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Researchers created an antioxidant molecule that mops up reactive oxygen species, and they wanted it delivered to the colon to treat inflammatory bowel disease.
How did they do this?
They strapped it to the surface of E.coli, and used it as a probiotic to treat IBD.
Mucoadhesive probiotic backpacks with ROS nanoscavengers enhance the bacteriotherapy for inflammatory bowel diseases. Science Advances
https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abp8798
A natural experiment emerged mask mandates were lifted in schools. Some schools lifted mask mandates immediately, while others waited. This study looks at how that played out in massachusetts, and what happened next.
Lifting Universal Masking in Schools — Covid-19 Incidence among Students and Staff. New England Journal of Medicine
https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2211029
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-022-01242-5
This is a cool paper where influenza and RSV can share surface proteins during a coinfections.. although one of these viruses is gets more from sharing than others
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-022-01242-5
This is a cool paper where influenza and RSV can share surface proteins during a coinfections.. although one of these viruses is gets more from sharing than others
