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Ben Royce 🇺🇦

@gocu54 @weyoun6

nick:

you agreed #healthcare as #profit is wrong, bless you

you appreciated how #plutocracy (not #capitalism) corrupts the legislative process to continue being a rent seeking #parasite- not a #freeMarket

since we agree here, you need to take the final step with us:

where peaceful change to stop suffering and death for profit is blocked

then #luigi is *inevitable*

you don't have to embrace him

but you must accept him

because luigi is the symptom, not the root problem

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libramoon

whowhatwhere.substack.com/p/th

The #Sociology of the #Parasite #Class
#Historical Roots
Mark Emery

..."Throughout history, the emergence of a parasite class has often been met with #resistance. Whether through organized labor movements, political revolutions, or cultural rebellions, those who are exploited have sought to challenge the power of the parasite class and create a more #equitable #society.

Class Consciousness: One of the most potent forms of resistance comes from the developm."...

Who, what, where am I? · The Sociology of the Parasite ClassBy Mark Emery
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2tout2rien

🦗🍄 Le côté sombre de la nature avec cette sauterelle parasitée par un champignon.
Paraisaria est un genre de champignons de la famille des Ophiocordycipitaceae. Le champignon maintient l'hôte en vie le plus longtemps possible et pousse la sauterelle à grimper jusqu'à un perchoir exposé et proéminent où les spores sont libérées.🌿✨
Une scène à la fois belle et terrifiante. 🧬🔬💚
📷Alan Rockefeller
#nature #parasite #champignons #écosystèmes

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Tim Downing

"Genetic coping mechanisms observed in Leishmania tropica, from the Middle East region, enhance the survival of the parasite after drug exposure" journals.plos.org/plosone/arti #genomics #parasite #evolution #adaptation #heterozygosity

journals.plos.orgGenetic coping mechanisms observed in Leishmania tropica, from the Middle East region, enhance the survival of the parasite after drug exposureIntroduction Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L. tropica is common in the Middle East and treatment failure and drug resistance are known to occur. Several genetic mechanisms: aneuploidy, recombination and loss of heterozygosity, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) changes, copy number variation (CNV), and mutation of the H locus associated with drug resistance have been described. Materials and methods We studied SNP and CNV patterns in 22 isolates of L. tropica from Afghanistan, Iran and Syria in a geographic, phylogenetic and antimony exposure context. Results A high SNP frequency was observed in isolates from Syria on chromosome 23, including the H locus, linked to different ancestry at that chromosome segment. Among the isolates from Afghanistan and Iran, an elevated frequency of nonsynonymous SNPs was observed on several chromosomes. Changes in CNV patterns were seen in isolates exposed to drug pressure, especially for the ferric iron reductase gene. Expanded genes were categorised into five functional categories: translational elongation, mitochondrial transmembrane transport, positive regulation of cellular component organisation, response to stimulus and response to hypoxia. No CNV was identified at the H locus, the MAPK1 gene, the APQ1 gene, nor chromosomes 23, 31 or 36 regardless of previous antimonial exposure. Discussion In our study, Leishmania tropica had a jump in the nonsynonymous SNP rates at chromosome 23, including the H locus. CNV was observed among isolates exposed to antimonials, especially involving the gene encoding a ferric iron reductase. Several essential genetic coping mechanisms in the cell were enhanced when exposed to antimony, possibly for the survival of the parasite. Our work supports the perspective that Leishmania uses several mechanisms to adapt to environmental changes and drug exposure.
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