Microbiology

COVID-19: The Immune Systems Of The Overwhelming Majority Do Quite Well

were still present nine months after infection. So what does this all mean going forward? It would seem ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 1 2020 - 6:01am

COVID-19: What Do Viral Shedding And Reinfection Mean? What's The Difference?

People begin shedding SARS-CoV-2 before they develop symptoms. Shutterstock Not all shedding is equal In ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 30 2020 - 7:08pm

Deep Microbes Get all the Love

We know they are cool but she can help convince all those others who are not yet microbe fans of this ...

Blog Post - Jonathan Eisen - Feb 21 2009 - 7:42pm

Discovery: Penicillin Fungus Can Reproduce Sexually After All

immunosuppressives that are used in all organ transplantations".  Published in PNAS. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 8 2013 - 11:51am

Science Vs Nature: How To Prevent Rot In Half Of All Food

most food purchased rots quickly. It is nature at work. Rot caused by microorganisms spoils half of all ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 23 2022 - 11:19am

Not All Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Are Created Equal

When it comes to generating neurons, researchers have found that not all embryonic stem (ES) cell ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2007 - 5:53pm

A Side-Effect Of Antibiotics May Not Be A Side-effect At All, It May Be A Feature

this side-effect- the production of biofilms- is not a side-effect after all, suggesting that bacteria ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2015 - 4:26pm

Programmed Cell Death- In Plants, Animals And Humans, One Thing We All Have In Common

Parts of our genetic programs that determine programmed cell death in plants and animals are actually evolutionarily related and function in a similar way, according to an article in Nature Cell Biology. Research has previously believed that animals and pl ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 13 2009 - 10:11am

"Nature's Clock" Even Occurs At The Genetic Level

rhythms regulate the behavior of the living, the study shows that daily rhythm dominates all life ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 15 2007 - 12:42am

Distributive Conjugal Transfer- The Advantages Of Sex, None Of The Downsides

2 155 DNA, showing that almost all regions of the donor chromosome were transferred despite the small ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2013 - 7:58pm