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For the first time, researchers have used metagenomics sequencing to identify changes in gut bacteria and viruses that occur after spinal cord injuries (SCI) in mice.

Researchers have discovered how the parasites responsible for human African sleeping sickness produce sex cells.

Covid-19 patients who receive oxygen therapy or experience fever show reduced gray matter volume in the frontal-temporal network of the brain, according to a new study.

A chemical recently banned in firefighting by the New South Wales government has been found in the pups of endangered Australian sea lions and in Australian fur seals.

Researchers have mapped out the changes in metabolism that occur after a heart attack, publishing their findings in the open-access eLife journal.

A new Northwestern Medicine study of placentas from patients who received the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy found no evidence of injury, adding to the growing literature that COVID-19 vaccines are safe in pregnancy.

A new class of anti-cancer compounds that effectively kill liver and breast cancer cells has been discovered by scientists.

Researchers have generated a complete gene annotation of the SARS-CoV-2 genome after performing an extensive comparative genomics study.

Scientists have assessed various antigen-specific antibodies and have determined which of them had the strongest neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-2.

Scientists at UC San Francisco are learning how immune cells naturally clear the body of defunct – or senescent – cells that contribute to aging and many chronic diseases. Understanding this process may open new ways of treating age-related chronic diseases with immunotherapy.