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A large-scale MIT screen of tuberculosis proteins revealed several possible antigens that could be developed as a new vaccine for TB, the world’s deadliest infectious disease.

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A team from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology has discovered a new class of bacterial mobile genetic elements ...

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Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), biologist Jessie Vandierendonck has been investigating new, alternative ...

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A promising breakthrough in autoimmune disease research may open the door to safer and more effective treatments. Scientists ...

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Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of ...

The coatings also demonstrated high stability and repeatability across multiple cycles, confirming their potential for ...