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Immune Cells Do Something Unexpected to Stop This Brain Parasite From Spreading - ScienceAlert
A new study identifies an extreme but effective way that brain immune cells can prevent the parasite Toxoplasma gondii from spreading: they kill themselves to eliminate the dangerous microbes they carry.
Stomach bug ripping through Long Island households, classrooms - Newsday
Symptoms include nausea, stomach cramping, vomiting and diarrhea, Long Island doctors said.
How ‘skull drains’ keep the brain safe from damage and pathogens - Nature
Veins in the skull can rearrange their borders to accommodate patrolling immune cells, a strange behaviour called ruffling.
Gut ‘missing microbe’ in western babies raises health fears - Financial Times
B. infantis found to be less common than in African and South Asian infants
I was a Moderna exec when the Covid vaccine rolled out. That spirit of possibility is no more - statnews.com
“The pharmaceutical industry is not the enemy,” writes Richard Hughes IV, who was Moderna’s VP for public policy when the Covid vaccine rolled out.
Scientists Just Discovered Something Alarming in Umbilical Cord Blood - SciTechDaily
Babies in the womb were exposed to far more “forever chemicals” than scientists ever realized—and we’re only beginning to understand what that means.