Contents
Vol 5, Issue 191
Contents
Editorial
- Getting to the Heart of Influenza
Diverse stakeholders convened at the U.S. National Institutes of Health to devise a plan for development of universal influenza virus vaccines.
Focus
- Coinfection: Doing the Math
A transmission model clarifies the effects of influenza on pneumococcal pneumonia and bridges the gap between individual animal experiments and human epidemiological data.
Research Articles
- Plasmid-Encoded Proinsulin Preserves C-Peptide While Specifically Reducing Proinsulin-Specific CD8+ T Cells in Type 1 Diabetes
A plasmid encoding proinsulin reduces the frequency of CD8+ T cells reactive to proinsulin while preserving C-peptide.
- Surface-Mediated Bone Tissue Morphogenesis from Tunable Nanolayered Implant Coatings
A multilayered implant coating promotes bone formation and prevents implant loosening and failure.
- Identifying the Interaction Between Influenza and Pneumococcal Pneumonia Using Incidence Data
Influenza virus increases susceptibility to pneumococcal pneumonia in individuals but has only a modest impact on the total population.
Editors' Choice
- Restoring the Hormone-Making Machinery
A single differentiation strategy for embryonic and adult stem cells produces pancreatic β–like cells that control glucose levels in diabetic mice.
- Banking on Carbon
Carbon nanotubes can improve ex vivo expansion of stem cells from cord blood.
- Outpatient Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition
A study of an outpatient therapeutic feeding program explores patient outcomes and factors contributing to recovery from severe acute malnutrition (SAM).
- Of Mice and Men
Co-clinical trials of human and mouse prostate cancer reveal targets of castrate resistant prostate cancer.
- Fitting the Genes into Your Waist
The relative size of a woman’s waist is influenced by seven genetic loci, whereas these loci have little effect on waist size in men.
Podcast
- Science Translational Medicine Podcast: 26 June 2013
In this podcast, Paula Hammond discusses a new multilayered coating for implants that promotes bone growth.
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