Characterization of K. pneumoniae O1-EPA and K2-EPA bioconjugates. A) Diagram of genes encoding EPA and PglS (colored arrows) on the pEXT20-derived expression plasmid. EPA was engineered to contain two internal…
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Scientists better understand how people with Cantu syndrome develop lymphedema
Graphical abstract. Credit: Function (2023). DOI: 10.1093/function/zqad017 Ion channels in people with Cantu syndrome produce varying degrees of contractile dysfunction (when muscles and tendons function ineffectively) in the lymphatic system,…
13 dead from Congo haemorrhagic fever in Iraq this year
At least 13 people have died in Iraq since the start of the year from a viral tick-borne disease transmitted to humans from livestock, the health ministry said on Saturday.…
Is that the right call?
Credit: CC0/Unsplash The COVID-19 emergency is over. After three years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the virus “no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.”…
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria contaminates whole ICU, shows study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) was brought into the ICU, in Hangzhou, on multiple occasions as patients were admitted, creating a large ‘reservoir’ of the bacteria which…
Metabolic syndrome with heavy alcohol use contributes to recent surge in alcoholic liver disease-related mortality
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A brief research report evaluating the relationship between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and a recent increase in alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) deaths has found that heavy alcohol…
First RSV vaccine caps 60-year search to stem pervasive lung illness
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For 60 years, doctors and scientists searched for a vaccine against a common virus that, while sometimes deadly, is little known to the public. The hunt…
WHO declares COVID global emergency over
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More than three years after the coronavirus began ravaging the planet, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Friday that the pandemic is no longer a public…
Study identifies features of Long COVID neurological symptoms
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Twelve people with persistent neurological symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection were intensely studied at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and were found to have differences in…
WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean?
A girl reacts as she receives a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. Children above the age of 12 are now receiving…
