The researchers used telomere mimics, resembling those found in amniotic fluid, and conducted cellular analyses, finding more telomere fragments when a woman who was in labor compared to women who were at the end of their pregnancy but not yet in labor. (sciencedaily.com)
Additional cellular analysis revealed a subset of these bacterial proteins that were secreted into the host cytoplasm independent of the known Salmonella mechanisms for transporting virulence proteins into host cells (pnnl.gov)
A former Technical Services Scientist, Kyle Hooper, PhD, has also worked with R&D for product development and now specializes in supporting Promega cellular analysis products at Promega. (blog.addgene.org)