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17 hours ago · BCG is a 100 year old vaccine that while preventing disseminated TB in children has limited effects on adult pulmonary disease. Interestingly, in addition to inducing adaptive immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, BCG vaccination has been demonstrated to display non-specific off target effects on tumor growth and is thought to reduce all-cause pediatric infections by promoting ...
17 hours ago · Definitions Definitions of literature have varied over time. In Western Europe, prior to the 18th century, literature denoted all books and writing. Literature can be seen as returning to older, more inclusive notions, so that cultural studies, for instance, include, in addition to canonical works, popular and minority genres. The word is also used in reference to non-written works: to "oral ...