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Genetic diversity of Rhombomys opimus and Meriones meridianus with potential divergence of plague resistance in the Junggar Basin plague focus based on RT1-Db1*exon1

Heliyon
In the Junggar Basin plague focus, Rhombomys opimus and Meriones meridianus live together, and their parasitic fleas have a similar community structure. However, R.
Qiguo Wang, Wenting Mou, Tao Luo, Guliayi Baokaixi, Yongjun Luo, Maidina Xiaokaiti, Xiaowukaiti Saimaiti, Xinhui Wang, Junhui Hao, Youjun Gui, Xiaojun Wang, Haiyan Wu, Xijiang Wang   +12 more
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Surface‐Capped Protein Nanoparticles for Nonviral Gene Delivery

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Developing simple, safe, and efficient nonviral delivery systems remains a significant challenge in bioengineering. Nanoparticles offer promising gene delivery capabilities with reduced toxicity; however, long‐standing challenges related to effective plasmid encapsulation and delivery exist.
Fjorela Xhyliu, Yao Yao, Yeongun Ko, Grant Grasman, Jeffery E. Raymond, Albert Chang, Yuxuan Deng, Grant Dominic, Michael Triebwasser, Joerg Lahann   +9 more
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Epidemiology of Plague: Problems with the Use of Mathematical Epidemiological Models in Plague Research and the Question of Transmission by Human Fleas and Lice

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2019
This article addresses the recent use of mathematical epidemiological SIR or SEIR models in plague research. This use of S(E)IR models is highly problematic, but the problems are not presented and considered. Serious problems show in that such models are
Ole J. Benedictow
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Fabrication, Properties, and Applications of Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Regeneration

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review explores cutting‐edge biomaterials and fabrication techniques for scaffolds in bone tissue regeneration. It conducts a critical comparison of various strategies, meticulously analyzes the key contradictions in the field, and outlines an integrated development path spanning from biomaterial selection to clinical application, while ...
Shangsi Chen, Min Wang
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Telomere‐to‐Telomere Genomes Reveal that Multiscale Evolution Shapes the Largest Metabolic Arsenal of Diaporthe Fungi

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study presents the first telomere‐to‐telomere genomes and population resources for Diaporthe pathogens, uncovering the largest known fungal repertoire of secondary metabolite gene clusters. Structural variations and horizontal gene transfer drive cluster diversification, while specific rapidly evolving clusters control virulence, offering novel ...
Kainan Li, Chen Zhang, Zhichao Zhang, Jiaheng Cheng, Qiuyan Gao, Long Gao, Xiaolin Zhao, Wei Yan, Yuanchao Wang, Wenwu Ye   +9 more
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Pan2‐Pan3 Complex‐Mediated Deadenylation Enforces mRNA Quality Control for Infection of the Rice Blast Fungus

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Discovery that deadenylation, rather than transcription, acts as the rate‐limiting step for developmental timing in a plant pathogen. Evidence that P‐body integrity and mRNA decay are mechanistically coupled to rapid cellular differentiation under environmental stress. Identification of Pan2‐Pan3 as a pathogen‐specific “meta‐virulence factor” absent in
Ziwei Lv, Junting Feng, Shenxian Zhou, Zhiguang Qu, Jun Peng, Xiao‐Lin Chen, Deng Chen   +6 more
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Convergent gut microbiome adaptation and pervasive antibiotic resistome in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau passerines

Frontiers in Microbiology
IntroductionThe Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, an extreme high-altitude ecosystem, presents a unique model for studying host-microbe-environment coevolution under environmental stress. However, the role of resident wildlife, particularly non-migratory passerines,
Shunan Shi, Jiancheng Qi, Wenxuan Peng, Wenxuan Peng, Xiaodong Su, Peng Chen, Shoubiao Xu, Sheng Li, Sheng Li, Long Ma, Wenlong Wang, Ke Jiang, Zhiguo Liu, Wei Li, Haoming Xiong, Haoming Xiong, Yongshun Wang   +16 more
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Wild Felids as Hosts for Human Plague, Western United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009
Plague seroprevalence was estimated in populations of pumas and bobcats in the western United States. High levels of exposure in plague-endemic regions indicate the need to consider the ecology and pathobiology of plague in nondomestic felid hosts to ...
Sarah N. Bevins, Jeff A. Tracey, Sam P. Franklin, Virginia L. Schmit, Martha L. MacMillan, Kenneth L. Gage, Martin E. Schriefer, Kenneth A. Logan, Linda L. Sweanor, Mat W. Alldredge, Caroline Krumm, Walter M. Boyce, Winston Vickers, Seth P.D. Riley, Lisa M. Lyren, Erin E. Boydston, Robert N. Fisher, Melody E. Roelke, Mo Salman, Kevin R. Crooks, Sue VandeWoude   +20 more
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Characterization of Mu-Like Yersinia Phages Exhibiting Temperature Dependent Infection

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Yersinia pestis is the etiological agent of plague. Marmota himalayana of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau is the primary host of flea-borne Y. pestis. This study is the report of isolation of Mu-like bacteriophages of Y. pestis from M. himalayana.
Biao Meng, Zhizhen Qi, Xiang Li, Hong Peng, Shanzheng Bi, Xiao Wei, Yan Li, Qi Zhang, Xiaoqing Xu, Haihong Zhao, Xiaoyan Yang, Changjun Wang, Xiangna Zhao   +12 more
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