Goblet cells, a new portal for Shigella entry in humans:
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Filoviruses pose a serious public health risk and there is lack of FDA approved therapeutics. Luthra Priya et. al describe a cell based HTS assay to identify small molecule inhibitors of Marburg virus VP40 interferon antagonism function:
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Description of a powerful and easy-to-use wound–infection model in mice that will be useful in the development of novel anti-infectives: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

This #Axial post features ACS Publications editorials and issues on Diversity and Inclusion. ow.ly/R8ec50Bv1S7

We're proud to announce a new policy that will allow our authors an easy way of changing the name used on previous publications. Read more about this new policy here: ow.ly/Hy8X50BnnoQ

Functional diguanylate cyclases in Proteus and Streptococcus species co-localize with cyclic di-GMP binding cellulose(-like) synthase genes:
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Following an extensive public search Professor Erick Carreira will be the next Editor-in-Chief of J. Am. Chem. Soc., beginning January 2021. ow.ly/JYl350BhfdF

Read the latest special issue in collaboration with Infectious Diseases on #CNSPathogens . For years, we have featured research on CNS Pathogens including rat lung worm, brain-eating amoeba, NeuroAIDs, and most recently, COVID-19 and its role in the CNS. acspubs.co/B0wc50BbYh2

We are excited to sponsor LatinXChem on Sept 7 with #SciMeetings access for poster presenters! Join the chemistry Twitter conference through which the community of Latin American chemists can share & discuss their research results & advances. scimeetings.acs.org #LatinXChem

Davies et al. reveal ANT2681, a metallo-β-lactamase inhibitor for use with meropenem to treat resistant bacterial infections :
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A non-toxic temporin L-variant with impaired helical structure shows antibacterial and anti-endotoxin activities in mice:
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Is asparagine metabolism a weakness of virus replication that could be targeted for antiviral development? @ Anielpanta and @ yang_zhilong share their view:
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Listen to the talks of the 2020 ACS Infectious Diseases/ACS Division of Biological Chemistry Young Investigator Awardees and keynote speaker Richard Mackman during the BIOL broadcast today!

Just published: work from Bicycle Therapeutics showing how Bicycle(R) peptides can be developed to target periplasmic proteins in Gram negative bacteria:
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A method is reported by the The Cosa Group to assess antibiotic induced membrane peroxidation at the single-cell level, showing peroxidation is induced in E. coli by ciprofloxacin, precedes cell death and may be invoked in a cascade event:
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Yuan et al. review diagnostic techniques for COVID-19:
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The selection of ACS journal Editors is typically a highly confidential process. In a new blog, Chair of the search committee Nicole S. Sampson offers a unique insight to the search for a new Editor-in-Chief for J. Am. Chem. Soc. and JACS Au. ow.ly/Ww2c50AMgSf