Incidental catch (bycatch) of sharks in commercial fisheries is driving global population declines. In this review we assess the efficacy of a comprehensive list of technical bycatch mitigation measures for all major commercial fishing gears. We structured our review around the three stages of capture where opportunities exist to mitigate bycatch: preventing capture; increasing escape probability; and decreasing at-vessel/post...

Microbes frequently exist as biofilm-embedded multi-species communities where their interactions may establish or exacerbate chronic infection. Recently, fungi and bacteria have been associated with various human tumor microenvironments, suggesting that dynamic cross-kingdom interactions may directly or indirectly contribute to tumor-associated processes. Here, we aimed to investigate whether cell-free supernatants from mono-...

Weiss-Kruszka syndrome (WSKA; OMIM 618619) is a rare autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental disorder caused by haploinsufficiency of ZNF462, a zinc-finger transcription factor involved in chromatin regulation and early embryonic development. WSKA is characterized by developmental delay, hypotonia, craniofacial dysmorphic features (around 8) and variable congenital anomalies. Genome-wide DNAm profiling was performed on periphera...

Pollen monitoring is crucial for understanding seasonal patterns, supporting allergy diagnosis and informing early warning tools to mitigate allergic diseases. The Southern Hemisphere lacks long-term pollen seasonal data, with extremely few records from Africa. We present pollen calendars based on five years of data from South Africa. Airborne pollen from 2019 to 2024 across South African biomes was collected in seven cities u...