DDN editors break down a surprising connection between microplastics and antimicrobial resistance, vitamin D for multiple sclerosis, obesity drugs updates, and more news from this week.
Pathogens invade mucosal surfaces like the nose, but typical vaccines don't mount an immune response there. Newly engineered mucosal vaccines, however, do.
Small molecule drugs that trigger the death of cells storing latent viruses are a promising approach for treating HIV. Researchers identified a potent compound in a marine sponge — a more likely source than it may seem.