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Residents of Pozoblanco and 22 other villages in the country’s south have had to get their drinking water from tankers since April, when the reservoir serving the area dried up.
Placenta cells (syncytiotrophoblast, in green) infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19, in red). Cell nuclei (in blue) of the multinucleated
In a landmark study published in Nature Cell Biology, Australian researchers, led by Professor Jose Polo from Monash University and the University of Adelaide and University of Melbourne's Professor Kanta Subbarao from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), have revealed how COVID-19 can infect the human placenta.
In a landmark study published in Nature Cell Biology, Australian researchers,have revealed how COVID-19 can infect the human placenta. The research team grew placental tissue in the lab, using a state-of-the-art method developed by Professor Jose Polo and colleagues where human skin cells are "reprogrammed" into trophoblast stem cells (the cells that help a developing embryo attach to the wall of the uterus, forming part of the placenta). They found that ACE2, a protein that acts as the doorway for SARS-CoV-2 to enter organs such as the lung, is present in specific placental cells, l...
A University of Adelaide-led research project that could improve pregnancy outcomes for thousands of women has won a prestigious national award.Chief Investigator Professor Jose Polo from the University of Adelaide received the 2022 National Health a