Lung cancer is closely associated with chronic inflammation, but the causes of inflammation
and the specific immune mediators have not been fully elucidated. The lung is a mucosal …

Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic inflammation of
the gastrointestinal tract that is associated with changes in the gut microbiome. Here, we …

Tumor ecosystems are composed of multiple cell types that communicate by ligand-receptor
interactions. Targeting ligand-receptor interactions (for instance, with immune checkpoint …

… The declines in the use of narrow-spectrum beta-lactams such as oxacillin and penicillin
G since 2000 and in the inpatient use of first-generation cephalosporins since 2006 (31) may …

… ranged from approximately 1.11 g/mL to 1.15 g/mL, as determined … g/mL. The final densities
of the lower bands, however, were approximately 1.13 g/mL for metallic SWNTs and 1.23 g/…

Objective: To describe the genomic analysis and epidemiologic response related to a slow
and prolonged methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreak. Design: …

Bacterial populations that colonize a host can play important roles in host health, including
serving as a reservoir that transmits to other hosts and from which invasive strains emerge, …

Bacteria evolving within human hosts encounter selective tradeoffs that render mutations
adaptive in one context and deleterious in another. Here, we report that the cystic fibrosis-…

With the increased emphasis on both reliability and multi-functionality in the aerospace industry,
active materials are fast becoming an enabling technology capturing the attention of an …

… (G 12 , G 23 , and G 31 ), from which all other effective moduli can be calculated. It should
be noted that in the well-dispersed case, where the effective elastic properties are transversely …