eLife Science Digests

Cutting jargon and putting research in context, digests showcase some of the latest articles published in eLife.

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  1. Trading resistance

    When the bacteria MRSA evolve to resist viral attacks, they regain their sensitivity to antibiotics.

  2. Excitable brain worms

    Tapeworm larvae might cause epilepsy by producing excess glutamate and overexciting brain cells.

  3. Hungry eyes

    Humans focus less on nutritional information and more on how appetizing a food looks when deciding what to eat while hungry.

  4. Positive outlooks

    Cognitive belief-updating processes about future events are malleable and depend on circumstances.

  5. Researching Salmonella drug resistance

    Regional differences in drug resistance genes in one type of Salmonella bacteria may help scientists develop new treatment or prevention approaches in humans.

  6. Therapeutic hypothermia

    Lowering the body temperature helps to prevent lung damage by reducing inflammatory immune responses.

  7. Fuelling an infection

    Salmonella either produces the amino acid β-alanine or acquires it from host cells to survive and replicate within macrophages.

  8. Sea squirt timer

    Ascidian larvae use a common biological molecule to measure how long they have been attached to a surface.
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