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Standardisation of inactivated influenza vaccines – learning from history

Abstract The single radial immunodiffusion assay has been the accepted method for determining the potency of inactivated influenza vaccines since 1978. The world‐wide adoption of this assay for vaccine standardisation was facilitated through collaborative studies that demonstrated a high ... mehr

1918 pandemic morbidity: the first wave hits the poor, the second wave hits the rich

Abstract Background Whether morbidity from the 1918‐19 influenza pandemic discriminated by socioeconomic status has remained a subject of debate for 100 years. In lack of data to study this issue recent literature have hypothesized that morbidity was “socially neutral”. Objectives ... mehr

The unfolding landscape of the congenital myasthenic syndromes

Abstract Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) are heterogeneous disorders in which the safety margin of neuromuscular transmission is impaired by one or more specific mechanisms. Since the advent of next‐generation sequencing methods, the discovery of novel CMS targets and phenotypes ha ... mehr

Kann Kaffee vor Gebärmutterkrebs schützen?

Ein höherer Kaffeekonsum steht in Zusammenhang mit einem geringeren Risiko für Gebärmutterkrebs, einer Krebsart, die in der Gebärmutterschleimhaut entsteht, so das Ergebnis einer Analyse einschlägiger, bisher veröffentlichter Studien. Außerdem bietet koffeinhaltiger Kaffee möglicherweise ei ... mehr