Repeat COVID-19 vaccinations elicit antibodies that neutralize variants, other viruses
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The natural ability of plant viruses to invade host plants makes them expedient vectors for the delivery of genome editing reagents into diverse plant species. In a recent review article published in aBIOTECH, Shen et al. describe various virus-based methods that have been employed to deliver genome editing reagents in plants, highlight the advantages and limitations of these delivery approaches, and identify opportunities that lie ahead.
A University of Sydney team is hoping to help social media users identify posts featuring misinformation and disinformation arising from now-debunked science. They have developed and tested a new interface that helps users discover further information about potentially fraught claims on social media.
The latest findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2021, published today in The Lancet, forecast that global life expectancy will increase by 4.9 years in males and 4.2 years in females between 2022 and 2050. Increases are expected to be largest in countries where life expectancy is lower, contributing to a convergence of increased life expectancy across geographies. The trend is largely driven by public health measures that have prevented and improved survival rates from cardiovascular diseases, COVID-19, and a range of communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases (CMNNs).
At the Toronto Pearson International Airport, airplane traffic dropped by 80% in the first few months of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic., and in early 2020, the NVH-SQ Research Group out of the University of Windsor surveyed residents living around the airport to gauge how their annoyance levels changed with the reduction in noise. A follow-up survey in 2021 provided even more data for the researchers, and they highlight flaws in the tools authorities use to assess and manage the impacts of aircraft noise on communities. Julia Jovanovic will present the results at the 186th ASA Meeting.
Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital found that the organization of adolescents' specific brain circuits was associated with increased emotional vulnerability or increased resilience during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New research led by Flinders University and international experts is expanding understanding of vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (known as VITT).
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021,VITT emerged as a new disease following adenovirus vector-based vaccines – notably the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
New research from the University of East Anglia found that wearing face masks did not lower the risk of Covid infection following the initial surge of the Omicron variant.