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A new study has found that women’s health research remains disproportionately focused on the reproductive years - particularly on pregnancy – with few articles on the major causes of illness and death in women.

New research shows that distinct bacteria and metabolomes in the gut are associated with different personality traits.

In The BMJ, Mohga Kamal-Yanni, a consultant in global health policy and access to medicines, argues that the pandemic offers a chance for governments to retain control by sharing knowledge and waiving intellectual property rules.

Co-infection experiments with hepatitis C virus and hepatitis E virus have revealed that the HCV protein NS3/4A suppresses hepatitis E virus replication.

Two studies provide a radically new picture of how bacterial cells continually repair damaged sections (lesions) in their DNA.

A genetic sensor for blue light has been found to regulate oil synthesis in microalgae, which can be exploited to boost oil production for biofuels.

A new platform has been designed to deliver a universal influenza vaccine candidate to immune cells and the results in mice are suggesting that the immunization effectively protects against multiple flu strains.

Mycobacteria are known to cause tuberculosis and leprosy in humans and it has now been identified that they can bind to red blood cells and multiply extracellularly.

University of Liverpool scientists have taken a significant step towards unlocking the medical potential of a new class of potent antibiotic capable of killing "superbugs" including MRSA without detectable resistance.

Scientists have shown that responses to the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine differ significantly in individuals based on whether or not they were previously infected with SARS-CoV-2.