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A new in vitro and mouse study finds that mangiferin, a mango-derived xanthone, suppresses Toxoplasma gondii adhesion, invasion, and proliferation and prolongs survival in acute RH strain infection. Subject of Research: Anti-Toxoplasma activity of the mango-derived compound mangiferin in vitro…
Pectin extracted from cocoa husk waste has been cast into biodegradable films that shield ultraviolet light, scavenge free radicals, disintegrate rapidly in soil, and can be regenerated by dissolution and recasting, according to a new study. Petroleum-derived packaging materials are…
An endophytic Cladosporium fungus isolated from za'atar leaves produced 32 volatile compounds and 11 reference-confirmed metabolites and showed moderate antioxidant, low cytotoxic, and antibacterial activity in vitro. An endophytic fungus recovered from the leaves of Origanum syriacum L., the aromatic herb known as…
A ten-year Thai trial network shows cassava genotype × environment interaction is trait-specific, with HB80 emerging as the most broadly adapted genotype. Cassava breeders face a persistent challenge: a variety that thrives in one field can falter in another, because the performance…
"To uncover the reason for this variability in stem cell-based embryo models, you need to have measures early in the development to see what goes wrong. However, such measurements typically destroy the sample, such that we don't know if it…
Phosphorylation with sodium tripolyphosphate raised the solubility of macadamia protein isolate from about 14 percent to nearly 97 percent and enabled the modified protein to stabilize 80 percent oil emulsions for 30 days. Subject of Research: Phosphorylation of macadamia protein isolate to improve solubility…
Comparative analysis across six Rosaceae species highlighted atp8, a protein-coding gene, as showing high nucleotide polymorphism within the family. This variation marks atp8 as a notably divergent mitochondrial locus among the sampled relatives. Repeat structure emerged as a prominent feature of the…
Salt is the quiet workhorse of the meat industry. Beyond delivering flavor, the sodium chloride added at 2 to 3 percent in conventional meat processing raises the ionic strength of the system, coaxing myofibrillar protein—the dominant functional protein in muscle
A spatial transcriptomics study of 16 MASH patients and eight controls maps compartment-specific CYP450 suppression, immune activation, and disrupted cell-cell signaling in liver tissue, with 19 disease-associated genes reversing after bariatric surgery.
A new review argues that antibiotic failure in biofilm infections often begins with reversible physiological tolerance rather than genetic resistance, and maps the molecular pathways that could be targeted before stable resistance evolves. News Source: Gavin Prescott. (October 24, 2026). Biofilm Tolerance…