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Genome dynamics across the evolutionary transition to endosymbiosis

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By Stefanos Siozios, Crystal Frost, Steven R. Parratt, Graeme Taylor
| Cell Press Verified
Keywords Endosymbiosis vertical transmission genome evolution genome expansion Arsenophonus mobile genetic elements prophages CRISPR-Cas defense Introduction Animals live in a microbial world. Their interactions with microbes range from antagonism, involving pathogenic symbionts, to mutualism, involving beneficial symbionts, with evolutionary transitions occurring commonly between these states1,2.
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California’s Pharmacy Board Is Actively Endangering Californians: A Patient’s Perspective

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By Crystal Frost
| California Globe Verified
In 2019, Governor Newsom signed a bill (Assembly Bill 973) into law that opened the floodgates for the California State Board of Pharmacy (BOP) to regulate compounding pharmacies out of existence—particularly the highly specialized sterile compounding pharmacies, of which only 18 remain in the state. The latest proposed regulations will worsen things, and as a patient who depends on these pharmacies, I am horrified.
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Help Protect Californians' Access to Glutathione, Vitamin B12, and Other Sterile Compounds

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By Crystal Frost
| Change.org
On September 12*, The California State Board of Pharmacy is expected to vote to eliminate access to safe and critical Category 1 substances like methylcobalamin (a form of vitamin B12) and glutathione infusions, relied upon by some of California’s most vulnerable populations, including chronic illness sufferers, cancer patients and firefighters.
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