/channels/taxonomy/term/2781/all en /channels/channels/news/how-salmonella-tackles-cellular-defense-mechanisms-300421 <p style="text-align:center"><strong>Researchers uncover new protein that plays key role in bacterial infections</strong></p> <p>Bacterial infections represent a major public health concern, accounting for over 300 million foodborne illnesses and 60% of related fatalities globally. Salmonella alone is responsible for approximately 93.8 million illnesses and 155,000 deaths annually. Combined with the emergence of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella strains, it is critical that researchers improve our understanding of the molecular details governing bacterial infections.</p> Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:55:18 +0000 webfull 152878 at /channels /channels/news/honey-i-shrunk-ants-how-environment-controls-size-243448 <p>Until now scientists have believed that the variations in traits such as our height, skin colour, tendency to gain weight or not, intelligence, tendency to develop certain diseases, etc., all of them traits that exist along a continuum, were a result of both genetic and environmental factors. But they didn’t know how exactly these things worked together. By studying ants, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ researchers have identified a key mechanism by which environmental (or epigenetic) factors influence the expression of all of these traits, (along with many more). Wed, 11 Mar 2015 11:05:19 +0000 webfull 108724 at /channels