A jab for pregnant people that also protects their newborns is under review by the FDA. RSV is also dangerous for babies, who are harder to vaccinate because their immune systems are immature. The disease is usually mild, but it kills or hospitalizes tens of thousands of people over 65 in the United States every year. Arexvy is the first RSV vaccine to gain approval anywhere in the world. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GSK’s vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) for use in people aged 60 years and older. Reference: Nature paper or try the very readable Research Briefing summary by co-author Marie Soressi (Nature | 6 min read, Nature paywall) World’s first RSV vaccine approved Read an in-depth analysis of the research “It’s almost like you open a time travel machine,” says study co-author Elena Essel. The woman was a member of our own species, Homo sapiens, and had north Eurasian ancestry. To glean details about who made or wore the pendant, researchers coaxed DNA from inside pores of the tooth - without damaging the priceless item - then compared the genetic sequences with other sets of ancient DNA. Scientists unearthed the pendant in Denisova Cave in Siberia, Russia, which was once home to several ancient human species, including the Denisovans. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Ancient DNA gleaned from necklaceĪ woman who held a deer-tooth pendant some 20,000 years ago left her genetic calling card on the ancient treasure. Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here.ĭNA analysis shows that this pendant, which might have hung from a necklace, was made of the tooth of a wapiti ( Cervus canadensis).
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