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December 30st, 2020

Fight on Facebook about the corona vaccine. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Conspiracy theories don't make sense but they fulfill a basic human need that needs to be addressed

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And while experts can't always provide the uncompromising certainty people crave, friendly, accessible scientific communication can help educate conspiracy theorists and satisfy the human desire for knowledge and understanding.
mRNA vaccines developed against the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: shutterstock

Nature: Science in 2020 under the sign of the Corona virus for better or worse

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"Despite the disruptions that the corona virus creates in all areas of life - it seems that in the field of virus research there has been a very rapid progress, as has not been the case with any other virus so far" said in the article summarizing the year of one of the important scientific journals
3. In the diagram: on the left: the vaccines. mRNA vaccines are based on introducing artificial mRNA into cells so that it will serve as a template for building the viral protein that will activate the immune system. Shortly after the entry of the mRNA molecules into the cell, they begin to initiate the production of the immune proteins required by the cell. mRNA contains several chemical changes, which improve its activity in the cell. Right: the natural mechanism. The study published in Nucleic Acids Research shows how similar chemical modifications, naturally present in mRNA, serve as binding sites for regulatory factors. This link affects the activity of the ribosome and thus enables the production of proteins in more precise quantities and in accordance with the needs of the organism.

Dynamic, sophisticated and sensitive to the environment: this is how the mRNA formulates its instructions to the ribosome

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Aardvark - African anteater. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The African anteater forced to change hours of operation due to environmental stress

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Although it is a common animal, it was difficult to see it active during daily trips, since during the day it hides in burrows and only goes out to look for food at night, at least it was until recent years when there are more and more sightings of hardwork activity during the day, mainly in hot and dry areas
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