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Building an In Vitro Zoo To Investigate SARS-CoV-2 Susceptibility

Researchers have produced a collection of advanced cell culture models by isolating airway epithelial cells from various domesticated and wildlife animals, to determine which animals are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Living Near Woodlands Is Good for Children's Mental Health

A child's exposure to woodland has been linked with better cognitive development and a lower risk of emotional and behavioral problems.
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Ocean Microbes Team Up Brilliantly To Gather Food When It's Scarce

Research demonstrates that in low-nutrient environments, marine microbes can clump together and hook up with even tinier cells that have vibrating, hairlike appendages on their surface.
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How Cells Control Mitochondria

Freiburg researchers discover a signaling protein that controls the assembly of human cellular “power plants”.
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Chemists Synthesize Compounds To Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases

Scientists have obtained substances that could provide therapeutics for neurodegenerative pathologies.
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Sex Differences May Influence How Brain Cells Connect

A new study investigates at a basic cellular level if there are sex differences in how cellular networks form in the brain. The team found a significantly more robust synaptogenic response in male-derived cells compared to female-derived cells when exposed to factors secreted from astrocytes.
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Blood Biomarkers Could Help Diagnose Long COVID

Markers in our blood could help identify individuals who have been infected by SARS-CoV-2 several months after infection even if the individual had mild symptoms or showed no symptoms at all.
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Human Cells Harness Power of Detergents To Wipe Out Bacteria

Researchers have discovered that APOL3, a protein found within many of the body’s cells, kills germs by dissolving their bacterial membranes.
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COVID-19 Antibodies Persist at Least Nine Months After Infection

Researchers tested 85% of an entire Italian town and found that antibody levels remain high nine months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic.
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Exploiting Atomic Force Spectroscopy To Assess Chemotherapeutic Drug Effects in Cancer Cells

By exploiting single-cell, force spectroscopy methods, researchers were able to probe the biophysical and biomechanical kinetics of brain, breast, prostate and pancreatic cancer cells with standard chemotherapeutic drugs over 12-24 hours.
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