A community-acquired #MRSA strain emerged ~2009 in Brooklyn, New York that has become a major cause of skin infections in the US.
@robulrichID & team @nyugrossman now discover a prophage-encoded methyltransferase that increases bacterial virulence by promoting biofilm formation in a mouse infection model: https://t.co/8A9qG6YSss
The figure shows the effect of phage adenine methyltransferase on biofilms from mouse skin abscesses after infection with S. aureus strains empty vector or pamA, stained with DAPI (blue) and 5-methylcytosine (green).
Spike-specific memory #CD4#TCells established by #SARSCoV2 infection have a durable transcriptional and epigenetic inflammation signature. @nyugrossman
Read more: https://t.co/pJjN7Jabmy
#MedicineResearchDay: Dr. Ulrich @robulrichID delivered a wonderful presentation yesterday on his work on #Staphylococcus aureus!!! ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝHe was one of the featured speakers!
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๐Publication alert from our๐ faculty, Dr. Shopsin who collaborated with @MagdaPodkowik and others who found that the agr system of Staphylococcus aureus offers protection from lethal oxidative stress
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@TBrnaughtTB Agree with most that LTD is essential. Most employer/group policies have a lot of exceptions, so be careful if you just rely on that. Also agree with you, that ID has a high bar for disabling injury. So, we should have significantly lower premiums, unclear if that's true.