a crucial role in establishing
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Synthetic flaxseed derivative helps heart function in septic mice
Sepsis is a life-threatening systemic inflammatory condition that develops in response to infection. One of its major complications is cardiovascular
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Researchers modify CRISPR to reorganize genome
Researchers at Stanford University have reworked CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology to manipulate the genome in three-dimensional space, allowing them to ferry
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