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15-Nov-2024

Researchers uncover Achilles heel of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

To stem the surging antibiotic resistance public health crisis, scientists seek solutions inside the mechanics of bacterial infection. A new study has found a vulnerability related to magnesium availability. This limitation potentially could be exploited to stop the spread of antibiotic resistance.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Army Research Office, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and FEDER project, Generalitat de Catalunya ICREA Academia program, National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

15-Nov-2024

University of Cincinnati research studies new technique to visualize CAR T-cells within the body

University of Cincinnati
Grant and Award Announcement

A $2.3 million National Cancer Institute grant will fund a University of Cincinnati Cancer Center study to develop a new technique to visualize where genetically modified immune cells go in the body after being administered to patients with cancer.

Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute

15-Nov-2024

Children exposed to antiseizure meds during pregnancy face neurodevelopmental risks, Drexel study finds

Drexel University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Children born to mothers who take antiseizure medications to manage seizures and psychiatric conditions during pregnancy may face increased risks of neurodevelopmental conditions, according to new data from researchers at Drexel’s Dornsife School of Public Health.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

15-Nov-2024

How optogenetics can put the brakes on epilepsy seizures

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In what could one day become a new treatment for epilepsy, researchers at UC San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley have used pulses of light to prevent seizure-like activity in neurons.

Journal: Nature Neuroscience
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation, Schmidt Futures Foundation, Weill Neurohub, Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation, Sontag Foundation, William K. Bowes Jr Foundation

15-Nov-2024

Zinc deficiency promotes Acinetobacter lung infection: study

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers discovered an unexpected link between zinc deficiency, the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-13 (IL-13), and Acinetobacter baumannii lung infection and demonstrated that blocking IL-13 prevented infection-associated death in an animal model. The findings, published Nov. 15 in Nature Microbiology, suggest that anti-IL-13 antibodies, which are FDA-approved for use in humans, may protect against bacterial pneumonia in patients with zinc deficiency.

Journal: Nature Microbiology
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases