An ecological study on the correlation between sanitary vulnerability and air pollution with COVID-19 pandemic burden: What lessons can we learn?

Objectives: Air quality, socioeconomic status, access to healthcare, genetic predispositions, among other factors impacted the COVID-19 pandemic burden. We explored the relationship between PM2.5 levels and sanitary vulnerability in COVID-19 pandemic health outcomes in Argentina.

Autophagy modulates growth and development in the moss .

apical growing protonemal cells have the singularity that they continue to undergo cell divisions as the plant develops. This feature provides a valuable tool to study autophagy in the context of a multicellular apical growing tissue coupled to development. Herein, we showed that the core autophagy machinery is present in the moss , and characterized the 2D and 3D growth and development of and loss-of-function mutants under optimal and nutrient-deprived conditions.