Scientists studying the body's natural defenses against bacterial infection have identified a nutrient taurine that helps the gut recall prior infections and kill invading bacteria, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn).
Researchers in the United States have defined an antigenic “supersite” within the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that could have important implications for the design of vaccines to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is the pathogen responsible for the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Approximately 20-55% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients are reported to have deranged hemostatic laboratory parameters, which suggests coagulopathy.
Researchers develop improved process for large-scale electron microscopy to visualize small structures
How are networks of neurons connected to make functional circuits? This has been a long-standing question in neuroscience. To answer this fundamental question, researchers from Boston Children s Hospital and Harvard Medical School developed a new way to study these circuits and in the process learn more about the connections between them. Neural networks are extensive, but the connections between them are really small, says Wei-Chung Allen Lee, PhD, of the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center at Boston Children s and Harvard Medical School. So, we have had to develop techniques to see them in extremely high-resolution over really large areas and volumes.
A new preprint research paper published on the bioRxiv server describes the role of a host protein called tetherin in the spread of the novel coronavirus.