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Stretching mice skin made it more permeable to microbial metabolites, jump-starting immune defenses and potentially offering a new approach to vaccine delivery.

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Skin Bacteria May Trigger Lupus: Mouse Study

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Mosquitoes Drawn to Hosts Infected by Dengue, Zika

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Smallpox Vaccine Recruits Skin Bacteria to Fight Disease

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Biotech Tries Manipulating the Skin Microbiome

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Maternal Vaginal Fluids Mimic Microbe Transfer of Vaginal Birth

Salt Could Play a Role in Allergies

Cancer-Fighting Chemical Found in Human Skin Bacteria

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In-Depth Look at the Human Microbiome

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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