Pfizer starts testing combo of its COVID-19 booster and pneumococcal shot on adults over 65 to see if the vaccines can be given together safely and to ramp up immune response Pfizer began a new study on Monday as they work towards creating a vaccine booster shot Study includes 600 people 65 or older who […]
The malaria parasite P. vivax can remain in the spleen upon expression of certain proteins
The malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax can adhere to human spleen cells through the expression of so-called variant proteins. These are the conclusions of a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global health (ISGlobal). The results, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), suggest that this could represent an additional challenge to […]