Ethiopia Health News API

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            "title": "How Does Marburg Virus Infect Human Cells?",
            "description": "Researchers identify how Marburg virus can efficiently infect human cells, using cryo-EM to demonstrate entry.",
            "content": "Original story from the University of Minnesota (MN, USA).\nThe characteristics of the protein that allows Marburg virus to enter human cells so efficiently – 300 times more efficiently than Ebola – have been identified.\nUniversity of Minnesota (MN, U... [2110 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.biotechniques.com/microbiology/how-does-marburg-virus-enter-cells-so-efficiently/",
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                "name": "BioTechniques",
                "url": "https://www.biotechniques.com"
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            "title": "Pharmaceutical companies move away from horseshoe crab biomedical testing",
            "description": "Environmental science and conservation news",
            "content": "Horseshoe crabs were crawling along the shallow sandy bottoms of Earth’s oceans 200 million years before the first dinosaurs came on the scene. But some populations have declined dramatically with the rise of humans, raising concerns they may be head... [2439 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/pharmaceutical-companies-move-away-from-horseshoe-crab-biomedical-testing/",
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            "title": "Establishment of a rapid Brucella detection method based on MCDA-CRISPR dual signal amplification system for reducing transfusion-transmitted diseases",
            "description": "Brucellosis is a common zoonotic disease caused by Brucella and remains a globally concerning public health issue. Timely and effective detection methods are crucial for clinical diagnosis. We developed a novel Brucella detection platform (MCDA-CRISPR) by integrating multiple cross displacement amplification (MCDA) with a CRISPR-Cas12a-based biosensing system, and preliminarily applied it for the first time to screen for Brucella in voluntary blood donors from Xinjiang, China. This technology enables amplification under isothermal conditions at 64 °C using only a water bath, requires no specialized equipment, and completes detection within 60 min. Amplification products can be directly visualized under UV light without complex interpretation. Performance results demonstrated a minimum detection limit of 1 fg/μL for Brucella DNA, making the method 100 times more sensitive than conventional PCR. The assay showed 100% specificity for Brucella detection with no cross-reactivity to non-Brucella pathogens. The assay could also detect Brucella in blood donors samples and showed the same sensitivity and specificity as the culture method. The assay is a visual, sensitive, and highly specific detection technique. When applied to routine blood transfusion screening in areas with high prevalence of brucellosis, such as Xinjiang, can effectively reduce the risk of transfusion-transmitted brucellosis, and hold broad application prospects in resource-limited primary or field testing scenarios.",
            "content": "Wen, X., Wang, Y. & Shao, Z. The spatiotemporal trend of human brucellosis in China and driving factors using interpretability analysis. Sci. Rep. 14(1), 4880. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55034-4 (2024).\nWang, H. et al. Natural history of and ... [7295 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-43610-9?error=cookies_not_supported&code=86dda007-6c63-49c6-a445-8269daa591c3",
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