Banana protein could be a universal remedy against coronaviruses

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With a modified protein from bananas, a kind of universal agent against coronaviruses, such as the Sars-CoV-2 pathogen, could be in hand in the future. The compound, called “H84T-BanLec,” can attach itself to unique structures frequently found in flu viruses but not in healthy body cells. A research team with Austrian participation now presented promising data from animal models. Coronaviruses carry complex sugar- vulgo carbohydrate compounds – so-called mannose-rich glycans – on their surface. This is also the case with the spike protein of the Sars-CoV-2 pathogen. Lectins are proteins…

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The coming week will be sunny and mild again

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After the fantastic weekend, sunny and exceptionally mild weather is coming back to Austria. Already on Tuesday, sunshine is back on the daily schedule. Up to 18 degrees are expected. On Monday, a few scattered residual clouds will appear in the northern foothills of the Alps. Otherwise, the wind will blow mostly weakly. Early temperatures will reach up to 8 degrees. During the day, temperatures will range between 9 and 16 degrees. A highly mild southwesterly current moves over all of Austria on Tuesday. This will be accompanied by mostly…

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The city of Vienna unlocks 270 monkeypox vaccination dates

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Another 250 monkeypox vaccination dates were unlocked by the City of Vienna over the weekend. Monkeypox cases in Vienna are on the riseAfter all previous monkeypox vaccination dates were booked entirely, the city of Vienna has requested and already received additional vaccine quotas from the federal government. With the vaccine doses received so far, around 2,100 people can be preventively vaccinated against monkeypox by the end of the year. There is still too little vaccine available to work through the entire waiting list. Approximately 1,856 people in Vienna have received…

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Warning of further rise in electricity costs

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On Friday, the Chamber of Labor (AK) warned of another rise in electricity costs that could be prevented. As is the case every year, the regulation that determines the costs for the electricity grid is currently being amended. This threatens to increase grid costs by around 36 percent, or a reasonable 100 euros annually, for electricity consumption of 3,500 kWh. According to the AK, this could be prevented with the law instead of an amendment to the ordinance without causing any damage to the network operators. AK warns of a…

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Higher Covid numbers: Even 1 degree makes the difference

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According to experts, the further development of the infectious event depends on three factors: Seasonal influences, immunization, and variants. The Corona numbers are currently stable, but this is probably due to the unseasonably mild weather. That the wave will come is certain – the only question is when. In its current report, the Gecko Commission sees further development as dependent on three main factors: Seasonal influences, immunization of the population, and emerging variants. According to the report, modeling work from recent years would suggest that the timing and intensity of…

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Access to citizenship becomes easier

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The Viennese SPÖ now wants to make access to citizenship easier, especially for people with lower wages. A corresponding decision was made on Saturday in the so-called “Vienna Conference.” The reason for precisely this target group is that it often fails due to financial hurdles. A shorter waiting period is also conceivable for Michael Ludwig (SPÖ). ÖVP and FPÖ are outraged. Ludwig wants to “incorporate the social idea” in citizenship, as he puts it. He said that one in five people in Austria and one in three in Vienna are…

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Filipino Nurses for Liebenau, Austria

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GMUNDEN, STADL PAURA – after a year of taking bureaucratic hurdles, the time has come: All seven candidates received one “Red-White-Red card “as skilled nurses are now allowed to work at the Liebenau in Upper Austria. After they arrived in Vienna at the beginning of October, representatives of the Austrian Economic Chambers warmly welcomed them as well as the Philippine Embassy, followed by a ceremonial welcome from the staff of Gmunden and Stadl-Paura. Qualified and professionally experienced “We are very pleased to be the first employer accredited in the Philippines…

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Study: adapted Corona vaccine more effective against omicron

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According to company data, the booster with Biontech and Pfizer’s Corona vaccine adapted to BA.4/BA.5 is significantly more effective against the Omicron variant than the original vaccine. New data from an ongoing clinical trial showed an increase in neutralizing antibodies in the over-55 age group of about fourfold compared to people vaccinated with Biontech/Pfizer’s original Corona vaccine. Study on booster vaccination with Corona vaccine adapted to BA.4/BA.5Both measurements were reportedly obtained one month after the booster. Compared with the values before booster vaccination, a 9.5-fold increase in so-called antibody titers…

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Study: Coffee could protect against Covid-19 infection

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Could consuming a cup of coffee be an effective way to protect against infection with the Coronavirus? What has not yet been proven in practice is at least plausible from the point of view of chemical and biochemical research. This is the conclusion reached – appropriately enough – by a research team from Jacobs University Bremen. The team led by chemists Nikolai Kuhnert, Dorothea Schmidt, and Nicholas Ohl was able to show experimentally – i.e., in the laboratory – that the chemical compound 5-caffeoylquinic acid (trivial name chlorogenic acid), which…

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