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Obesity Protects Against Genital Herpes in Mice, Study Finds
A high-fat diet induced changes to the animals’ vaginal microbiomes that boosted survival after exposure to the virus.
Obesity Protects Against Genital Herpes in Mice, Study Finds
Obesity Protects Against Genital Herpes in Mice, Study Finds

A high-fat diet induced changes to the animals’ vaginal microbiomes that boosted survival after exposure to the virus.

A high-fat diet induced changes to the animals’ vaginal microbiomes that boosted survival after exposure to the virus.

pathogen resistance
Illustration of a red bacteriophage infecting a blue bacterium, with other bacteria in the background.
Prokaryotes Are Capable of Learning to Recognize Phages
Patience Asanga | Aug 17, 2022 | 3 min read
Immune defense genes in bacteria and archaea can identify viral proteins, a study finds, revealing similarities between the immune systems of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms.
Exosomes Make Their Debut in Plant Research
Amanda Keener | Feb 1, 2019 | 10+ min read
A growing branch of research on how plants use exosomes to interact with their environment is opening up a new field of plant biology.
Incomplete Immunity
Jim Daley | Jun 1, 2018 | 2 min read
By combining experimental data with computer models, researchers were able to predict a pathogen’s evolution toward more virulence.
Researchers Cast Doubt on CRISPR-Like System in Giant Viruses
Tanya Lewis | Jul 7, 2016 | 3 min read
Virologists challenge the hypothesis that mimiviruses possess a nucleic acid defense mechanism.
China’s Bats Widely Resistant to White-Nose Syndrome
Bob Grant | Mar 10, 2016 | 2 min read
A study suggests bats in Asia could have genes that protect them from the fungal infection that is decimating bat populations in North America.
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