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...finding that bodes well for the development of new human antibiotics, Harvard researchers have determined the identity of the trigger that causes roundworm bacteria to excrete virulent substances...
Researchers said that the ability to manipulate the trigger causing the bacteria to release virulent factors suggests the possibility of discovering a method to “switch off” the release of harmful substances in the human body...
...This is the first time nutrient sensitized screening has been used to identify drug targets in human cells,” said Vishal M. Gohil, an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and co-lead author of the study. “People never thought it was possible to do this approach on the scale...
...researchers focused on studying the biology of mitochondria, the powerhouses of the cell where the biochemical processes of energy production occur. Human cells have the ability to switch between mitochondrial respiration and glycolysis, and do so many times throughout the day to match the body’s energy needs with its activities...
...hundred people crowded inside Geological Lecture Hall yesterday to hear Smithsonian curator Bruce D. Smith chronicle the evolution in human lifestyle from hunting and gathering to agriculture...