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Rapid development of synthetic biology has led to engineered probiotics to address the growing concern of infectious diseases and cancer. Dual or multiple bacterial infections are becoming more frequent, but there are few treatment options because complex approaches are needed to address different disease mechanisms. In this study, we designed a minimal logic gate to program Nissle 1917 to detect and treat the disease caused by and . Two orthogonal gene circuits were verified to detect and kill the two pathogens, respectively. The "AND" gate was designed and engineered to achieve remarkable chemotaxis and killing effects in vitro when both pathogens existed. Then, we demonstrated the preventive and therapeutic effectiveness of the programmed EcN against and in a murine model of intestinal infection. The proof-of-concept of our programmed EcN strategy demonstrates an exciting potential method for preventing and treating dual-bacterial infection.
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Front Artif Intell
August 2025
Aviation Industry Development Research Center of China, Beijing, China.
Autonomous systems operating in high-dimensional environments increasingly rely on prioritization heuristics to allocate attention and assess risk, yet these mechanisms can introduce cognitive biases such as salience, spatial framing, and temporal familiarity that influence decision-making without altering the input or accessing internal states. This study presents Priority Inversion via Operational Reasoning (PRIOR), a black-box, non-perturbative diagnostic framework that employs structurally biased but semantically neutral scenario cues to probe inference-level vulnerabilities without modifying pixel-level, statistical, or surface semantic properties. Given the limited accessibility of embodied vision-based systems, we evaluate PRIOR using large language models (LLMs) as abstract reasoning proxies to simulate cognitive prioritization in constrained textual surveillance scenarios inspired by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operations.
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September 2025
Department of Health Care Management, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Background: Bullying remains a critical issue affecting the well-being, academic performance, and long-term development of school-aged children. This study documents the participatory development of a Comprehensive School Anti-Bullying Logic Model in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Methods: Utilizing a multi-method process consisting of stakeholders' interviews, focus group discussions (FGDs), group workshops, and a scoping review-the study sought to construct a culturally sensitive and actionable anti-bullying logic model.
Biol Cybern
September 2025
Department of Electrical Engineering, Bahria University, H-11, 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan.
The dexterity of the human hand is largely due to its multiple degrees of freedom. However, coordinating the movements of the ring and little fingers independently can be challenging because of the biomechanical and neurological interdependencies between them. This research presents a cascade control system based on fuzzy logic to manage the dynamic movements of these fingers within a simulated biomechanical model of a human hand.
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September 2025
The Comprehensive Breast Care Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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August 2025
School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, PR China.
G-Quadruplex (G4) DNA structures play a crucial role in regulating various biological processes, rendering them attractive targets for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. The development of G4-targeted fluorescent probes will significantly enhance our understanding of G4 DNA biology in vivo and improve the precision of diagnosing and treating genetic diseases. Herein, we report on a regioisomer of a thiazole orange derivative (SQ2) as a promising fluorescent dye for G4 DNA structures and demonstrate its application in both cell and tumor tissue imaging.
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