A. Hartman

No evidence for enhanced disease with polyclonal SARS-CoV-2 antibody in the ferret model.

This study tests if polyclonal SARS-CoV-2 antibodies enhance disease in ferrets, finding no significant differences in symptoms or viral shedding between antibody-treated and control groups.

Frequent first-trimester pregnancy loss in rhesus macaques infected with African-lineage Zika virus

This study shows that African-lineage ZIKV infection in early first trimester causes high pregnancy loss in rhesus macaques, regardless of SIV status.

Long-term persistence of viral RNA and inflammation in the CNS of macaques exposed to aerosolized Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus.

This study shows that VEEV persists in the CNS of macaques long after acute infection, with ongoing inflammation and immune cell infiltration.

Quantitative definition of neurobehavior, vision, hearing and brain volumes in macaques congenitally exposed to Zika virus

The paper assesses the feasibility of using a macaque model to study neurodevelopmental deficits from congenital Zika virus exposure and estimates required sample sizes for future studies.

Reprogramming progressive cells display low CAG promoter activity

The paper identifies CAG promoter activity as a marker for reprogramming-efficient cells and shows its association with MKL1/SRF activity and cell cycle dynamics.

MLL-AF9 Initiates Transformation From Fast-Proliferating Myeloid Progenitors

This study shows that fast-cycling granulocyte-macrophage progenitors are more likely to transform into leukemia when expressing the MLL-AF9 oncogene.

Non-cell-autonomous promotion of pluripotency induction mediated by YAP

This study shows YAP promotes pluripotency induction non-cell-autonomously by altering secreted proteins, contrasting its cell-autonomous inhibitory role.