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  • Machine learning model to predict virus reservoirs

    Machine learning model to predict virus reservoirs

    A new artificial intelligence tool could aid in limiting or even prevent pandemics by identifying animal species that may harbor and spread viruses capable of infecting humans.

    Created by Washington State University researchers, the machine learning model analyzes host characteristics and virus genetics to identify potential animal reservoirs and geographic areas where new outbreaks are more likely to occur. The model focuses on orthopoxviruses — which includes the viruses that cause…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • Common anticancer drugs may offer new hope to PTEN Hamartoma Tumour Syndrome patients

    Common anticancer drugs may offer new hope to PTEN Hamartoma Tumour Syndrome patients

    During development, cells grow, expand, and migrate to generate tissues and organs in a highly controlled manner. Many intracellular pathways — series of signalling cascades within a cell — regulate these actions to avoid non-programmed growth that could lead to malformations or cancer. One of these pathways is the PTEN / PI3K axis, a complex series of perfectly balanced chemical reactions.

    Mutations in the PTEN gene usually result in the overactivation of PI3K and the imbalance of the…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • ‘It’s not the time to be afraid anymore’ Columbia students fight back against deportation threats – Mondoweiss

    ‘It’s not the time to be afraid anymore’ Columbia students fight back against deportation threats – Mondoweiss

    Hundreds of Columbia students gathered frantically on Tuesday, March 25 in a cathedral near campus for an emergency union meeting, debating how to respond against what they described as the university administration’s “concessions to fascism.” 

    The uproar ignited on March 9, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate and student activist Mahmoud Khalil at his home without a judicial warrant. Federal authorities claimed to…

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    News Source: mondoweiss.net

  • Meet Eli Sharvit, Trump critic and Netanyahu's outsider nominee to lead Shin Bet

    Meet Eli Sharvit, Trump critic and Netanyahu's outsider nominee to lead Shin Bet

    In a surprise move, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated former Israeli naval commander Eli Sharvit to become Shin Bet chief despite his lack of intelligence experience.

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • My sister was the joy of every Eid. Now she is gone | Israel-Palestine conflict

    My sister was the joy of every Eid. Now she is gone | Israel-Palestine conflict

    Eid al-Fitr is supposed to be a time filled with joy and celebration. Children should be running around in new clothes, laughing, collecting Eidiya (Eid money the grown-ups distribute) and visiting relatives.

    Homes should be filled with the aroma of maamoul and kaak, the traditional Eid cookies, and streets should be alive with gatherings and celebration.

    But in Gaza, this is a time of grief. The air is thick with dust from the rubble of destroyed buildings, and the sound of bombardments…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Top aide to Israel’s Netanyahu arrested in ‘Qatargate’ probe

    Top aide to Israel’s Netanyahu arrested in ‘Qatargate’ probe

    Israeli police announced on Monday the arrest of two individuals, one of whom was confirmed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party as a senior aide to the long-serving leader.

    Israeli media identified the two men as Yonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein, both reportedly aides to the prime minister and allegedly linked to what has been dubbed locally as the “Qatargate Affair.”

    The arrests ratchet up political tensions in the country, where the government is trying to fire both the…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Israel’s Netanyahu slams Qatargate probe as ‘political witch hunt’

    Israel’s Netanyahu slams Qatargate probe as ‘political witch hunt’

    Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified Monday in a probe involving alleged payments from Qatar to some of his aides, an investigation he denounced as politically motivated.

    Israeli police arrested the prime minister’s two long-serving aides, Yonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein earlier on Monday, for their alleged involvement in the case local media have dubbed “Qatargate”.

    The arrests ratchet up political tensions in the country, where the government is trying to fire both the…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • ‘Clearing the Camps’ – WSJ Exposes Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of Jenin Refugee Camp

    ‘Clearing the Camps’ – WSJ Exposes Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of Jenin Refugee Camp

    Israeli occupation forces forcibly evicted Palestinians from Jenin. (Photo: via social media, Eye on Palestine)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    According to the Wall Street Journal, Israel has “never tried anything like what it is doing now: clearing the camps entirely.”

    The Israeli army’s aggressive incursion into the occupied West Bank’s refugee camp of Jenin has resulted in the camp being emptied of Palestinians and much of its roads reduced to rubble as the occupation…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • Morocco's economic growth slows as drought, locusts deplete farmland

    Morocco's economic growth slows as drought, locusts deplete farmland

    The North African country is grappling with a sixth year of drought, the longest in Morocco’s modern history.

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • In photos: Muslims celebrate Eid el-Fitr across the Middle East

    In photos: Muslims celebrate Eid el-Fitr across the Middle East

    Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Yemen, Palestine, Sudan, Turkey and Lebanon celebrated the first day of Eid al-Fitr on Sunday. 

    Cairo came to a near halt on Monday as Egyptians gathered to perform prayers. Following the prayers, thousands in Cairo and other Egyptian governorates held demonstrations against the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza.   

    Muslims perform the morning prayer in front of the Al-Aqsa Mosque at the start of the Eid al-Fitr, in…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com