An experimental six-strain Lyme vaccine has demonstrated more than 70% efficacy in preventing Lyme disease in people aged five years and older.
More on the clinical trial: https://t.co/lU4Kt34v2s
The 2024 #NobelPrize laureates in chemistry Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have successfully utilised artificial intelligence to predict the structure of almost all known proteins.
In 2020, Hassabis and Jumper presented an AI model called AlphaFold2. With its help, they have been able to predict the structure of virtually all the 200 million proteins that researchers have identified. Since their breakthrough, AlphaFold2 has been used by more than two million people from 190 countries. Among a myriad of scientific applications, researchers can now better understand antibiotic resistance and create images of enzymes that can decompose plastic.
Read more about their story: https://t.co/nWxcZs6wqC
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”
Below is brief analysis of HA mutations in two recent cases of H5N1 influenza in humans w contact w dairy cattle in California.
Summary is that while virus continues to evolve, nothing about HA mutations in these human cases is obviously alarming.
SARS-CoV-2-specific plasma cells are not durably established in the bone marrow long-lived compartment after mRNA vaccination
https://t.co/PZ4dnx0qck
SARS-CoV-2 BM IgG LLPCs are not durably established after mRNA vaccination
Mosquitoes can spread germs to people and animals.
Vector control is a #OneHealth issue that requires collaboration across human, animal, and environment sectors. Learn more: https://t.co/21RFdG7uix
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