Many disease-causing bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa crawl on surfaces through a walk-like motility known as “twitching”. Nanometers-wide filaments called type IV pili are known to power twitching, but scientists ignore which sensory signals coordinate the microbes’ movements. Now, EPFL researchers have found that Pseudomonas bacteria use a mechanism similar to our sense of touch…
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Advanced technologies have been used to solve a long-standing mystery about why some people develop serious illness when they are infected with the malaria parasite, while others carry the infection asymptomatically. An international team used mass cytometry – an in-depth way of characterising individual cells – and machine learning to discover ‘immune signatures’ associated with…
DetailsIMAGE: A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics investigated how our brains proceed from merely seeing a landscape to feeling its aesthetic impact. view more Credit: MPI for Empirical Aesthetics How does a view of nature gain its gloss of beauty? We know that the sight of beautiful landscapes engages the brain’s…
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Alexandria, Va., USA – Hiba Nasir, Wayzata High School, Plymouth, Minn., presented the poster “Oral-Health Impact Profile 5: Analyzing A Private Practice Adult Population’s Distribution” at the virtual 99th General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), held in conjunction with the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental…
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Alexandria, Va., USA – Ruth Lipman, American Dental Association (ADA) Science and Research Institute, Chicago, Ill., U.S., presented the poster “Strategies for Disseminating Guidance to Dentists during the COVID-19 Pandemic” at the virtual 99th General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), held in conjunction with the 50th Annual Meeting of…
DetailsIMAGE: LIP expansion is detectable in an orthotopic glioma model with 18F-TRX. A. 18FTRX PET/CT data showing radiotracer uptake in a U87 MG tumor (arrow) implanted within the right hemisphere of… view more Credit: Image created by Evans, Renslo et al. University of California San Francisco. Reston, VA–A new radiotracer that detects iron in cancer cells…
DetailsIMAGE: Brian Hess, M.D., a Hollings researcher and lymphoma specialist, was key in bringing a phase 2 lymphoma clinical trial to Hollings. view more Credit: MUSC Hollings Emma C. Vought MUSC Hollings Cancer Center was one of 28 clinical sites around the world that participated in the LOTIS-2 trial to test the efficacy of Loncastuximab tesirine,…
DetailsIMAGE: Cassandra Suther is a UMass Amherst food science Ph.D. candidate. view more Credit: UMass Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst food science Ph.D. candidate Cassandra Suther has received a prestigious predoctoral fellowship of $180,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) to study the effect of norovirus on the development…
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As the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 continues to evolve, immunologists and infectious diseases experts are eager to know whether new variants are resistant to the human antibodies that recognized initial versions of the virus. Vaccines against COVID-19, which were developed based on the chemistry and genetic code of this initial virus, may confer less…
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For young soccer players, participating in repetitive technical training activities involving heading during practice may result in more total head impacts but playing in scrimmages or actual soccer games may result in greater magnitude head impacts. That’s according to a small, preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s…
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