The key benefit of self-replicating vaccines is their efficiency, as they require only a fraction of the dosage of conventional vaccines to trigger a strong immune response.
Books related to Karl Marx's "Capital" are selling well in Japan. Publishers say people could be more conscious of social issues, such as economic inequality and environmental destruction, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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VIDEO: The cells are gliding on glass. They always go in the direction of their tapered end with speeds 2 to 4 μm per second. view more
Credit: Yuya Sasajima (Osaka City University)
Much of human invention and innovation has been the result of our discovery and replication of natural phenomena, from birds serving to inspire human flight, to whales allowing us to dive deep into the ocean with submarines. For the first time ever, researchers have captured at the nanometer level the gliding machinery of the bacterium
Mycoplasma mobile. Their findings were published in
mBio. This brings us closer to understanding the origin and operating principle of motility, which could serve as a basis for the next generation of nanoscale devices and pharmaceuticals.
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As more infectious variants of Covid hits hard with a spike, increasing number of deaths in Japan is handicapping the hospital resources. As 96% of the critical beds are occupied the hospitals are at the verge of collapse. Yasutoshi Kido, a professor at Osaka City University’s Graduate school of medicine on Monday said, “Compared to the number of infections, the number of beds for severe cases is very limited in Japan.”
Seychelles, which had raced up to vaccinate its population has vaccinated more of its population against Covid-19 than any other country, saw active cases more than double in the week of May. Seychelles used Sinopharm shots to 57% to those who were vaccinated and the rest with Covishield. This raising concerns that vaccination is not helping turns the tide in some places. The health ministry of Archipelago on Monday announced that the situation is worsening with cases rising more than double since last week.