"Through tissue-specific manipulation of Nptx2, the authors demonstrated that the pituitary was a major source of NPTX2 in the serum, and the increased NPTX2 secretion by the pituitary affected immune balance by regulating the blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio. Intriguingly, Nptx2 up-regulation in corticotropes seemed to depend on IL-6 but not other cytokines tested."
#Immunology #Neuroimmunology
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002440
Lithographic print on wood, 12x15cm by @madparreira
#Art #Prints #Printmaking #Handmade #artgallery #artmastodon
'Flies were placed in a flight simulator, which permitted free body rotation about the yaw axis. By feeding back body movements in real time to a visual display, we augmented and inverted visual feedback.'
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)01595-6
Good news on #leishmaniasis:
"Among the so-called “neglected tropical diseases,” many experts believe leishmaniasis is in a class of its own in terms of the lack of progress, in the 120 years since it was first identified, to help the two million people who contract it each year.
Now, finally, that is starting to change: When Mr. Tilano’s grandson Andrés Tilano, 14, contracted leishmaniasis last year, he was treated in a clinic in Medellín, with an experimental therapy that cured his infection in days."
(Photo: Federico Rios for The New York Times).
Silent night.
Glazed #stoneware bowl by @madparreira.bsky.social
#ceramicart #ceramic #ceramica #design
#handmade #ceramics #artgallery #pottery
"Peça criada com um ovo e um insecto recentemente para a série Vanitas, onde sublinha a emergêcia da biologia sintética"
#SciArt #ScienceArt
https://www.publico.pt/2023/12/17/ciencia/noticia/ciencia-tela-suzanne-anker-defender-atacar-mundo-2072017
Plates on which to serve a curmudgeon.
#PratoFalante
Glazed #stoneware by @hunchbacksociety
#art #ceramics #plate #pottery #artgallery #handmade
"A contact sheet arrangement of black and white photographs by the author W.G. Sebald from a book collecting the photographic materials he used. Credit: via MIT Press and Boiler House Press"
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/arts/design/best-art-books-of-2023.html
The chicken came first. Prato falante.
Glazed #stoneware by @hunchbacksociety
#art #ceramics #plate #pottery #artgallery #handmade #artmastodon
Song idea for Evil Lionel Ritchie/Evil Diana Ross duet. Prato falante.
Glazed #stoneware by @hunchbacksociety
#proverbs #proverbios #ceramics #plate #pottery #artgallery #handmade @madparreira.bsky.social
'An artist’s rendering of a young Gorgosaurus eating a small, feathered dinosaur called Citipes. The prey animal was consumed during the last week of the Gorgosaurus’s life. Credit: Julius Csotonyi/Royal Tyrrell Museum'
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/science/tyrannosaur-last-meal-gorgosaurus.html
Pot & lid from @hunchbacksociety
#Ceramics #Pottery #Handmade #ArtGallery
@madparreira.bsky.socialhttps://madalenaparreira.com/Hunchbacksociety
I've worked on all of science, from B cells to T cells.
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