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Aalto Bio Reagents is delighted to announce the re-launch of their world renowned affinity-purified anti-HIV-1 gp120 antibody, code D7324, for research use globally. Aalto Bio Reagents has been supplying HIV reagents to the research community since 1988 and there are now over 100 international cited publications referencing use of our HIV-1 gp120. Produced by immunising sheep with the gp120 protein sequence of the BH-10 strain, this antibody targets the most dominant subtype of HIV-1 seen in the Americas, Western Europe and Australasia - subtype B.
Since the first reported cases in 1981, HIV continues to be a major public health issue with over 38 million people living with the infection worldwide, 7 million of whom are unaware they have the infection. Although there are successful treatments now available for managing HIV, there are still consistently large numbers of people becoming newly infected, with almost 2 million adults and over 150,000 childr
MAITREYI SHIVKUMAR, THE CONVERSATION
4 MARCH 2021
Scientists in Brazil recently reported that two people were simultaneously infected with two different variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
This co-infection seemed to have no effect on the severity of patients illness, and both recovered without needing to be hospitalized.
Although this is one of the few such cases recorded with SARS-CoV-2 – and the study is yet to be published in a scientific journal – scientists have observed infections with multiple strains with other respiratory viruses, such as influenza.
This has raised questions about how these viruses may interact in an infected person, and what it could mean for generating new variants.
Biden Administration Cutting COVID-Infected Illegal Immigrants Loose Into Several States
So much for stop the spread.
Published 2 hours ago on Mar 3, 2021
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Illegal immigrants seeking asylum at the US southern border are being released into American communities after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Reporters from Telemundo recounted speaking to asylum seekers released from Customs and Border Patrol custody who said they had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Right now we were tested for Covid and they separated about eight of us because we were positive, she told Noticias Telemundo Investiga.
We are waiting right now.
An overwhelming majority of southern border crossers who apply for asylum in the immigration court system ultimately lose their cases, although theyre in the country legally until the court system rejects their claim. Migrants who said they tested positive for the virus also indicated at a Brownsville, Texas bus station that they planned t