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Biologists have discovered a new mechanism for infecting cells with pathogenic bacteria
(ORDO NEWS) — Scientists have discovered a new type of bacteria that infects roundworms and noticed that they stretch into a thread to infect many cells. Once a disease-causing bacterium has taken up residence in a cell of the host organism and multiplied in it, new bacteria get out and try to infect new cells. Sometimes they move to neighboring cells, forcing already infected ones to extend “bridges” from the…
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World-first study infecting volunteers with COVID delivers initial results
(ORDO NEWS) — The first findings from a landmark study following healthy adults deliberately infected with SARS-CoV-2 have revealed new and unexpected insights into the earliest stages of COVID-19. The data indicates the virus’s incubation period is shorter than expected and rapid antigen tests are incredibly effective at identifying people when they are most infectious. In what are known as “human challenge studies,” scientists have intentionally infected healthy adults with…