Fungal spores hijack lung cells
The pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus escapes elimination from surface cells of the human lung by binding to a human protein. ...
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The secret life of spores
Facing starvation and stress conditions, some bacteria enter a dormant state in which life processes stop. Shutting down into a ...
How dormant bacterial spores process environmental cues
Despite being biochemically inactive, long dormant bacterial spores can process environmental cues over time by gradually releasing stored electrochemical potential ...
Compost is a major source of pathogenic aspergillus spores
Washington, D.C. – January 13. 2022 – Fourteen percent of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates cultured from garden soils were resistant to an agricultural ...
Ultrashort-pulse lasers kill bacterial superbugs, spores
Life-threatening bacteria are becoming ever more resistant to antibiotics, making the search for alternatives to antibiotics an increasingly urgent challenge. ...
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Healthy men who have vaginal sex have a distinct urethral microbiome
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The “Stonehenge calendar” shown to be a modern construct
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Researchers discover a way to fight the aging process and cancer development
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Light meets deep learning: computing fast enough for next-gen AI
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Promoting healthy longevity should start young: pregnancy complications lift women’s risk of mortality in the next 50 years
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Heated tobacco products make SARS‑CoV‑2 infection and severe COVID‑19 more likely