We report the successful production of selectively-modified tail analogues of the natural product antibiotic thiostrepton, which have been used to evaluate the critical nature of this section of the antibiotic to its inhibition of protein synthesis. This work highlights the tail region as a critical area for future semi-synthetic or synthetically bioengineered thiostrepton derivatives.
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Viruses
November 2024
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford Medical School, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Cytomegaloviruses, species-specific members of the betaherpesviruses, encode an impressive array of immune evasion strategies committed to the manipulation of the host immune system enabling these viruses to remain for life in a stand-off with host innate and adaptive immune mechanisms. Even though they are species-restricted, cytomegaloviruses are distributed across a wide range of different mammalian species in which they cause systemic infection involving many different cell types. Regulated, or programmed cell death has a recognized potential to eliminate infected cells prior to completion of viral replication and release of progeny.
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Department of Medicine, University of Patras, 26504 Rio, Greece.
Background/objectives: Research on respiratory virus immunity duration post-vaccination reveals variable outcomes. This study performed a literature review to assess the efficacy and longevity of immune protection post-vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), with a focus on immunocompromised populations. Specific objectives included examining humoral and cellular immune responses and exploring the impact of booster doses and hybrid immunity on extending protection.
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December 2024
Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) causes lethal hemorrhagic disease (HD) in Asian and African elephants in human care and the wild. It is the leading cause of death for young Asian elephants in North American and European zoos despite sensitive diagnostic tests and improved treatments. Thus, there is a critical need to develop an effective vaccine to prevent severe illness and reduce mortality from EEHV-HD.
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School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 7000 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Nokia Bell Labs, 1082 Budapest, Hungary.
Human action recognition using WiFi channel state information (CSI) has gained attention due to its non-intrusive nature and potential applications in healthcare, smart environments, and security. However, the reliability of methods developed for CSI-based action recognition is often contingent on the quality of the datasets and evaluation protocols used. In this paper, we uncovered a critical data leakage issue, which arises from improper data partitioning, in a widely used WiFi CSI benchmark dataset.
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