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US researchers decipher how one gut bacterium influences immunity

Drug Discovery World

A team led by researchers at HMS and the Broad has just accomplished the rare feat of connecting those dots for one important gut bacterium. In this case, versions of TLR2 and TLR1 bound together in a way scientists hadn’t seen before. You can change the bacterium and apply the same set of tests,” said Clardy.

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Anti-tumor agent from the intestine

The Pharma Data

Since then, there has been an increasing body of findings that the microbiome, which is sometimes also referred to as the second human genome, is not only of central importance for digestion, but also influences, if not controls, at least a large number of body functions. The immune system is mentioned particularly frequently.

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Stanford researchers construct the most complete synthetic microbiome

Drug Discovery World

Rebecca McClellan, Scientific Program Manager, Research, Development & Communications, explains how scientists are learning more about the connections between the microbiome and human health to potentially develop first-in-class microbiome therapies.

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

XTalks

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. CRISPR are found in approximately 50 percent of sequenced bacterial genomes and nearly 90 percent of archaea genomes.