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Arturo Casadevall
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Publications - 1102
Citations - 64622
Arturo Casadevall is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cryptococcus neoformans & Antibody. The author has an hindex of 120, co-authored 980 publications receiving 55001 citations. Previous affiliations of Arturo Casadevall include Long Island University & University of Nevada, Reno.
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Misconduct accounts for the majority of retracted scientific publications
TL;DR: A detailed review of all 2,047 biomedical and life-science research articles indexed by PubMed as retracted on May 3, 2012 revealed that only 21.3% of retractions were attributable to error, compared with 67.4% attributable to misconduct, including fraud or suspected fraud, duplicate publication, and plagiarism.
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Through the wall: extracellular vesicles in Gram-positive bacteria, mycobacteria and fungi
TL;DR: The current status of vesiculogenesis research in thick-walled microorganisms is described and the cargo and functions associated with EVs in these species are discussed.
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The convalescent sera option for containing COVID-19.
TL;DR: The efforts in design and synthesis which led to submicromolar covalent inhibitors when the enzymatic activity of the viral protease was used as a screening platform are reported.
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Deployment of convalescent plasma for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19.
Evan M. Bloch,Shmuel Shoham,Arturo Casadevall,Bruce S. Sachais,Beth H. Shaz,Jeffrey L. Winters,Camille M. van Buskirk,Brenda J. Grossman,Michael J. Joyner,Jeffrey P. Henderson,Andrew Pekosz,Bryan Lau,Amy Wesolowski,Louis M. Katz,Hua Shan,Paul G. Auwaerter,David L. Thomas,David J. Sullivan,Nigel Paneth,Eric A. Gehrie,Steven L. Spitalnik,Eldad A. Hod,Lewis Pollack,Wayne T. Nicholson,Liise Anne Pirofski,Jeffrey A. Bailey,Aaron A.R. Tobian +26 more
TL;DR: An overview of convalescent plasma is provided, from evidence of benefit, regulatory considerations, logistical work flow and proposed clinical trials, as scale up is brought underway to mobilize this critical resource.
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Host-Pathogen Interactions: Redefining the Basic Concepts of Virulence and Pathogenicity
TL;DR: Historical concepts of microbial pathogenicity and virulence are reviewed, new definitions are proposed, and a classification system for microbial pathogens based on their ability to cause damage as a function of the host’s immune response is suggested.