Interestingly, not everyone is equally vulnerable to the virus, and whether you get sick or not may depend on your blood type. Professor Emerita Pat Foster explains.
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With increased knowledge about how quorum sensing and proteins control pathogenesis in bacteria, Assistant Professor Julia van Kessel's lab hopes to develop resistance-proof drugs.
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Courtney Ellison, who earned her Ph.D. in microbiology earlier this year, used a combination of cell biology, genetics, and biophysics to solve this puzzle during her thesis research in the Brun lab. Study results published in Science Advances.
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IU researchers have discovered that a chemical compound found in essential oils improves the healing process in mice when it is topically applied to a skin wound.
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The disease-carrying tick species typically associated with the southeastern U.S. has been confirmed in southern Indiana. IU Distinguished Professor Emeritus Keith Clay leads Project Vector Shield, the surveillance project that confirmed the tick.
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