All University of Copenhagen articles
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CareersVan Hung Vuong Le: my year as a Junior Editor with Letters in Applied Microbiology
One year into our Junior Editor training programme with Letters in Applied Microbiology, Van Hung Vuong Le from the University of Exeter reflects on the experience.
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NewsHow protective antibodies get in malaria’s way
Researcher’s structural insights help reveal weak spot in parasite’s plan of attack which could help guide vaccine design.
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NewsHuman antibodies could prevent the malaria parasite from causing life-threatening infections
Malaria, particularly in its severe forms, remains a global health and economic burden. It causes the deaths of more than 600,000 people every year – most of them African children under five. In a new study, published in the journal Nature, researchers from EMBL Barcelona, the University of Texas, the ...
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NewsHow do microbiomes influence the study of life?
Researchers from the awardwinning One Health Microbiome Center reveal how holobiont biology underpins a holistic understanding of how life’s forms and functions, from human disease to agricultural output, depend upon the relationships between microbes and hosts.
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NewsResearchers hope to develop novel drugs for gastrointestinal disorders by fermenting feces
In a new study, researchers have been cultivating ‘good viruses’ from feces. The goal is to replace fecal capsules now being used in so-called fecal transplants and improve this life-saving treatment through standardization.
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NewsGenomic signatures of domestication in a fungus obligately farmed by leafcutter ants
Researchers have harnessed cutting-edge genome sequencing approaches to decode the genetic building blocks that comprise Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the fungus farmed by leafcutter ants.
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NewsScientists close in on mystery of deadly Hep C virus
A new study by a cross-disciplinary research team has identified the protein complex at the surface of the hepatitis C virus that enables it to bind to human cells, opening a pathway to vaccine candidates that can prevent the virus from infecting the cells.
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NewsThe plague may have caused the downfall of the Stone Age farmers
Ancient DNA from bones and teeth hints at a role of the plague in Stone Age population collapse. Contrary to previous beliefs, the plague may have diminished Europe’s populations long before the major plague outbreaks of the Middle Ages.
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NewsCurrent strategies ineffective in controlling Salmonella Dublin in Danish cattle
Researchers have shown that, despite stringent movement restrictions among Danish cattle farms, Salmonella Dublin continues to propagate, indicating that current strategies are insufficient to curb the spread of the disease.
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NewsDietary fibers make our gut bacteria behave healthily
Researchers have discovered that dietary fibres play a crucial role in determining the balance between the production of healthy and harmful substances by influencing the behaviour of bacteria in the colon.
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NewsMystery CRISPR unlocked: A new ally against antibiotic resistance?
CRISPR-Cas systems are bacterial adaptive immune systems that target and cut the nucleic acids (DNA/RNA) of invading genetic parasites like bacteriophages (phages); viruses that infect - and eventually kill - bacterial cells. They consist of two main components; the CRISPR array, which stores immune memory of past ...
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NewsExperts developing way to harness Nobel Prize winning CRISPR technology to deal with antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Scientists show how the latest CRISPR-Cas gene editing technology can be used to help modify and attack AMR bacteria.
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NewsBreakthrough discovery will improve medical monitoring, preventive care for elephants
Researchers have found that population-based reference values for blood cell counts are not sensitive enough to detect critical deviations that frequently occur with active Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus infection.
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NewsScientists use blue-green algae as a surrogate mother for ‘meat-like’ proteins
We all know that we ought to eat less meat and cheese and dig into more plant-based foods. But whilst perusing the supermarket cold display and having to choose between animal-based foods and more climate-friendly alternative proteins, our voices of reason don’t always win. And even though flavour has been ...
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NewsNew study reports that Greenland is a methane sink rather than a source
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have concluded that the methane uptake in dry landscapes exceeds methane emissions from wet areas across the ice-free part of Greenland.
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NewsRNA trickery disarms the antiviral CRISPR defenses of bacteria
Bacteria-attacking viruses, known as bacteriophages, use small RNAs to disarm the CRISPR-Cas immune systems of bacteria.
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NewsResearchers share up to $13.6 million to solve maritime challenge
Researchers are working on a more sustainable alternative to antifouling paint that would employ natural marine microbes as “building blocks” to form smooth, stable biofilms that reduce drag.
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NewsScientists uncover new way viruses fight back against bacteria
Researchers have published a study revealing a new way in which viruses suppress the CRISPR-Cas immune systems of bacteria.
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NewsAncient fermentation tech turns plant-based cheese into ‘something we want to eat’
In a new research result, scientists demonstrate the potential of fermentation for producing climate-friendly cheeses that people want to eat.
