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The possibility of viruses spreading from bats to humans has taken on very real significance to us all in the last few years. Different species of lyssavirus, a family that includes the rabies virus, are carried by bats and there have been cases of cross-species transmission to other mammals. Researchers examined the mechanisms and transmission of 10 different lyssavirus species in mice. They developed a new pathogenicity index, ranking the viral incubation times and impact on survival. They found notable variation between species, and even found some to have higher rankings than rabies virus samples. Further investigation revealed that lyssavirus species (green in the mouse brain section pictured) are capable of infecting not only neurons (blue) but other brain cells called astrocytes (green) as well, revealing new details about how lyssaviruses affect animals, which could help equip us to handle potential virus outbreaks in the future.
Written by Anthony Lewis
Image from work by Antonia Klein and colleagues
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, January 2022
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doodles from class. berdly has strangely been on my mind lately
bonus neuron under cut
The article has a lot of good links, but I felt I should add this wikipedia article on the specific type of neurons that her research involves.
Also, is it shallow to say that she's now my fashion role model (I do mean in the sense that I want to become an accomplished scientist and then turn my discoveries into awesome, wearable art)? What would that even be called? Frizzle-chic? Wait, I kinda like that... Style aspirations: FRIZZLE-CHIC (Despite the fact that I generally give approximately two shits about clothing and fashion, I really kinda want to start a blog for science-related/high tech fashion called frizzle-chic.)
May-Britt Moser won a Nobel Prize for her work in neurons, wears a dress patterned with neurons. Ā This is how you be amazing.
Would you guys still respect me after knowing I made an Osmosis Jones oc???/jj
Her name is Dendrite and she's an Alphys/Jesse Pinkman coded neuron. Goofy ass
Neuron infograph but cuteš§ we love a woman in STEM<3