Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii. It is usually linked to livestock, but people have also been infected through contact with cats giving birth. In this study, Dr. Kelly Cairns and colleagues at Colorado State University tested vaginal and uterine samples from healthy client-owned …

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a key driver of inflammation, and the body makes its own blocker for it: the IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra). Most IL-1Ra works outside cells, but three of its four forms stay inside them, and what those inner forms do was unknown.

This study from the University of …