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Exploring the microbial world, this postdoctoral researcher uncovers how one bacterium’s defenses can defeat another.Image credit:Ruth Isenberg, ©iStock, Rost-9DQ | Write a brief introduction to yourself including the lab you work in and your research background. I’m Ruth Isenberg, an IRACDA Postdoctoral Scholar in Julia Willett’s lab at the University of Minnesota. I earned my PhD in microbiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Mark Mandel’s lab, where I studied the roles for cyclic diguanylate during Vibrio fischeri colonization of the Hawaiian bobtail squid. Now, as a postdoc, I study mechanisms underlying Enterococcus faecalis interactions with other bacteria.Q | How…

Clinical Trials for FDA ApprovalIn the prescription information for Qsymia, the brand name version for extended-release phentermine and topiramate, the FDA discusses two year-long clinical trials that included about 2,300 people total.Both studies combined phentermine and topiramate with a well-balanced, reduced-calorie diet. Participants were also offered nutritional and lifestyle counseling.One trial enrolled people with obesity and excluded those who also had type 2 diabetes. The second study included people who were overweight and those with obesity as well as people with type 2 diabetes and other metabolic conditions, such as high blood pressure.Only 7 percent of participants overall were 65…

Adding the oral health element to the platform’s already thorough testing parameters—DNA, gut microbiome, and bloods— the firm’s founder and former Olympic athlete Andrew Steele told NutraIngredients the aim is to bolster insights for customers as well as to impact public health by publishing data revealing the connection between the oral microbiome and wider health.Integrating into the service in the first quarter on 2026, the oral microbiome test will allow Stride customers to learn about the diverse ecosystem of more 700 species of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa that inhabit their mouth through a simple mouth swab test.Steele explained these…

Ina Garten includes Parmesan in her go-to mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving.To make hosting easier, she cooks a lot of side dishes in advance, including this one.And she maps out the meal, writing down when each side dish is to go in and out of the oven. The queen of the Hamptons’ classic recipe for Parmesan Smashed Potatoes first appeared in The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook in 1999, and it’s such a crowd-pleaser that we think it should be considered a staple every Thanksgiving. The recipe begins by boiling 3 pounds of red potatoes with salt for approximately 25 minutes. There’s good…

ArXiv will no longer accept review or position papers in computer science unless they have already been peer reviewed.Credit: Sharaf Maksumov/AlamyThe oldest and best-known preprint repository, arXiv, has announced that it will no longer accept review or position papers in computer science. The website will make exceptions only for papers that have been previously accepted by a peer-reviewed venue, such as a journal or conference.These types of article were never officially on arXiv’s list of ‘accepted content types’, but they had previously been allowed at moderator discretion, said a blog post announcing the move on 31 October. arXiv management says…

Valerie Bertinelli shares an easy, high-protein chicken Milanese recipe using simple pantry staples.The chicken is coated with seasoned breadcrumbs, Pecorino and lemon zest, then pan-fried in olive oil.Topped with lemon-Dijon dressed arugula, the quick dinner is flavorful, crisp and ready in minutes. If you’re looking for a quick and easy dinner to make ahead of the weekend, Valerie Bertinelli posted the perfect high-protein option. In a recent Instagram Reel, the actor and television host shared her version of chicken Milanese, a dish starring a breaded chicken cutlet paired with a humble side salad. This dinner is so simple. First, it…

GPs need better training to recognise attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in patients and should be incentivised to take on aspects of care for the condition, a major review recommends.1The ADHD taskforce—launched by the government and the NHS in response to rising demand for care—said that GPs should have “a central role” in diagnosing and managing ADHD. This would be similar to how they help patients with other chronic conditions such as diabetes or depression, the report said.In England, “there is consistent evidence that ADHD is under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated (including with medication),” the taskforce’s final report reads.Chaired by the child…

Credit: Dr_Microbe/Getty Images Researchers in Barcelona have identified a previously unknown mechanism that metastatic colorectal cancer employs to evade immune checkpoint immunotherapy. A study published today in Nature Genetics reveals how these tumors use the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) cytokine to activate a dual barrier that blocks the immune system’s response.  “Our work shows that tumors defend themselves against immunotherapies by manipulating their environment to slow the immune response on two fronts,” said Eduard Batlle, PhD, research professor at the Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and head of the colorectal cancer laboratory at the Institute for…

Brenntag Specialties Food & Nutrition has expanded its agreement to distribute ADM’s soy-based ingredients across Central/Eastern Europe (CEE), Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), through a newly announced deal that has been in force since September 1, 2025. With the addition of Romania, the move transitions the partners’ existing non-exclusive deal in Hungary into exclusive distribution partnerships across Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.Brenntag offers the ADM products under the Profam, Arcon, Tradcon SE, and Tradcon T to customers in these Eastern European countries.In addition to the above, Brenntag will offer ADM’s Adlec, Ultralec, Sopro, and Soprotex brands…

PacBio’s proprietary Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) technology. [PacBio] PacBio reports that through its partnership with China-headquartered Berry Genomics, the Sequel II CNDx system has received Class III Medical Device Registration approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China. This marks the world’s first regulatory clearance of a clinical-grade long-read sequencer that signals a new era for precision medicine and high-accuracy genomic testing in China, according to Christian Henry, president and CEO of PacBio, who added that high-incidence genetic disorders such as thalassemia often involve complex variant types that are difficult or impossible to detect using short-read sequencing. With…