Coatings join the fight against bacteria

Histones join the fight against bacteria inside cells

Experiments on Drosophila have shown that the histones that are normally bound to lipid droplets inside cells can be released to provide protection against infection.

Urinary exosomes join the fight against infection.

Urine is a complex fluid containing proteins, cells, nucleic acids, and a variety of extracellular vesicles. In the current issue of JASN, Hiemstra et al. demonstrate that exosomes, a specific type of extracellular vesicle, have antibacterial activity that could mediate host resistance to urinary tract infection (UTI). Given that UTI is themost commonhumanbacterial infection (around 150 million...

Scientists invited to join teachers in fight against scientific illiteracy.

As a tropical disease specialist, AAAS member Barbara Sina has traveled the world from Brazil to Kenya to the Netherlands. But few ofher trips have proved more satisfying than the visits she's paid closer to home-to Margaret Brent Middle School in rural St. Mary's County, Maryland. It was there that Sina got her first taste of teaching science to adolescents as a partner to 7thgrade teacher Ton...

The Fight against Poliomyelitis

The Fight against Poliomyelitis