Mapping the hidden rules of a key immune sensor

The immune system depends on molecular alarms that detect danger inside cells. One of these alarms is STING, short for ...

Silk sticker is noninvasive way to monitor babies' health

In the neonatal intensive care unit, the most fragile patients in medicine are often the most heavily wired. Premature babies, some weighing less than a pound, can be tethered to a tangle of cables, ...
Nature

A miniaturized low-cost excitation–emission matrix sensor for aquatic environmental monitoring with preserved spectral fidelity

High-throughput in situ sensing is critical for resolving the dynamic complexity of aquatic environments. Yet, achieving a balance between performance, cost and simplicity—particularly in ...
Nature

Gut microbiota dysbiosis is associated with altered tryptophan metabolism and dysregulated inflammatory response in COVID-19

The clinical course of COVID-19 is variable and often unpredictable. To test the hypothesis that disease progression and inflammatory responses associate with alterations in the microbiome and ...