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WHO says healthy kids and teens don't need Covid vaccinations

World Health Organization says healthy children and teens probably don’t need a Covid vaccine Healthy children and adolescents were deemed ‘low priority’ in new guidance  The WHO said traditional routine shots were more important for this age group Ivy League universities STILL refusing to teach unvaccinated students in-person The World Health Organization (WHO) revised its […]

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Global mapping of bushmeat activity to improve zoonotic spillover surveillance

In a recent study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers use geospatial models based on published data and demographic and ecological drivers of bushmeat activity to predict the global rural areas of bushmeat activity. This information can be utilized to predict the emergence of zoonotic diseases. Study: Mapping Global Bushmeat Activities to Improve Zoonotic […]

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Researchers discover new autoinflammatory disease, suggest target for potential treatments

Scientists have identified an autoinflammatory disease caused by mutations in the LYN gene, an important regulator of immune responses in health and disease. Named Lyn kinase-associated vasculopathy and liver fibrosis (LAVLI), the identification sheds light on how genes linked to certain illnesses can potentially be targets for treatment by repurposing existing drugs. The research, published […]

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Renishaw introduces new functionality to its inVia™ confocal Raman microscope

Renishaw is pleased to introduce fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) functionality to its inVia™ confocal Raman microscope. In partnership with Becker & Hickl GmbH, the pioneers in time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC), the system combines both Raman and FLIM in a single instrument. This integration can overlay both FLIM and Raman images with pixel-to-pixel correlation, […]

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New technology can rapidly analyze the metabolic state of lipids in cells

Professor Itaru Hamachi, Lecturer Tomonori Tamura, and Assistant Professor Masaki Tsuchiya of Kyoto University have developed a new technology called O-ClickFC (Organelle-selective click labeling with flow cytometry), which can, at a very high speed, analyze the metabolic state of lipids in cells. Conventional analysis of cellular lipids mainly involves radiometric analysis and mass spectrometry of […]