Infectious diseases

A genetic disorder that causes immunodeficiency and susceptibility to opportunistic infections has been discovered

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An international consortium co-led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center immunologist Rubén Martínez-Parikart has discovered a new genetic disorder that causes immunodeficiency and a profound susceptibility to opportunistic infections including life-threatening fungal pneumonia. The discovery was reported Jan. 20 in the journal Nature Immunology, will help identify people who carry this innate immunity error (IEI). “Our … Read more

Here are the companies that laid off employees this year

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New York CNN – Just this week, Alphabet, Google’s parent company, Microsoft (MSFT) Vox Media announced layoffs Affecting more than 22,000 workers. Their moves follow the job cuts earlier this month At Amazon, Goldman Sachs, and Salesforce. It is expected that more companies will do the same as those that have hired aggressively over the … Read more