Omicron: what makes the latest SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern so concerning?

C Jung, D Kmiec, L Koepke, F Zech, T Jacob… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Emerging strains of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the
causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, that show …

Extended-spectrum β-lactamases: an update on their characteristics, epidemiology and detection

M Castanheira, PJ Simner… - JAC-antimicrobial …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Gram-negative pathogens are a major
cause of resistance to expanded-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics. Since their discovery in the …

ADAR1 masks the cancer immunotherapeutic promise of ZBP1-driven necroptosis

T Zhang, C Yin, A Fedorov, L Qiao, H Bao… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Only a small proportion of patients with cancer show lasting responses to immune
checkpoint blockade (ICB)-based monotherapies. The RNA-editing enzyme ADAR1 is an …

Increased memory B cell potency and breadth after a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA boost

F Muecksch, Z Wang, A Cho, C Gaebler, T Ben Tanfous… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 infected many vaccinated and convalescent
individuals,–. Despite the reduced protection from infection, individuals who received three …

Reduction of microbial diversity in grassland soil is driven by long-term climate warming

L Wu, Y Zhang, X Guo, D Ning, X Zhou, J Feng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change threatens ecosystem functioning. Soil biodiversity is essential
for maintaining the health of terrestrial systems, but how climate change affects the richness …

Defining variant-resistant epitopes targeted by SARS-CoV-2 antibodies: A global consortium study

KM Hastie, H Li, D Bedinger, SL Schendel… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Antibody-based therapeutics and vaccines are essential to combat COVID-19 morbidity and
mortality after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection …

Genetic and structural basis for SARS-CoV-2 variant neutralization by a two-antibody cocktail

J Dong, SJ Zost, AJ Greaney, TN Starr… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding the molecular basis for immune recognition of SARS-CoV-2 spike
glycoprotein antigenic sites will inform the development of improved therapeutics. We …

Rapid and stable mobilization of CD8+ T cells by SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine

V Oberhardt, H Luxenburger, J Kemming, I Schulien… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 spike mRNA vaccines,–mediate protection from severe disease as early as ten
days after prime vaccination, when neutralizing antibodies are hardly detectable,–. Vaccine …

Mosaic RBD nanoparticles protect against challenge by diverse sarbecoviruses in animal models

AA Cohen, N van Doremalen, AJ Greaney, H Andersen… - Science, 2022 - science.org
To combat future severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants
and spillovers of SARS-like betacoronaviruses (sarbecoviruses) threatening global health …

Unravelling the collateral damage of antibiotics on gut bacteria

L Maier, CV Goemans, J Wirbel, M Kuhn, C Eberl… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Antibiotics are used to fight pathogens but also target commensal bacteria, disturbing the
composition of gut microbiota and causing dysbiosis and disease. Despite this well-known …