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The UK is set to begin a pilot offering eligible patients smaller but equally effective doses of the vaccine used for the UK’s monkeypox outbreak, stretching existing supplies to protect more people.

In a new study, researchers have found that strong facial similarities are associated with shared genetic variants and lifestyle traits. The findings are published in the journal Cell Reports.

According to a study, herbal medicine containing ginger, pepper, ginseng and maltose reduced the severity of colitis in lab mice.

Scientists describe a more palatable way to take a bacterial compound that has shown promise against allergic reactions.

Researchers have developed a new quantitative RT-qPCR assay that is able to detect the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater.

Likely to survive in the oral cavity, bacteria evolved to divide along their longitudinal axis without parting from one another, forming caterpillar-like bacteria.

A controlled trial suggests that these non-nutritive sweeteners affect the human gut microbes and may alter glucose metabolism; the effects vary greatly among individuals.

mRNA vaccinations against COVID-19 are safe and reduce hospitalization in those with heart failure, according to a new study.

The flash of lightning and the dance of auroras contain a fourth state of matter known as plasma, which researchers have harnessed to produce a gas that may activate plant immunity against wide-spread diseases.

Scientists devise novel methods in their microfluidic technology to produce optimized platforms for tissue and disease modeling.