A FACTOR H-FC FUSION PROTEIN INCREASES COMPLEMENT-MEDIATED OPSONOPHAGOCYTOSIS AND KILLING OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS.

Staphylococcus aureus employs a multitude of immune-evasive tactics to circumvent host defenses including the complement system, a component of innate immunity central to controlling bacterial infections.With antibiotic resistance becoming increasingly common, there is a dire need for novel therapies.Previously, we have shown that S.aureus binds th

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are detrimental to well-being, but gender-specific data in Arab countries is scarce.We explored gender differences in prevalence and associations of ACEs with psychological distress and feeling unsafe among Qatari adolescents using a 2017 national cross-sectional survey of 836 students (412 boys and 424 girls) f

Since Max Weber’s ground-breaking study, The Protestant Ethic, and the Spirit of Capitalism, it has become something of a scholarly trope to treat the rise of secular modernity and the formation of Quakerism as going readily together.In an effort to dismantle this habitual interpretation of Quaker history, this article posits the existence of