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Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.  Every year, researchers try to predict the four influenza strains that are most likely to be prevalent during the upcoming flu season. And every year, people line up to get their updated vaccine, hoping the researchers formulated the shot correctly. The same is true of COVID vaccines, which have been reformulated to target sub-variants of the most prevalent strains circulating in the U.S. This new strategy would eliminate the need to create all these different shots, because it targets a part of the viral genome that is common to all strains of a virus. The vaccine, how it works, and a demonstration of its efficacy in mice is described in a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  “What I want to emphasize about this vaccine strategy is that it is broad,” said UCR virologist and paper author Rong Hai. “It is broadly applicable to any number of viruses, broadly effective against any variant of a virus, and safe for a broad spectrum of people. This could be the universal vaccine that we have been looking for.”

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#covid #vaccines

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AN ITALIAN PIETRA DURA PLAQUE

SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY, FLORENCE, PROBABLY GRAND DUCAL WORKSHOPS

The rectangular scene depicting a flowering vase inlaid with various hardstones and marbles including lapis lazuli and giallo antico, on a black background, within a later giltwood frame

Christie’s

#flowers #bouquet #still life #mosaic

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Detail of plants/trees/leaves from various Indian miniatures.

#plants #leaves #trees #painting #illustration

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two Palestinian stamps from a series on fruits and flowers

[id: two square postage stamps with botanical illustrations. the left depicts a flowering thyme plant while the right depicts hibiscus flowers. the face value of the left stamp is 100 Jordanian fils. the face value of the right stamp is 25 Jordanian fils. end id]

#stamps #mail #palestine #flowers

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Julio Perdido singing at the Cal Poly Humboldt protest against the genocide in Palestine.

April 23, 2024

Something powerful is happening on the Humboldt campus. The only danger to students came from the cops the university sent in to beat up protestors the first night, despite what the administration claims. The call to law enforcement included pulling a helicopter away from an active search and rescue mission for a youth missing in the river in Hoopa. And how much does it cost us to have every cop north of Garberville on overtime all night? They were the only ones committing violence and making students unsafe. Folks held strong and made things safe again by forcing them off campus and making it clear they would not back down from their peaceful resistance. Yesterday was full of lots of art and music and food and dancing and caring for each other. The university has the power to end this at any point by engaging in open negotiations about very reasonable demands for divestment and boycott of all Israeli and Zionist entities complicit in this genocide. By refusing to do so they are the ones creating what they have deemed an unsafe environment that puts students at risk, which again is untrue except in the case of them sicing violent goons on the protestors again. Thank you to the students who made this happen and the community for joining in solidarity and supporting a sustained movement. The kids are alright.

Free Palestine. Dismantle the state. Land back.

#palestine #self #friends #photography #humboldt #cal poly humboldt

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this video always cheers me up

#dogs #cute #lol

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there’s a website where you put in two musicians/artists and it makes a playlist that slowly transitions from one musician’s style of music to the other’s

it’s really fun

#music

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platforming palestinian joy is just as important as sharing the suffering they're enduring during this genocide. despite continued displacement and bombardment, you cannot steal their joy and spirit. happy birthday to this sweet baby 🖤🇵🇸 may they grow up to see a free palestine

#palestine

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Karen Dalton

#karen dalton #music

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#king of the hill

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#palestine #journalism

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"why can't they just be friends" not in the homophobic way but in the "their platonic relationship in the source material is far more dynamic and complex than the sanitized personalities they gain as a result of shipping" way

#ace #friends #romance #boo

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#religion

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FUCK YEAH COLUMBIA UNI STUDENTS!!!!!!

#palestine #columbia

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The map of Palestine is depicted using the names of the cities and villages that existed before 1948. The names are written in a derivative of the Diwani Jali Islamic calligraphy script Villages and cities are drawn on the map according to their geographic location. However, the villages written on the map represent only a small fraction of the myriad of towns and villages in Palestine at the time. It’s estimated that around 400 towns and villages were depopulated in the year 1948 alone. Some of the names on the map are listed below with additional notations based on their current or former status. * Indicates towns and villages which still have a significant Palestinian population. ** Indicates villages that were forcibly depopulated and destroyed or repopulated with non local residents. *** Indicates villages in which all or part of the unarmed of the civilian population was massacred during the depopulation of the villages on 1948

(via Palestine 1948 - Limited Edition Arabic Calligraphy Print 43 of 50 Drawing by Everitte Barbee | Saatchi Art)

#palestine

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hey here's a website for downloading any video or image from any website.

works w/ youtube, soundcloud, twitch, twitter (gifs and videos), tumblr (video and audio), and most other websites you're probably lookin to download stuff off of.

#internet #music #pirates

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Felix Vallotton, Marée Montante le Soir (High Tide in Evening Light)

#painting #water #color #ocean