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Scientists from the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Leiden University Medical Center have discovered the way in which specialized immune cells can detect and remove cancers that are "invisible" to the conventional defense mechanisms employed by the immune system.

Selecting an appropriate sample preparation method can improve the efficiency and accuracy of mold identification, and researchers have now evaluated three different MALDI-TOF MS approaches for the identification of molds.

A new test that "fishes" for multiple respiratory viruses at once using single strands of DNA as "bait", and gives highly accurate results in under an hour, has been developed by Cambridge researchers.

A study of 37 Tibetan Buddhist monks suggests that long-term, deep meditation could positively affect the gut microbiome. The research is published in General Psychiatry.

There is a stark lack of precise information about how individual bacterial species contribute to the gut–brain axis. That gap may soon be filled, however, with the introduction of a new toolset that will help researchers listen in to these conversations between our brain and bacteria.

A single protein has been identified that inhibits a broad spectrum of rattlesnake venom toxins, bringing researchers closer to creating an effective antivenom.

Targeting iron metabolism in immune system cells may offer a new approach for treating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the most common form of the chronic autoimmune disease lupus.

Chemicals that accumulate in the vagina, potentially originating from personal care products, may contribute to spontaneous preterm birth, according to a new study.

Scientists have used paleogenomics to trace 10,000 years of human immune system evolution. They analyzed the genomes of more than 2,800 individuals who lived in Europe over the past ten millennia.

Computational models of bacterial cell walls have been developed that can speed up the screening of antimicrobials – molecules which can kill disease-causing bacteria.