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[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

When will the #COVID19 pandemic be over?

[ASM @ASMicrobiology]

The bacterial type VI secretion system can be engineered and used for delivery of tools into cells for genome editing (ex: Cre recombinase), killing drug-resistant pathogens, and studying T6SS effectors. @mBioJournal https://t.co/Vavzv3DN2h

[Dr Clovis Palmer @Palmer_IMet_lab]

In the era of #immunometabolism choosing the most appropriate culture medium for immune cells is critical.

Here are some stunning facts we need to know about our cell culture media! @ImmunoMet @Cell_Metabolism

#cellculture #immunology #metabolism
https://t.co/O49io7d2Hu

[News Medical @NewsMedical]

Experimental COVID-19 vaccine prevents severe disease in mice https://t.co/Rx3rmCqcj5 via @cellhostmicrobe @WUSTLmed #Antibodies #Coronavirus #Ebola #Virus #Gene #Laboratory #Medicine #Pandemic #Virus #COVID19 #SARSCoV2

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

A sample of frozen chicken wings imported from Brazil has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, authorities said Thursday, the latest in a series of reports of contaminated imported food products https://t.co/I4Nl8KAdev

[Nature Reviews Cancer @NatureRevCancer]

New Review online! T Nielsen &co discuss how the disease biology of many sarcomas is driven by #chromatin pathway alterations w/ a view to use this knowledge to better develop targeted therapies for patients with #sarcoma.

https://t.co/nSf5BM360k

@NatResCancer #DNAmethylation

[ASM @ASMicrobiology]

On This Week in Virology: A clinical report on COVID-19, then former FDA Chief of Staff to the Commissioner Denise Esposito joins us to explain the challenges in approving vaccines, antiviral drugs, and diagnostic tests during a pandemic https://t.co/KdoDYWydKX

[Microbiology Society @MicrobioSoc]

Researchers have developed a new test that can diagnose #COVID19 in just 20 minutes. The findings, published in the #JMedMicro, show the test is 100% accurate in diagnosing samples containing SARS-CoV-2 at high loads.
Learn more in this press release: https://t.co/CXYfZ8xE1h

[Cell Host & Microbe @cellhostmicrobe]

Urinary Tract #Microbiome in Older Women: Using @TwinsUKres @DrClaireSteves &Co explore #microbes in urine of community-dwelling women. They ID common core #microbes & reveal age, genetics, & other host factors contribute to urinary microbial variation https://t.co/uqTK91bMTI

[Cell Host & Microbe @cellhostmicrobe]

Human Milk Bacteria: Seeding Infant Gut? @differding_ @noeltmueller discuss @MeghanAzad study that sequenced #breastmilk & infant stool samples from mother-infant dyads to investigate co-occurrence of milk-gut #bacteria &impact of #breastfeeding practices https://t.co/Barh1mOfTV

[Reuters @Reuters]

The projected date of when a coronavirus vaccine will be ready varies depending on who you ask, while everyone agrees on the need for speed, ‘ready’ means different things to different people https://t.co/2F6ZwR2H61

[Reuters @Reuters]

Scientists and conservationists are counting the cost of an oil spill from a Japanese bulk carrier in Mauritius, which leaked about 1,000 tons of oil, endangering wildlife and damaging the local ecosystem. More here: https://t.co/yDVx5bI0ko

[Reuters Graphics @ReutersGraphics]

The massive warehouse explosion in Beirut could be one of the strongest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded, according to experts. https://t.co/Y44MV4m0iP

[TweetALS @TweetALSMND]

Check out this review to learn more about the emerging role of the #microbiome in neurodegenerative diseases including #ALS & its potential to be therapeutically targeted

The #Microbiome as a Modifier of Neurodegenerative Disease Risk https://t.co/RnVT44mi1K @pipethero

[ASM @ASMicrobiology]

Cholera, a severe diarrheal disease caused by V. cholerae, can lead to large epidemics where water quality is poor. Listen to how the drive to prevent cholera and other enteric diseases in Bangladesh led to increased arsenic exposure. #WaterQualityMonth https://t.co/USj0Gc4ajV

[Cell Host & Microbe @cellhostmicrobe]

The impact of the microbiome on vaccination: de Jong, Olin, & Pulendran @StanfordMed examine recent studies on #vaccination in humans treated with broad-spectrum #antibiotics that provide evidence indicating the #microbiota controls #vaccine #immunity https://t.co/eNCdUgceGh

[Cell Host & Microbe @cellhostmicrobe]

Oral #Microbiome Geography: @JMarkWelch, Ramírez-Puebla&Borisy @ForsythResearch discuss how oral #microbes are specialized for individual habitats & that microbial habitats/niches are defined by micron-scale gradients along w/short& long-range interactions https://t.co/X9VKhbWplo

[Cell Host & Microbe @cellhostmicrobe]

Early Life Microbiota & Respiratory Tract Infections: In this Review, @Bogaert_group review associations between #RespiratoryTract #microbiota in early life and RTIs with discussion of mechanistic insights and potential therapeutic strategies against RTIs https://t.co/i7BEQb4lGK

[ASM @ASMicrobiology]

Microbiology Monday: Resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pump must bind strongly enough to the antibiotic, but not so tightly that it impedes its movement through the pump.

Learn more in #AACJournal: https://t.co/kvxUNX2WKi

[Reuters @Reuters]

A Melbourne Zoo worker dancing with a folding rainbow fan has gone viral after being caught on a live stream camera at the giraffe enclosure