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  • Internal Communications Manager, American Museum of Natural History
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Glycerol metabolism triggers trypanosome differentiation into transmissible forms in mammalian tissue-like conditions

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By Mohammad El Kadri, Fabien Guegan, Parul Sharma, Estefanía Álvarez, Erika Gómez Pineda, Pauline Morand, Jean-William Dupuy, Nicolas Plazolles, Edern Cahoreau, Marc Biran, Michael Barrett, Luisa M. Figueiredo, Brice Rotureau, Frédéric Bringaud, Justine Escard, Aline Rimoldi
| Nature Verified
Abstract In the mammalian host, Trypanosoma brucei proliferates as slender bloodstream forms before undergoing quorum-sensing (QS)-dependent differentiation into non-dividing transmissible stumpy-QS forms, a process that both controls parasitaemia and enables transmission to the tsetse fly. However, this model does not explain how transmission occurs in chronically infected patients and cattle, where parasite densities are often too low to trigger QS-mediated differentiation.
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Trump’s Caribbean doctrine needs ports, power and capital

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By Michael Barrett
| Washington Times Verified
OPINION: The 51st Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community last week focused on unity, finance, security and crime, but the subject hanging over every session went largely unnamed: Washington. In 18 months, the Trump administration has reasserted American dominance in this hemisphere more forcefully than any other government since President Ronald Reagan. Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro was removed from Caracas in January.
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Today in Denmark: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday

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By Michael Barrett
| The Local (Denmark) Verified
Election ends with no clear winner Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats came out on top in the general election on Tuesday, but neither the left nor right bloc gained an overall majority. That means coalition talks lie ahead. The ‘red’ bloc of left-leaning parties, including the Social Democrats, ended on 84 seats in the 179-seat parliament with the right on 78, with 90 seats needed for a majority.
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