News at a glance: RSV vaccine, scientific advisory panels, and a biodiversity hot spot at risk

In Focus The nervous system of a juvenile bat star ( Patiria miniata ) is highlighted in the first place image in Olympus’s annual competition in life science light microscopy. Laurent Formery of the University of California, Berkeley, recorded the image after staining the animal, about 1 centimeter wide, using an antibody that binds to acetylated microtubules, structures that govern the growth of neurons. Images of echinoderms and other marine invertebrates “help communicate how much beauty we have in our oceans,” Formery says, “and why it is important to know more about them and protect them.” LAURENT FORMERY/EVIDENT PUBLIC HEALTH RSV shot during pregnancy OK’d The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week approved a vaccine given to pregnant people to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The virus causes severe lung infections that are the leading cause of U.S. infant hospitalizations. Pregnant people who receive the vaccine, called Abrysvo and made by Pfizer, can pass protective antibodies to their fetuses before birth. In July, FDA approved another tool against RSV, the monoclonal antibody nirsevimab (Beyfortus), made by AstraZeneca, which is given during the first year of life. RESEARCH INTEGRITY Physicist faces new scrutiny Accusations of misconduct are piling up against Ranga Dias, the Unive...
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