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Researchers have developed a fluorescence-based sensor prototype for continuous detection of cortisol concentrations in real-time, which can help monitor various health conditions.

New research introduces a novel method to activate and visualize bacterial protein channels, making it possible to explain their function. The findings shed light on key membrane proteins in bacteria, and the same method can be used to improve our understanding of similar channels in humans.

Altering a mosquito’s gut genes to make them spread antimalarial genes to the next generation of their species shows promise as an approach to curb malaria, suggests a preliminary study published today in eLife.

BU researchers have created human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived intestinal organoids that can be infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Inhaled budesonide, has been found to shorten recovery times in COVID-19 patients aged over 50 years who are treated at home and in other community settings, according to the UK’s PRINCIPLE trial of 1,779 participants.

Researchers have fine-tuned the molecular assembly line that creates antibiotics via engineered biosynthesis. The work could allow for the improvement of existing antibiotics as well as the design of new drug candidates quickly and efficiently.

Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research demonstrated the potential of a novel blood test for cathepsin B, a well-studied protein important to brain development and function, as an indicator for a range of disease states.

In species conservation strategies, moving endangered species to new locations is often used, and can help to restore degraded ecosystems. But scientists say there is a high risk that these relocations are accidentally spreading diseases and parasites.

In order to produce beta-carotene in the guts of laboratory mice, researchers have genetically engineered a probiotic yeast. The advance demonstrates the utility of work the researchers have done to detail how a suite of genetic engineering tools can be used to modify the yeast.

For people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, exercise not only improves physiology, it may also improve their smile—by reducing gum disease.