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Infection
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A gut fungus protects mice against parasitic worms but increases allergies
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03651-4 It has been hard to find fungi that normally reside in…
Sick animals suggest COVID pandemic started in Wuhan market
Raccoon dogs are among the animals susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 that were present at the Chinese market where the…
Why a teenager’s bird-flu infection is ringing alarm bells for scientists
Particles of avian influenza (pink) infect a human cell (blue). Early evidence suggests that the virus infecting a…
Health of people who are displaced in their own countries is a neglected global crisis
By the end of 2023, there were around 43 million refugees globally. But many more — roughly 68…
Animal-to-human viral leap sparked deadly Marburg outbreak
A single jump by Marburg virus (red; artificially coloured) from an animal to humans triggered an ongoing outbreak…
scientists race to test vaccines in outbreak
Marburg virus particles (blue) on the surface of an infected cultured cell (red).Credit: NIAID/Science Photo Library Researchers are…
AARS1 and AARS2 sense l-lactate to regulate cGAS as global lysine lactyltransferases
Zhang, D. et al. Metabolic regulation of gene expression by histone lactylation. Nature 574, 575–580 (2019). Article ADS …
What does peak emissions mean for China — and the world?
The world might be witnessing the bending of a key climate curve. Various projections have suggested that carbon…
Gut microbes fend off harmful bacteria by depriving them of nutrients
Nature, Published online: 18 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02803-w Microorganisms that normally reside in the gut can help to block…
Cough or sneeze? How the brain knows what to unleash
The cough triggered by pollen and other allergens is activated by neurons distinct from those that lead to…