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Cancer-fighting drugs also help plants fight disease

The finding could help with efforts to develop disease resistance against fungal infections and other plant pathogens: Frontiers in Plant Science [...]
Computational model clarifies immune response during cardiac surgery

A new model shows how infusion of anti-inflammatory enzymes helps to prevent complications in cardiac surgery; Frontiers in Immunology [...]
Lessons from the 1918 flu pandemic, 100 years on

New challenges will affect the impact of the next influenza pandemic, such as changing demographics, antibiotic resistance and climate change: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology [...]
Short chromosome tips linked to lower physical function in the elderly

Study suggests short chromosome caps, or telomeres, may be an independent risk factor for age-related functional decline: Frontiers in Physiology [...]
Failing immune system ‘brakes’ help explain type 1 diabetes in mice

Rogue immune cells could cause type 1 diabetes, by evading molecular 'checkpoints' and attacking insulin-producing cells; Frontiers in Immunology. [...]