The A﹠P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #188

Life Science

Study reveals hydrogen peroxide reacts to EGFR in the skin, assisting in wound healing and nerve cell regeneration. What?!!!

In humans, microglia develop in different ways, undergoing growth patterns that go up and down, creating waves throughout our brain development.

This is a scanning electron micrograph of a human spinal root nerve showing the inner bundle of myelinated axons in cross-section. The entire nerve is about the diameter of a pencil lead.

A rigorous study finds that surgical masks are highly protective, but cloth masks fall short.

With COVID rates dropping and vaccinations on the rise, the United States and other places are removing some requirements for face coverings. Are they moving too fast?

One ‘superspreader’ with Omicron shed three times as much viral RNA as those with Alpha or Delta.

The study, which was published recently in the journal Nutrients, suggests there are distinct bacteria and metabolomes associated with each personality trait.

Shocking accounts of health dangers selectively presented from peer-reviewed science articles regularly invade Twitter. It’s the stock-in-trade of technology rejectionists who purvey fear, uncertainty and doubt. 

Teaching & Learning

Beyoncé is facing a lot of criticism for using an ableist slur in her new co-written song Renaissance. She used the word “spaz” twice in a derogatory reference to a neurological disorder in Heated, which dropped in late July.

Welcome to the Center for Physiology Education! The Center is a community of excellence focused on elevating the way we teach and learn physiology.

TAPP News & Notes

Have you ever really considered the actual meaning that word normal in the context of teaching anatomy and physiology. Is it even meaningful at all? We explore that in the context of human body temperature in Episode 101.