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Iron supplementation, diarrhea and the gut microbiome in children
Iron has been previously linked to diarrheal disease and adverse reprofiling of the gut microbiome in children in low- and middle-income countries. Results of this large randomized controlled study of children in Bangladesh provide further insight into these associations.
Unique Antibiotic Family
New antibiotics are a massive unmet need. The rise in antibiotic resistant bacteria is ever increasing such that antimicrobial resistance contributed to 5 million death last year, the next pandemic could be bacterial, and there are some conditions for which current antibiotics are ineffective.
Unravelling the bioactive potential of a bacterial symbiont of a tropical bird
Novel Amycolatopsis sp. PS_44_ISF1 isolated from the uropygial gland of Pachycephala schlegelii possesses the ability to produce a series of bioactive compounds, including two novel families of metabolites. Our study exemplifies the underexplored chemical potential of bacterial symbionts of birds.
Enabling transport and metabolism in synthetic cells
Decarboxylation of L-malate coupled to L-malate/L-lactate exchange provides metabolic energy for the uptake and metabolism of nutrients in cell-like lipid vesicles.
Antibodies need teamwork!
We develop a novel approach to identify anti-bacterial antibodies from human B cells and reveal that some antibodies can act synergistically