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US researchers decipher how one gut bacterium influences immunity

Drug Discovery World

But with hundreds of bacterial species populating our gastrointestinal tract, it’s a daunting task to pinpoint which molecules made by which bacteria affect which biological processes—and how they do so. Such knowledge is essential for learning how to manipulate gut bacteria to treat or prevent illness.

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2020 Year in Review: COVID-19, CRISPR and Immunotherapies Define the Year for the Life Sciences

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From isolating SARS-CoV-2 in early January to sequencing its genome shortly thereafter and having a prototype vaccine against it within days, scientific process and progress have held steadfast throughout the pandemic. Most antibody drugs and vaccines have been developed to target parts of the spike protein. Innovations.

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Stanford researchers construct the most complete synthetic microbiome

Drug Discovery World

While scientists routinely silence a gene or remove a protein from a specific cell or even an entire mouse, there is no such set of tools to remove or modify one species among the hundreds in a given faecal sample. “So They introduced hCom1 to mice that are carefully designed to have no bacteria present. Building the ark.