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This 👇. The whole point of Wagner being a ‘private military company’ was to create distance between their actions and the Russian state. Here, (in his appeal to end the rift), the dpty head of Russia’s military intel says he’s worked with Wagner since day 1. ICC red carpet.
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Hard to understate how insane this is. Rostov has over a million people, Russia's 11th most populated city and a military hub. It's like disgruntled Blackwater vets seizing San Diego against little to no resistance.
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There's something incredibly symbolic about the return of lend lease - last used to help the UK and the Soviet Union defeat German fascism - now being used to help Ukraine defeat the Russian version.
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Protein structure people - genuine question: Some of the AlphaFold2 RMSD numbers look to be well below experimental precision. That doesn't seem possible to do, but is there a good explanation for why? variance?
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Publication by Matt Hudson in Molecules. Fairly straight forward showing that the CANDO shotgun drug discovery platform is generalisable to any approach for interaction calculations including the physics based one embodied in the popular program Vina: mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/9/2581…
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Dr. Aaron Klug, a Nobel laureate who died at 92, was a “giant of 20th-century molecular biology." the head of the Royal Society in Britain said. nyti.ms/2E6J0oe
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#EbolaVaccination update: Vaccination going on well. As of 25th November, 1175 health workers in the 3 districts of Kasese, Ntoroko & Bundibugyo have been vaccinated. On Tuesday 27th November, the vaccination team will move to the 4th district (Kabarole). #Uganda
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2. I've nothing but respect & gratitude for the people on the ground trying to stop #Ebola in North Kivu. But this isn't going well. There were 45 cases this week (Nov. 18-24). In Sept. there were some weeks with <10 cases. The longer this burns, the harder it will be to stop.
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2. I wrote about the #Ebola drugs clinical trial earlier this month. It will test the 4 drugs; there will not be a placebo arm. If patients refuse to participate, they'll get supportive care (which is the standard of care), it seems. statnews.com/2018/11/12/a-pi…
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The clinical trial of experimental #Ebola therapies began this week in DRC, @MinSanteRDC of health announced this week. At present only 3 of the 4 therapies has been administered in the trial. The 4th will be added. Press release here: translate.google.com/transla…
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A new #Ebola Situation Report is out. Some Ebola by the numbers:
— 145 patients have received an experimental therapy.
— 6 field labs are in place in North Kivu & Ituri.
— +3,000 samples have been tested by those labs.
— 5870 doses of Ebola vaccine are in Beni.
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2. More #Ebola by the numbers:
— 62% of cases are women.
— 14 health zones have reported cases.
— 5 days is how long a rapid test for corpses has been in use.
— 8 months is how long this outbreak has likely been underway. Cases now date back to late April.
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5. Last thing: Every time there's a violent incident in North Kivu — where sadly violence is too common — the virus gets a bit of an edge on the people trying to stop it. Sunday's violence at Beni halted vaccination Monday & impeded contact surveillance. Ebola in a war zone.
Follow: @HelenBranswell , @MinSanteRDC , @PeteSalama for better 1st and 2nd hand reporting on this dire situation