A novel in vitro model to study prolonged Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in the cystic fibrosis bronchial epithelium.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is known to chronically infect airways of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) by early adulthood.PA infections can lead to increased airway inflammation and lung tissue damage, ultimately contributing to decreased lung function and quality of life.Existing models of PA infection in vitro commonly utilize 1-6-hour time cours

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Metamasius hemipterus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Dryophthorinae) on a hand of bananas in Greece

A dead individual of Metamasius hemipterus (Linnaeus, 1758) was collected by a citizen scientist in Athens, Greece from a hand of imported bananas.The equatorial origin of the opi the color that keeps on giving fruit as well as the extensive growth of a fungus on the specimen, both suggest an unintentional introduction as a contaminant.Nevertheless

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