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Understanding Gender Differences in Schistosome Parasites in a Lab Setting

Pichon R; Lotkowska ME; Bulathsinghalage JLD; McMath M; Evans M; Hulme BJ; Ambridge K; Sankaranarayanan G; Kershenbaum S; Davey SD; Forde-Thomas JE; Hoffmann KF; Berriman M; Rinaldi G

Scientists are studying a group of worms called schistosomes that can make people sick. They found a new way to grow these worms in a lab which helps them learn more about how the worms change into males and females. This discovery could help find better treatments for the illness caused by these worms.

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How the C3-C3aR Pathway Influences Immune Memory in Lung Cells

Earhart AP; Lopez AE; Hernandez JI; Nallapu A; Chavez D; Suthakaran S; Yang B; Hyun J; Aponte Alburquerque R; Starick M; Garnica L; Ozanturk AN; Maurya RK; Wu X; Haspel J; Lee JW; Hook J; Kulkarni HS

Scientists studied how a protein called C3 helps the immune system remember past infections in the lungs. They found that C3 helps certain immune cells work better after they've been exposed to infections before. If the C3 protein is missing, these immune cells do not work as well.

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