Publications by authors named "C Grund"

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  • The transition of the highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza virus in Northern Europe led to significant deaths among wild birds and affected raptors that hunt or scavenge infected birds.
  • Surveillance indicated that avian raptors not only carry the virus but also suffer from it, exemplified by the recorded deaths of white-tailed sea eagles in Germany.
  • Despite initial concerns about the virus's impact on bird of prey reproduction, the stable breeding success of WTSEs in 2022 suggests potential resilience or evolving immunity may mitigate long-term effects.
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Malignant soft tissue tumors, in particular, require a multimodal treatment concept involving interdisciplinary cooperation between radiologists, pathologists, surgeons and oncologists at special tumor centers. The foundations of the treatment decision are the imaging diagnostics and the diagnosis confirmation based on tissue samples. The (local) extent and growth behavior of a tumor are among the most important findings of imaging as they have a direct influence on the surgical procedure.

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The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in late 2019 initiated a global pandemic, which led to a need for effective therapeutics and diagnostic tools, including virus-specific antibodies. Here, we investigate different antigen preparations to produce SARS-CoV-2-specific and virus-neutralizing antibodies in chickens (n = 3/antigen) and rabbits (n = 2/antigen), exploring, in particular, egg yolk for large-scale production of immunoglobulin Y (IgY). Reactivity profiles of IgY preparations from chicken sera and yolk and rabbit sera were tested in parallel.

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Humans regularly engage in efficient communicative conversations, which serve to socially align individuals. In conversations, we take fast-paced turns using a human-universal structure of deploying and receiving signals which shows consistent timing across cultures. We report here that chimpanzees also engage in rapid signal-to-signal turn-taking during face-to-face gestural exchanges with a similar average latency between turns to that of human conversation.

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