Using mouse and human models, HMS researchers have shown for the first time that a common skin bacterium — Staphylococcus aureus — can cause itch by acting directly on nerve cells. Featured in HMS News and the Harvard Gazette. From Isaac Chiu and colleagues, first author Liwen Deng.

HMS News article highlighting a new project from Max Heiman, Keith Blackwell, and Monica Colaiácovo, looking into why some species of wild Caenorhabditis elegans are able to thrive in in high temperature environments.

HMS News article on new research from K. Frank Austen and Isaac Chiu, first author Tiphaine Voisin, suggesting that cysteine leukotriene receptor 2 (CysLT2R) may be a new target for designing treatments to target intractable chronic itch.