Liwen's paper published in Cell - Congratulations!
Congrats to Liwen for having her work, "S. aureus drives itch and scratch-induced skin damage through a V8 protease-PAR1 axis", published this past week in Cell! Special shoutout to Samantha and all of the other Chiu Lab members that supported her in writing this paper as well as all of the other co-authors!
Paper Link:
S. aureus drives itch and scratch-induced skin damage through a V8 protease-PAR1 axis
Below are news links talking about the paper:
Harvard University researchers discover one of the origins of itch - Boston Globe
What's behind the urge to scratch that itch? Harvard researchers have a theory - STAT
What can trigger an itch? Scientists have found a new culprit - NPR
Scientists have finally found the reason why we get random itches - yahoo!life
Common Skin Bacterium Acts Directly on Nerve Cells to Trigger Itching - GEN