Neonatal Respiratory Infection Causes Neuroinflammation in the Brainstem

Neonatal Respiratory Infections Lead to Brainstem Neuroinflammation Introduction Respiratory infections are one of the most common diseases and causes of morbidity among newborns. During the acute phase, infections are known to cause widespread peripheral inflammation. However, the effect of this inflammation on the critical neural centers that con...

Seeing an Apocalyptic Post-Antibiotic Future Lowers Antibiotics Expectations and Requests

How to Reduce the Expectations and Demand for Antibiotics in the Face of the Threat of a “Post-Antibiotic Era” Introduction Antibiotic resistance is becoming a global public health threat. Although the evolution of this resistance is a biological process, human behavior, especially unnecessary antibiotic use in agricultural production and human med...

Unified Metagenomic Method for Rapid Detection of Microorganisms in Clinical Samples

Unified Metagenomic Method for Rapid Detection of Microorganisms in Clinical Samples

Research on a Unified Metagenomic Method for Rapid Detection of Microorganisms in Clinical Samples Background Introduction The background of this research is based on the current limitations of clinical metagenomics. Clinical metagenomics involves genome sequencing of all microorganisms in clinical samples, ideally performed after depleting human D...

Spatially Segregated Macrophage Populations Predict Distinct Outcomes in Colon Cancer

Spatially Segregated Macrophage Populations Predict Distinct Outcomes in Colon Cancer

Spatially Isolated Macrophage Populations Predict Different Outcomes in Colon Cancer Introduction Macrophages are sentinel immune cells in tissues, performing a variety of functions including pathogen defense, antigen presentation, phagocytosis of dead cells, and the secretion of signals that drive tissue repair. In tumors, macrophage infiltration ...

Tracking-seq Reveals the Heterogeneity of Off-target Effects in CRISPR-Cas9-mediated Genome Editing

Transcriptomics Technology Tracking-Seq Reveals Off-Target Effect Heterogeneity Mediated by CRISPR-Cas9 Research Background With the rapid development of genome editing technologies, the CRISPR-Cas9 system has been widely used in biomedical research due to its high efficiency and ease of operation. However, a significant issue with the CRISPR-Cas9 ...

Strain Tracking in Complex Microbiomes Using Synteny Analysis Reveals Per-Species Modes of Evolution

Using Genome Synteny Analysis for Strain Tracking in Complex Microbiomes Reveals Species-Specific Evolutionary Patterns Background Microbial populations differentiate into distinct strains through single-nucleotide mutations and structural variations such as recombination, insertions, and deletions. Most strain comparison methods primarily quantify...