Saturday, May 9, 2020

Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Global Warming can start the process of desertification of the Planet Earth as Sahara was Jungle a millennium ago

Sahara Jungle 10 000 years ago

A recent study brings us extremely worrying news: in 50 years, rising temperatures will dramatically affect the lives of more than three billion people.

10,000 years ago, the Sahara Desert was one of the wettest areas on Earth

This situation is proving extremely unfortunate, especially if we take into account the problems related to food security for these people whose agricultural land will become useless, notes Futurism.

Desert Earth Planet by Fragile-stock on DeviantArt


Fortunately, if we can say so, this is one of the darkest scenarios, but it starts from the reality we live in: insufficient actions related to stopping global warming and the continuous increase of carbon dioxide emissions globally.

Desert Earth ~ 3D Model ~ Download
The study points out that on every inhabited continent there will be a series of regions whose conditions will be extremely harsh and will not allow human life, among these regions are: Brazil, North Africa or India. This increase in temperatures will lead to the expansion of the temperate climate to more northern regions: Canada or even the Arctic.

Earth's Deserts: Definition Study.com


The direct consequence of these changes in environmental conditions will be the increase in the number of climate refugees, who will have to move from regions close to the equator to the north and south of the planet in search of less affected regions.



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Thursday, May 7, 2020

Antibodies from Llama helps world medicine in fight against the Coronavirus

Grippe et vaccin Sciences et Avenir


The antibodies produced by the Llama could be used against COVID-19.


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A study by the University of Texas, USA, led to the discovery of antibodies that can "bind" to one of the key proteins on the surface of the coronavirus. The researchers explain that these antibodies attach to those proteins that allow SARS-CoV-2 to infect cells in the host organism. In addition to this discovery with significant potential against the pandemic we are going through, scientists also point to the unusual source from which they obtained these antibodies: a blade called Winter, notes Neuroscience News.

Antibodies for medicine génération et ingénierie MI-mAbs

This is one of the first known antibodies that can neutralize SARS-CoV-2
, said Jason McLellan, a member of the University of Texas Department of Molecular Bioscience and co-author of the study.

The effectiveness of these antibodies, called VHH-72, has been proven in laboratory cultures, and researchers are now focusing on studying their effects in laboratory animals. If these tests prove conclusive then scientists could receive the necessary approvals to start human testing.

Single-Antibodies Fusion explained Free Full-Text MDPI

"Vaccines should be given a month or two before infection to provide protection," said Dr. McLellan. "In the case of antibody therapies, we administer protective antibodies directly to a patient and thus, immediately after treatment, they should be protected. Antibodies could also be used to treat someone who is already ill to reduce the severity of the disease, ” he added.

Structural Basis for Potent Neutralization of Betacoronaviruses ScienceDirect.com

Scientists explain that when faced with an infection, the immune system of the lamellae produces two types of antibodies: one of them is similar to those produced by the human immune system and a type of small antibody, VHH- 72. The latter have only a quarter of the former and, in theory, could be administered with an inhaler. Scientists believe that such a method of administration could be extremely effective because it "directly" attacks the site of infection.



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The study was published in Cell.