Publications by authors named "B Cuesta"
Article Synopsis
- Current SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines are effective, but there's a need for new strategies due to waning immunity and variant emergence, prompting this study on a heterologous mRNA/MVA vaccination approach.
- The research demonstrates that a combination of a trimeric receptor binding domain (RBD) delivered via mRNA and a modified vaccinia virus (MVA) boost creates strong immune responses, including effective antibodies and T cell activity against various SARS-CoV-2 strains.
- The heterologous regimen provided complete protection in specific mouse models after exposure to the virus, outperforming traditional methods and suggesting that alternative nanocarrier technologies could enhance vaccine effectiveness while avoiding patent issues.
Steady improvements in ambient air quality in the USA over the past several decades, in part a result of public policy, have led to public health benefits. However, recent trends in ambient concentrations of particulate matter with diameters less than 2.5 μm (PM), a pollutant regulated under the Clean Air Act, have stagnated or begun to reverse throughout much of the USA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClimate and health benefits of a transition from gas to electric cooking.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
August 2023
Household electrification is thought to be an important part of a carbon-neutral future and could also have additional benefits to adopting households such as improved air quality. However, the effectiveness of specific electrification policies in reducing total emissions and boosting household livelihoods remains a crucial open question in both developed and developing countries. We investigated a transition of more than 750,000 households from gas to electric cookstoves-one of the most popular residential electrification strategies-in Ecuador following a program that promoted induction stoves and assessed its impacts on electricity consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and health.
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