Do you remember the outbreak of avian flu back in 2005? This outbreak was associated with a substantial number of human infections by the avian influenza A (IAV) virus H5N1. Almost all human cases were linked to close contact with infected, dying, or dead poultry, rather than human-to-human transmission, but the virus was highly lethal. This sparked awareness of the pandemic threat posed by zoonotic transmission of viruses, also among the general public...Read more

February has been declared the gallbladder and bile duct cancer awareness month, but also features the international World Cancer Day. This year's theme was "United by Unique" and except for raising awareness of the disease it requested a worldwide cancer care that is focusing more on the individuals and not only on the disease...Read more

In a report published in the Journal of Proteome Research last years advances and efforts within the Human Proteome Project (HPP) to define the human proteome and make proteomics an integral part of functional multiomics are presented...Read more

Using multiplex immunohistochemistry (mIHC/IF), the spatial expression pattern of transmembrane protein 213 (gene: TMEM213) is displayed in ductal structures of the salivary gland...Read more

We are very happy to see that the HPA primary cilia research by Hansen et al., published in Cell in November, has been recognized as 'setting a new standard for understanding ciliary function and its role in health and disease'. The recent research highlight published in Nature Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy praises the HPA work as fundamentally transformative for ciliary biology...Read more