Scientists seek to unwrap the sweet mystery of the sugar coat on bacteria
Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a quick and simple way to investigate the sugar coating that surrounds bacteria and plays a role in infection and immunity. The sugars coating bacteria can change very quickly during the course of an infection, cloaking the bacteria from the immune system of their host. Previous techniques for studying the sugars were too slow...Unwrapping Political Perks for the Holidays
MADISON -- A source close to the toy industry has once again leaked an advance copy of Santas perks list for Wisconsin politicians. Heres what the good (and not-so-good) boys and girls in Madison and Washington may find in their stockings this Christmas morning. But they better not pout and they better not cry if an alert district attorney asks why gifts were delivered down the chimney after midn...