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Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Effective in Protecting Socially Vulnerable Populations
People living in densely populated slums or favelas with limited access to healthcare have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19, but a new study has shown that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is effective in these populations.
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Bacteria Identified in Seconds With "Fingerprint" Machine Learning Technique
A synergistic combination of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and deep learning serves as an effective platform for separation-free detection of bacteria in arbitrary media.
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Tiny Device Locates and Exposes Tumor Cells to Patrolling Immune Cells
Chemists and biologists have developed a tiny device that can locate tumor cells and force them to reveal themselves to patrolling immune cells.
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Bacteria Found To Use Speargun-Like Injection Systems
Biologists have discovered speargun-like molecular injection systems, that could be useful tools in biomedicine, in two types of bacteria and described their structure.
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All Three Omicron Subvariants Blunt Vaccine and Antibody Effectiveness
The effectiveness of mRNA vaccines is reduced against all three subvariants of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 and only one authorized treatment is able to combat all of the subvariants.
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Opportunity Identified To Aid Vaginal Microbiome Health
Lactobacillus iners, a cause of bacterial vaginosis, has been found to have unique nutritional requirements that distinguish it from Lactobacillus crispatus, a species important to good vaginal microbiome health, opening up therapeutic opportunities.
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Rainfall Has Strong Impact on Abundance of Infectious Vibrio Bacteria in Waterways
According to a study, in the Ala Wai Canal in Waikiki, Hawai‘i, the abundance of Vibrio vulnificus, an infectious bacterium, is strongly influenced by the amount of rainfall in the surrounding areas.
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How Our Immune System Is Hijacked by a Fungus
The yeast Candida albicans has been found to exploit the human immune system, promoting the release of tiny RNA fragments, which then stimulate its own growth, and could help to explain disease processes.
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How Does Your Gut Deal With Sushi?
A new study provides insights into how the microbiome processes seaweed and the ocean-derived bacteria that help.
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Broad Institute Wins CRISPR Patent Case
Scientists from the Broad Institute, the University of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – referred to collectively as “Broad” hereafter – have won a seven-year-long patent case relating to the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology.
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