A small group of antibodies in your blood stays the same for years, even after vaccines. These stable antibodies create a unique and personal immune 'fingerprint' that barely changes over time. The discovery helps explain how long-term immunity works.
A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able to bind to human receptors.
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The future of quantum computing largely depends on its integration with classical computing. Computer scientist Nishant Saurabh is developing quantum middleware to bridge these two worlds, enabling efficient interaction between quantum and classical computing.
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Utrecht University has appointed Bas van Steensel as Special Professor of Chromosome Biology. Van Steensel will lead fundamental research into how chromosomes function and how genetic information is expressed in our bodies.
