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Ancient DNA study reveals HLA susceptibility locus for leprosy in medieval Europeans

Nature Communications, 2018
Leprosy, a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae), was very common in Europe till the 16th century. Here, we perform an ancient DNA study on medieval skeletons from Denmark that show lesions specific for lepromatous leprosy
B. Krause-Kyora, Marcel Nutsua, Lisa Boehme, Federica Pierini, D. Pedersen, S. Kornell, D. Drichel, Marion Bonazzi, Lena Möbus, P. Tarp, Julian Susat, Esther Bosse, Beatrix Willburger, A. Schmidt, J. Sauter, A. Franke, M. Wittig, A. Caliebe, M. Nothnagel, S. Schreiber, J. Boldsen, T. Lenz, A. Nebel   +22 more
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Enhanced strategies for cuproptosis‐like death in bacterial infection treatment

BMEMat, EarlyView.
This review summarizes and examines the molecular mechanisms underlying cuproptosis‐like death. Furthermore, multi‐strategy efficacy enhancement and potential enhancement approaches are analyzed. Abstract Copper, a classical antibacterial metal, has long been of interest and widely used in medical and public health applications.
Wenqi Wang, Bolong Xu, Ruiyuan Zhu, Hengshuo Gui, Tian Xia, Shaokai Liu, Huiyu Liu, Xianwen Wang   +7 more
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Ocular Diseases in Ancient Greek Art

Journal of Research on History of Medicine, 2016
Although ancient Greek physicians studied a great number of ocular diseases in their medical texts such as glaucoma, cataract, trachoma, chalazion, trichiasis, entropion, ectropion and pterygion, in ancient Greek art there were only few examples which ...
Konstantinos Laios, Marilita M. Moschos, George Androutsos   +2 more
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Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For over a century, palaeopathology has been used as a tool for understanding evolution, disease in past communities and populations, and to interpret behaviour of extinct taxa. Physical traumas in particular have frequently been the justification for interpretations about aggressive and even competitive behaviours in extinct taxa.
Maximilian Scott, Julia A. Gamble, Caleb Marshall Brown, Kirstin S. Brink   +3 more
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The Genesis of Malaria: The Origin of Mosquitoes and Their Protistan Cargo, Plasmodium falciparum [PDF]

, 2013
Malaria is caused by the parasite belonging to the genus Plasmodium; however, creation biologists maintain this organism was not always parasitic. Plasmodium is probably a degenerate form of algae.
Gillen, Alan L., Sherwin, Frank
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Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parasites exist in every ecosystem, affecting nearly all organisms and playing a complex role in human societies. On the one hand, they contribute substantially to biodiversity and support ecosystem stability by performing essential ecological functions.
Cyril Hammoud, Juan Antonio Balbuena, Isabel Blasco‐Costa, Katie O'Dwyer, Rachel A. Paterson, Tomáš Scholz, Christian Selbach, Bernd Sures, David W. Thieltges   +8 more
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Video Pandemics: Worldwide Viral Spreading of Psy's Gangnam Style Video

, 2017
Viral videos can reach global penetration traveling through international channels of communication similarly to real diseases starting from a well-localized source.
A Vespignani, BE Wiggins, D Balcan, D Brockmann, J Szüle, M Barthelemy, MEJ Newman, V Isham, Z Kallus   +8 more
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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola, David Brankovits, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Isabel R. Amorim, Raluca Ioana Bancila, Adrià Bellvert, Enrico Bernard, Anna Blomberg, Paulo A.V. Borges, Martina Cappelletti, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Rosalina Gabriel, Diana M. P. Galassi, Laura Garzoli, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Grant C. Hose, Kathryn L. Korbel, Simone Martino, Ana Z Miller, Nataša Mori, Veronica Nanni, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Mattia Saccò, Troy S. Sakihara, Marconi Souza Silva, Anne E. Tamalavage, Maja Zagmajster, Efraín Chávez, Christian Griebler, Pedro Cardoso, Alejandro Martínez   +30 more
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'Magic coins' and 'magic squares': the discovery of astrological sigils in the Oldenburg Letters [PDF]

, 2008
Enclosed in a 1673 letter to Henry Oldenburg were two drawings of a series of astrological sigils, coins and amulets from the collection of Strasbourg mathematician Julius Reichelt (1637–1719). As portrayals of particular medieval and early modern sigils
Anna Marie Roos, Arnold Ken, Blagrave Joseph, Borlase W., Bouchard Brittan, Boyle Robert, Cornelius Agrippa Henry, Culpeper Nicholas, Dundes Alan, Freke William, Gadbury John, Gerzelius Johannes, Grew Nehemiah, Harkness Deborah E., Haven [E. Lalande] Marc, Hiebner Israel, Hildburgh W. L., Hunter Michael, Lockyear Lionel, Marie Roos Anna, Meurer Peter H., Papus, Reichelt Julius, Reuchlin Johann, Skerner Don. C., Sweet Rosemary, Thorndike Lynn, Trithemius Johannes, Weill-Parot Nicholas, Wilson Sir Daniel, Wolff Jacob   +30 more
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Ancient bacteria of the Ötzi’s microbiome: a genomic tale from the Copper Age

Microbiome, 2017
BackgroundAncient microbiota information represents an important resource to evaluate bacterial evolution and to explore the biological spread of infectious diseases in history. The soft tissue of frozen mummified humans, such as the Tyrolean Iceman, has
G. Lugli, C. Milani, L. Mancabelli, F. Turroni, C. Ferrario, S. Duranti, D. van Sinderen, M. Ventura   +7 more
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