The Black Panther Party and the Fight for Health Equity.

The Black Panther Party (originally known as the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was founded on October 15, 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California. While the Black Panther Party (BPP) is known for its armed self-defense philosophy and confrontations with the police and the federal government, what is less well known about the Black Panthers is their community work and their fight for health equity for marginalized populations, especially the Black population.

Utilization of sialylated glycans as coreceptors enhances the neurovirulence of serotype 3 reovirus.

Mammalian reoviruses display serotype-specific patterns of tropism and disease in the murine central nervous system (CNS) attributable to polymorphisms in viral attachment protein σ1. While all reovirus serotypes use junctional adhesion molecule-A as a cellular receptor, they differ in their utilization of carbohydrate coreceptors. This observation raises the possibility that carbohydrate binding by σ1 influences reovirus pathology in the CNS.

Intestinal microbiota promote enteric virus replication and systemic pathogenesis.

Intestinal bacteria aid host health and limit bacterial pathogen colonization. However, the influence of bacteria on enteric viruses is largely unknown. We depleted the intestinal microbiota of mice with antibiotics before inoculation with poliovirus, an enteric virus.