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Researchers discover a “switch” that activates the virulence of the bacterium that causes leptospirosis
The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, opens new avenues for understanding how this bacterium causes disease. Leptospirosis is transmitted through ...
Uruguayan science secures Human Frontier funding
The project, titled “Decoding an Ancient RNA Social Network,” was proposed by Amy Buck (United Kingdom), Ruth Ley (Germany), Stefanie Kaiser (Germany), and Juan Pablo ...
A complete map of the genome of the Chagas parasite changes what was known about its biology
The study, published in the journal BMC Genomics, not only redefines how the organization of its genome is understood—since for years it was thought to be fragmented—but ...
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