While the Senate was further slashing Medicaid in the reconciliation budget last month, the lobbyist-led Center Forward sent Democratic reps like Mary Gay Scanlon of #PA05 and Nikki Budzinski of #IL13 to visit a five-star hotel in London.

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House Members Took Luxury Trip to London Amid Megabill Battle

Bipartisan representatives including Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse were gifted a luxe trip to England last month by a business-funded centrist group as the GOP advanced its budget reconciliation bill.

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IL-13 induced inflammation increases DPP4 abundance but does not enhance MERS-CoV replication in airway epithelia - PubMed

Our results suggest that increased DPP4 abundance is likely not the primary mechanism leading to increased MERS severity in the setting of Th2 inflammation. Transcriptional profiling analysis highlighted the complexity of IL-13 induced changes in airway epithelia, including altered expression of gen …

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