As whooping cough cases rise in the U.S., a new nasal vaccine developed by Tulane ... at preventing whooping cough, caused by the Bordetella pertussis bacteria. However, the vaccines fail to ...

Researchers have identified a new complex-carbohydrate biomolecule, or glycan, that plays a key role in the nasal ...

The researchers used mouse airway cell models (epithelia culture) and a mouse colonization model to uncover the function of the b-Cool glycan in the nasal colonization of Bordetella. Credit must ...