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PostU of Saskatchewan@usaskDeer in N. America have been ravaged by a disease caused by infectious misfolded proteins. #USask’s Dr. Scott Napper is among those fighting to save them—and, in doing so, helping to protect people against a similar scourge. Read more via @TheAtlantic: theatlantic.com/science/archivread image descriptionALT1:40 PM · Feb 18, 20247,139 Views5 Reposts1 Quote11 Likes1…
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Don’t miss what’s happeningPeople on X are the first to know.
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Mashup Score: 84The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died - 3 month(s) ago
Elon Musk says no primates died as a result of Neuralink’s implants. A WIRED investigation now reveals the grisly specifics of their deaths as US authorities have been asked to investigate Musk’s claims.
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Experimental deletion of the furin cleavage site of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein highlights an important role for this site in infection and the need to consider this site when evaluating the neutralization activities of antibodies.
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SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses (SARS-CoV-2r) from Guangdong and Guangxi pangolins have been implicated in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and future pandemics. We previously reported the culture of a…
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And this isn’t a “random virus,” either. It’s a pangolin sarbecovirus with enough similarity to SARS-CoV-2 that was already identified as a spillover risk and already tested in hamsters and wild-type mice. It’s reasonable to test in a transgenic model. https://t.co/RINqW8H9e9 https://t.co/rSyIcN3uks
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Mashup Score: 122Disease X - Wikipedia - 4 month(s) ago
Not to be confused with Clade X. Disease X is a placeholder name that was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in February 2018 on their shortlist of blueprint priority diseases to represent a hypothetical, unknown pathogen that could cause a future epidemic.[4][5] The WHO adopted the placeholder name to ensure that their planning was sufficiently flexible to adapt to an unknown…
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Mashup Score: 55The Brett Lindenbach Virology Fund - 5 month(s) ago
The Brett Lindenbach Virology Fund will support an endowed lecture and training that honors Brett’s contributions to virology at Yale and beyond. In order for
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Mashup Score: 33Fundraising for National Brain Tumor Society - 5 month(s) ago
Welcome to our fundraising page!
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Mashup Score: 55The Brett Lindenbach Virology Fund - 5 month(s) ago
The Brett Lindenbach Virology Fund will support an endowed lecture and training that honors Brett’s contributions to virology at Yale and beyond. In order for
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Mashup Score: 27Complete Replication of Hepatitis C Virus in Cell Culture - 5 month(s) ago
Many aspects of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) life cycle have not been reproduced in cell culture, which has slowed research progress on this important human pathogen. Here, we describe a full-length HCV genome that replicates and produces virus …
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CWD is a prion disease that is devastating deer in North America. It's also a great example of why we need to target potentially deadly pathogens before they spill over into humans. Which is exactly what my colleague Scott Napper is doing: https://t.co/ypSSO3NpRt