The ‘Black Angels’ cared for tuberculosis patients when no one else would
In the early 20th century, these Black nurses came to New York City from the Jim Crow South to join the fight against the ...
Scripps News on MSN10d
Microplastics play a role in breeding drug-resistant bacteria, study says
A new study from researchers at Boston University found microplastics may play a role in the spread of drug-resistant ...
Labroots8d
Are Microplastics a Driver of Antibiotic Resistance?
Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic has been produced in recent decades, | Microbiology ...
As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline
Reports of TB date back to the time of Hippocrates, but the Kansas outbreak shows that the ancient disease is very much a ...
AHA/ASA Journals10d
Myeloid Fatty Acid Metabolism Activates Neighboring Hematopoietic Stem Cells to Promote Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
BACKGROUND: Despite the high morbidity and mortality of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), treatment ...
EurekAlert!11d
Microplastics increase antimicrobial resistance
A new study shows that microplastics facilitate antimicrobial resistance, even without the presence of antibiotics.
eLife6d
Robust assessment of asymmetric division in colon cancer cells
With the theoretical part extended, this paper would be of interest to cell biologists and biophysicists working on asymmetric partitioning during cell division. Asymmetric partition of fate ...
eLife3d
Generative modeling for RNA splicing predictions and design
Alternative splicing (AS) of pre-mRNA plays a crucial role in tissue-specific gene regulation, with disease implications due to splicing defects. Predicting and manipulating AS can therefore uncover ...