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New drugs from toxic birds
The New Guinea-based regent whistler, or Pachycephala schlegelii in Latin, is a strange bird. It carries batrachotoxin in its black and yellow plumage: a potent neurotoxin, also used by poison dart frogs to effectively protect themselves from predators. This toxin is…
Konstanze Luckhardt
Microbiome research: Small RNA plays a crucial role in colonization
The intestinal microbiome is a highly complex ecosystem with thousands of different types of bacteria. Live and let live, that is the motto. Harmonious coexistence is based on the fact that intestinal bacteria occupy different niches and communicate with each other.…
