A. Bayer

A single polymorphic residue in humans underlies species-specific restriction of HSV-1 by the antiviral protein MxB

The paper identifies a single amino acid variant in MxB that determines HSV-1 restriction in humans, showing that this variant is absent in other primates and has recently become common in humans.

Efficacy of Anti-Staphylococcal Lysin, LSVT-1701, in Combination with Daptomycin in Experimental Left-Sided Infective Endocarditis Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

This study evaluates the combined efficacy of the lysin LSVT-1701 and daptomycin in treating MRSA endocarditis in a rabbit model, showing significant reduction in bacterial counts and sterilization of tissues with prolonged lysin treatment.

Ability of Bicarbonate Supplementation to Sensitize Selected Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Strains to β-Lactam Antibiotics in an Ex Vivo Simulated Endocardial Vegetation Model

This study shows that bicarbonate supplementation increases β-lactam susceptibility in certain MRSA strains in an ex vivo endocarditis model, but not in others.

Pitfalls in estimating the global carbon removal via forest expansion - a comment on Bastin et al. (2019)

The paper critiques an overestimation of global carbon removal potential from forest expansion, recalculating it to 81 Gt C instead of 205 Gt C by accounting for existing carbon stocks.

Bicarbonate Resensitization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus to β-Lactam Antibiotics

This study shows that sodium bicarbonate can make certain MRSA strains susceptible to beta-lactam antibiotics by reducing expression of resistance genes.