“Without the genetic viability that this diversity brings, we would most likely not eat bread on the scale we do today. Otherwise, bread wheat today would be a regional crop – important to the Middle East but
New antiviral approaches for respiratory syncytial virus and other mononegaviruses: inhibiting the RNA polymerase. Antiviral Res. 134, 63–76 (2016). Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Falsey, A. R. & Walsh, E. E. Relationship of serum antibody to risk of respiratory syncytial virus infection...
How have infectious diseases contributed more to human history than parasites? What specific mutation gives rise to sickle cell disease? How and why are genetics and microbiology evolution related? For the lytic and non-lytic viruses, how should the MOI (multiplicity of infection) be altered during...
According to the results of a new laboratory study, human body lice are more efficient at transmittingYersinia pestis,the bacterium that causes plague, than previously thought. This supports the possibility that they may have contributed to past pandemics. David Bland and colleagues at the United St...
So although infection with an influenza virus strain provides long-term immunity to that exact strain8,9,10, the virus’s rapid antigenic evolution erodes the effectiveness of this immunity to that strain’s descendants within ∼5 years11,12. One possible reason that viruses exhibit different ...
The use of fresh, uncultured ADRCs instead of cul- tured ADSCs has two other important advantages for the patient: (1) as the cells are not cultivated in a laboratory, the possible risk of contamination by bacteria and viruses is avoided, and (2) treatment with uncultured ADRCs is a ...
How can we understand antibiotic resistance in terms of evolution? Explain how antimicrobial resistance, superbugs affects human health. How do disease-causing microorganisms become resistant to drugs? How do bacteria protect themselves from the attack of viruses? How do the resistance mechanisms confer...
Bacteria and viruses can have deleterious effects on the body, but they also have many beneficial uses. Learn the definitions of bacteria and viruses, the damages they cause, and the beneficial uses for the development of medicine and vaccines. ...
(Barzilai & Chinn,Citation2020). This misinformation, along with the denial of established scientific facts, has become increasingly prevalent practices over the years, and often tied to political agendas. These practices have contributed to the emergence of the post-truth era, where distinguishing ...
Albeit the convincing results in about 30% of advanced stage patients, most patients either do not respond to immunotherapies or have severe side effects, which make a cessation of treatment necessary [14]. Oncolytic viruses have recently been integrated in anti-tumour therapies due to their ...