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Modified antifungal agent shows reduced toxicity in mice

Scientists have developed a structurally modified antifungal agent that retains its antimicrobial properties while reducing toxicity in mice and human kidney cells. The new compound, AM-2-19, could increase the effectiveness and safety of treatments for deadly fungal infections. It works by binding to and extracting fungal ergosterol, but not mammalian…

The Hindu

“Vampire Viruses” That Viciously Attack Other Viruses May Be The Ultimate Antiviral Treatment

Viruses can get sick in the sense that their normal function is impaired.

Inverse

Vampire viruses prey on other viruses

This strange new microbial discovery may hold the key to new antiviral therapies

Salon

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Scientists create baker’s yeast with more than 50% synthetic DNA

The overarching aim was to build a yeast that can teach us new biology, researchers said.

The Independent UK

Dyson microbiologist reveals how to get rid of bed bugs

5 Dyson-approved tips for avoiding bed bugs and maintaining a clean bedroom

Goodbye brain fog: how to hack your mitochondria, the body's energy generators

Feeling sluggish, tired or poorly? It might be your biochemistry. But there's a solution, says Louise Pyne

Evening Standard

Vitamin F: the skincare superhero you didn't know you needed

Never heard of Vitamin F? Get ready to add another step to your skincare routine

Evening Standard

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Animal-to-human diseases could kill 12 times as many people by 2050, study warns

Researchers said these epidemics could be more frequent in the future due to climate change and deforestation.

The Independent UK

False Positive Breast Cancer Screening Increases Long-Term Risk, Study Finds

Women aged 60-75 with low breast density have highest risk, according to Karolinska Institutet

Zenger

Study finds Vitamin B12 absorption is not just in the small intestine but also in the human colon

Researchers in Bengaluru and New Delhi disproved a decades-long dogma that Vitamin B12 absorption only occurs in the small intestine. Using an innovative method, they found that absorption also occurs in the large intestine, which could explain why Vitamin B12 deficiency is not as high as expected in India. The…

The Hindu

Vitamin D deficiency: key signs that you’re not getting enough

Chances are you're not getting enough Vitamin D. An expert explains what to do about it

Evening Standard

From secret diaries to WhatsApps: four takeaways from the Covid inquiry

Members of Boris Johnson’s inner circle have started to give evidence, with senior civil servant Martin Reynolds the first to appear

The Guardian - UK

Death of baby after UK hospital missed vitamin jab ‘beyond cruel’, parents say

Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge failed to give William Moris-Patto a routine vitamin K injection

The Guardian - UK

‘Giving computers a sense of smell’: the quest to scientifically map odours

By digitising scents as we have images and sounds, researchers hope they can transform everything from food and agriculture to disease prevention

The Guardian - UK

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William Duncan obituary

Other lives: Academic oncologist who was an early promoter of working in multidisciplinary teams to manage cancer

The Hindu

Haemoglobin isn’t used only in blood, scientists find in major discovery

Surprising discovery of haemoglobin in chondrocytes reveals its essential role in cartilage health and opens possibilities for new treatments of joint diseases. Scientists from China found that haemoglobin bodies, or Hedy, are essential for chondrocytes' survival and may be involved in stem cell fate in the growth plate. Further research…

The National (Scotland)

Minister from small Lanarkshire village appointed in new senior church role

A minister who was told there was 'no point' in him studying has been announced in a senior Church of Scotland role.

The Hindu

IISc research uncovers link between cell biomechanics and wound healing

IISc researchers uncover how stiffness of cell's microenvironment affects form & function. Changes in stiffness alter cell structure & function, which can lead to tissue fibrosis, scar formation & even cardiac arrest. Study focused on TGF-β signalling protein, which is regulated by mechanical forces like substrate stiffness. Future research to…

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US student, 14, wins award for developing soap to treat skin cancer

Heman Bekele was inspired by Ethiopian workers laboring under the sun, and wanted to help ‘as many people as possible’

The Independent UK

New therapy offers hope for cancer patients with limited treatment options

People with cancer of the unknown primary usually have a poor prognosis.

The Conversation

Life on Our Planet: evolution experts review this 'hugely entertaining' Netflix docuseries

Netflix’s beautifully realised historical biography of life certainly has ambition. Perhaps 4 billion species have existed in as many years of Earth’s history: an embarrassment of riches for eight 50-minute episodes.

Evening Standard

Best mushroom supplements to shop in the UK and the health benefits explained

Demystifying the world of functional and adaptogenic mushrooms

Evening Standard

Life-saving bowel cancer testing kits to drop onto hundreds of thousands of London doormats

More than 900,000 people in the capital will receive free test in the post

The Guardian - AU

Australian bowel cancer screening age should drop from 50 to 45, medical research authority says

Research council endorses lowering screening age in clinical practise guidelines, a position advocated by Bowel Cancer Australia for years

The Conversation

Biological sex is far from binary − this college course examines the science of sex diversity in people, fungi and across the animal kingdom

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

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