VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IMAGE: DR. RUSSELL JONES, VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE CREDIT: COURTESY OF VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (July 28, 2023) — A metabolic by-product that is more prevalent during fasting may supercharge immune cells as they fight infection and disease, reports an early stage study by Van Andel Institute scientists and collaborators. The findings, published today in Immunity,...
by David Nutt, Cornell University Cornell researchers “humanized” mice with microbiota from three global populations, then exposed them to Citrobacter rodentium, a model for severe intestinal infections like E. coli, to see how they responded. Credit: Cell Reports The gut microbiome is a diverse environment, jam-packed with up to 1,000 different species of bacteria. Human populations...
by University of Rochester Medical Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) is participating in a new clinical trial that will mix and match the initial regime of an approved vaccine with a booster dose from a different manufacturer. The research will help inform public health decisions around re-vaccination schedules and...
