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Quadrivalent self-amplifying mRNA vaccines generate protective antibody and cell-mediated immunity to influenza
Self-amplifying mRNA is a promising platform for vaccine development, highlighted by our group's recent publication in npj Vaccines showing that a quadrivalent bicistronic sa-mRNA vaccine can generate protective immunity to both HA and NA from 4 influenza strains when formulated in a single vaccine.
Skin Tone Analysis for Representation in Educational Materials (STAR-ED)
Introducing an open-source AI tool that automatically, scalably, and accurately reports the distribution of skin types in a digital file of a medical textbook to flag inequities in the training of healthcare professionals.
Detecting changes and loss of smell during COVID-19 with Large Language Models
Reports in March 2020 suggested new loss of smell as one of the symptoms of COVID-19. We here implemented a method that could use a straightforward collection of written comments describing changes in smell perception to reveal characteristics and predict who was infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus