In a new study published in The EMBO Journal, researchers identified a tick protein that could help block disease transmission before it fully happens. The EMBO Journal, published by the European Molecular Biology Organization, is one of the world’s leading journals in molecular biology.

Researchers at Gladstone Institutes have devised a way to track the exact routes that debris uses when exiting the brain. Their approach, described in Cell, has revealed new details about how the brain clears waste, including how bordering immune cells interact with waste products and how Alzheimer’s disease disrupts this carefully orchestrated system.

An international research team led by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT Italian Institute of Technology) in Rovereto (Trento, Italy) and the Child Mind Institute in New York (USA), and in collaboration with researchers from the University of Trento, has shown that it is possible to identify at least two distinct subtypes of autism, defined by their patterns of brain connectivity. In the “hyperconnectivity” subtype, brain areas communicate more than usual; in the “hypoconnectivity” subtype, communication between brain areas is reduced. The study aims to develop tools for precise, personalized autism care and support. The research paper was published in the international journal Nature Neuroscience.

β-1,2-Glucans are glucose-based polymers found across a wide range of organisms that play important roles in bacterial infection and symbiosis. However, how bacteria import these sugars remains poorly understood. In a recent study, researchers from Japan identified and characterized Chy400_4166, a novel β-1,2-glucan-binding protein from the bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. This protein exhibits a binding mechanism distinct from any previously described transporter of this kind, expanding our understanding of how bacteria recognize and take up β-1,2-glucans.

University of Texas at Arlington physics doctoral student Tapendra Sodari has been selected for a prestigious fellowship to fund his NASA-relevant research.

A new study explores heterogeneity in unilateral Meniere’s disease, clarifies key clinical and functional differences linked to endolymphatic hydrops, and supports an integrated diagnostic approach for precise patient evaluation.