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Scientists studying the inflammation that precedes periodontitis have found that higher inflammation, is linked to less healthy arteries and a potentially higher risk of cardiovascular disease even in young, apparently healthy people.

Bark beetle use the volatile fungal metabolites of their symbiotic fungi as important chemical signals in their attack on trees.

Researchers have developed a new way to monitor the danger associated with algae blooms. The scientists found that certain combinations of volatile organic compounds released by algae can serve as indicator for microcystin.

In the United States (US), the composition of the adult gut microbiome has been found to correlate with race and ethnicity, despite there being no genetic or biological reason for this.

Researchers have long known that the anti-aging hormone klotho, infusions of blood from younger animals and exercise can boost the brain function of aging mice. The underlying mechanism behind these changes has remained elusive until now.

Teeth could be capable of preserving antibodies for hundreds of years, allowing scientists to investigate the history of infectious human diseases, a new study has found.

Prior vaccination against tetanus and diphtheria, with or without pertussis, shingles and pneumococcus are all associated with a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease

The historically high temperatures experienced this summer could be putting bee populations at risk, creating an imbalance between the pollinators and the pathogens that live on them.

A single injection of a novel CRISPR gene-editing treatment safely and efficiently removes SIV – a virus related to the AIDS-causing agent HIV – from the genomes of non-human primates.

Carriers of a certain variant of the STING gene are at greater risk of invasive streptococcal infections, particularly if they encounter the bacterial strains that have increased in the western world since the 1980s.