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Main Points: Respiratory failure caused by chronic lung infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria is a common cause of death in patients with

Proteomics discovers link between muscle damage and cerebral malaria

Main Point: Malaria-related complications remain a major cause of death for children in many parts of the world. Why some

Main Points: Children in Mali (and many other regions where malaria is common) are infected with malaria parasites more than

Latent HIV virus does not replicate and is therefore not killed by antiretroviral drugs. Such persistent latent infection is a

Viruses have limited genetic and cellular materials, and often depend on hijacking resources (for example, nutrients and basic cellular machinery)

Main Points: A combination of genetic predisposition and environmental factors is believed to cause autoimmune (type 1) diabetes. A study published

Main Points: We carry numerous bacteria on our skin, in our mouth, gut, and other tissues, and localized bacterial infections

Main Points: Human mouths contain a balanced mix of microbes which, when disrupted, can lead to oral diseases. A study

Main Points: Cerebral malaria is a serious complication of infection with the malaria parasite, affecting approximately one in a thousand

Main Points: The discovery of direct cell-to-cell transmission of HIV, and the finding that some anti-HIV drugs don’t seem active