davemark, to random
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New vaccine strategy eliminates need for boosters:

"RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised"

  • "one and done" approach
  • targets a part of the viral genome that is common to all strains of a virus
  • tested in mice

Details here...

https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/04/15/vaccine-breakthrough-means-no-more-chasing-strains
#Science #Vaccines #Health

ttpphd, to random
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First-ever transmitted Alzheimer’s cases reported in new study

"As children, they had received growth hormone taken from the brains of human cadavers, which used to be a treatment for a number of conditions that caused short stature. Now, decades later, they were showing signs of Alzheimer’s."

https://www.statnews.com/2024/01/29/first-transmitted-alzheimers-disease-cases-growth-hormone-cadavers/

#Science #Alzheimers #Health

SirTapTap, to random
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Depressing that "more than half of americans plan to get latest covid booster" is good news, but it's better than last round. Hopefully utterly idiotic partisan divide is starting to wane.

Just get your shots. Yeah even republicans. I fucking hate you but your corpses are fucking up our medical systems, stop it.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/more-than-half-of-americans-plan-to-get-updated-covid-shot/

#COVID #COVID19 #news #health

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