A PROPOSED MOLECULAR MECHANISM FOR PATHOGENESIS OF SEVERE RNA-VIRAL PULMONARY INFECTIONS [VERSION 1; PEER REVIEW: 2 APPROVED]

A proposed molecular mechanism for pathogenesis of severe RNA-viral pulmonary infections [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Background: Certain riboviruses can cause severe pulmonary complications leading to death in some infected patients.We propose that DNA damage induced-apoptosis accelerates viral release, triggered by depletion of host RNA binding proteins (RBPs) from nuclear RNA bound to replicating viral sequences.Methods: Information theory-based analysis of int

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Continuing the Conversation on the Chilean Student Movement

This current article is an interview made with Francisco Figueroa.Francisco is a Chilean university student who was Vice-President of Student Federation from University of Chile between 2010 and 2011.He, like other students, Gel Polish was leading the mass student demonstrations in 2011 who demanded a radical reform of the Chilean education system.

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