Unnecessary bureaucracy is a global impediment to progress and productivity that increases stress and lowers workplace morale and motivation. In research it smothers creativity and innovation that ar....

Prophages are pervasive in the human gut yet largely overlooked in microbiome research, despite substantial functional potential. Emerging evidence indicates that prophages regulate bacterial fitness,...

Abstract. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are essential for cellular signalling and redox homeostasis, but their accumulation causes cellular oxidative stres

The gut microbiota has been strongly associated with Crohn’s disease (CD).1,2 However, this signature becomes blurred when the analysis is restricted to the gut viruses due to intrinsically high inter...

Intestinal barrier integrity is crucial for gut homeostasis. Douadi et al. show that bacteriophages can cross this barrier without causing damage and that translocation rates depend on the barrier sta...

After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede

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