The cell wall envelope of Gram-positive bacteria can be thought of as a surface organelle for
the assembly of macromolecular structures that enable the unique lifestyle of each …

The majority of studies of developmental zinc deficiency and behavior were conducted in
laboratory animals, primarily rats and rhesus monkeys. Effects on food intake complicate …

Enterococci have become an important cause of nosocomial infections since the late 1980s.
Several surface proteins have been implicated in contributing to infections caused by …

To unravel the biological function of the widely used probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus
rhamnosus GG, we compared its 3.0-Mbp genome sequence with the similarly sized …

Adult stem cell-derived organoids are three-dimensional epithelial structures that
recapitulate fundamental aspects of their organ of origin. We describe conditions for the long …

Stem-cell-derived organoids recapitulate in vivo physiology of their original tissues,
representing valuable systems to model medical disorders such as infectious diseases …

Summary The ubiquitous protein Ser/Thr phosphatase-1 (PP1) interacts with dozens of
regulatory proteins that are structurally unrelated. However, most of them share a short …

Previous studies have described that tumor organoids can capture the diversity of defined
human carcinoma types. Here, we describe conditions for long-term culture of human …

Staphylococcus aureus infection is a frequent cause of sepsis in humans, a disease
associated with high mortality and without specific intervention. When suspended in human …

An animal model for the heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
was developed by the application of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) onto the genital …