Dorian McILROY
@dmcilroy.bsky.social
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Virology lecturer at Nantes University. Interested in polyomaviruses, particularly capsid interactions with antibodies and host receptors.
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@cp-trendsimmuno.bsky.social Essay:
Immunology as a guide to human relationships
www.cell.com/trends/immun...
Immunology as a guide to human relationships
www.cell.com/trends/immun...
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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects
Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as global heating makes the country more hospitable for insects.
The country was until this month one of the only places in the world that did not have a mosquito population. The other is Antarctica. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
Safety and pharmacokinetics of SARS-CoV-2 DNA-encoded monoclonal antibodies in healthy adults: a phase 1 trial
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Safety and pharmacokinetics of SARS-CoV-2 DNA-encoded monoclonal antibodies in healthy adults: a phase 1 trial - Nature Medicine
In a phase 1 trial, intramuscular injection of synthetic plasmid DNA encoding monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 was safe and well tolerated and did not elicit antidrug antibodies.
www.nature.com
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1/10 Genome maintenance by telomerase is a fundamental process in nearly all eukaryotes. But where does it come from?
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Antiviral reverse transcriptases reveal the evolutionary origin of telomerase
Defense-associated reverse transcriptases (DRTs) employ diverse and distinctive mechanisms of cDNA synthesis to protect bacteria against viral infection. However, much of DRT family diversity remains ...
www.biorxiv.org
Fourth: play our funny guessing game #DiscoverOrMDPI.
Can you outguess marketing operatives from publishers by telling apart MDPI from Discover journals?
We wrote the game and the blog, and cannot win.
pagoba.shinyapps.io/publi_guess/
Can you outguess marketing operatives from publishers by telling apart MDPI from Discover journals?
We wrote the game and the blog, and cannot win.
pagoba.shinyapps.io/publi_guess/
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