What happens to the human body in deep space?
Bone and muscle deterioration, radiation exposure, vision impairment -- these are just a few of the challenges space ...
9 ways living in space changes the human body
Space changes the human body in many ways. From bone loss to bloated faces, here's how microgravity and radiation affect the ...
How stem cells calm the body's immune response
Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type—the blood stem cell. An ...
5 ways to reduce the microplastics in your body — as study finds a spoonful in our brains
A 2024 study found that boiling water can quickly and effectively rid home drinking supplies of microplastics. Researchers found that boiling and filtering tap water could reduce the presence of ...
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Nursery of the blood: How stem cells calm the body's immune response
Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...
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Peacekeeper cells protect the body from autoimmunity during infection
New research shows how a specially trained population of immune cells keeps the peace by preventing other immune cells from attacking their own. The study provides a better understanding of immune ...
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria more vulnerable under body-like fluid flow conditions, study finds
Some notoriously difficult-to-treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to new ...
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Are you cleaning your water bottle enough?
Bacteria that can cause human infections thrive at around 37C ... called Klebsiella grimontii – which is capable of forming biofilms on otherwise sterile surface –in the sample taken from ...
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Correction for Magesh et al., Co-zorbs: Motile, multispecies biofilms aid transport of diverse bacterial species
The authors note that, due to a production error, “the movie legends do not match the corresponding videos. Initially, we uploaded two different supplemental videos for Movie S2—one showing a merged ...
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The measles virus attacks long-lived immune cells, reducing antibody-mediated protection from other infectious diseases and casting a long shadow of childhood mortality.
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Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy serves as the hub of the Harvard Kennedy School’s research, teaching, and training in the human rights domain. The center embraces a dual mission: to educate ...
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Fungal infection articles from across Nature Portfolio
Fungal infection, also known as a mycosis, refers to the invasion of a host's tissue by specific types of fungi. Mycoses often start in the lungs following inhalation of fungal spores or on the ...