Gemstone Team Research: Recent submissions

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    • Viral Investigation of Regulatory Human Astrocytes to Understand the Glymphatic System 

      Butz, Paul; Cheng, Lucas; Gopal, Riddhi; Lin, Anna; Onifade, Folarin; Sultan, Robin (2018)
      Alzheimer's disease (AD), and other neurodegenerative diseases, results from an extracellular accumulation of beta-amyloid plaques, which are composed of misfolded peptide oligomers of beta-amyloid. The accumulation is ...

    • Symbols for Computer-Aided Design Software Operations: Selection and Effect on User Recall 

      Alcantara, David G.; Chang, Ji M.; Choi, Brian J.; Hubbert, Mark A.; Massey, Caroline E.; Morrill, Timothy P.; Musselman, Patrick R.; Vecchioni, Alexander J.; Wang, Andrew T. (2018)
      Computer Aided Design (CAD) software can be difficult to learn. Past research has not investigated how the selection of symbols used to represent CAD operations affects a new user’s ability to learn CAD concepts. In this ...

    • Disinfection Ability of Bacteriophages Against Listeria Monocytogenes Biofilms 

      Frail, Sarah; Liu, Gina; Macatee, Grace; Mavanur, Tejas; Ochieng, Kerina; Purdy, Cara; Shan, Patrick; Tran, Thomas; Wain, Sarah (2018)
      Pathogenic foodborne bacteria, particularly species belonging to Listeria and Salmonella, pose a growing threat to public health because of their ability to form and/or grow within biofilms on various environments, ...

    • Developing an Extracellular Vesicle Based Treatment for Osteoarthritis 

      Bhattacharyya, Sumon; Chen, Allison; Chill, Stephanie; Golding, Madelyn; Lee, Danielle; Mumford, Thomas; Pu, Alex; Robichaux, Mary; Sukri, Kayla; Swayambunathan, Jay; Weigand, Kellen (2018)
      Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disease characterized by the degradation of articular cartilage. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cargo-filled bodies that mediate intercellular communication and are influential in OA pathogenesis. ...

    • Properties of a Gallium-Conjugated Siderophore Complex as an Antibacterial Treatment 

      Cendo, Demetri Z.; Enkeshafi, Parmida; Han, Paul W.; Harner, Cameron R.; Herman, Rae J.; Huffman, Margo P.; Lee, Faith C.; Liu, Qing T.; Nguyen, Connie P. (2018)
      In 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that approximately two million individuals in the United States developed antibiotic-resistant infections. This increasing rate of bacterial antibiotic ...