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AI could pose pandemic-scale biosecurity risks. Here’s how to make it safer
Artificial-intelligence models are able to translate an experimental method into code that runs a liquid-handling robot.Credit: Getty Since…
Common genetic variants contribute more to rare diseases than previously thought
Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03554-4 In rare diseases, rare mutations have long been thought of as…
Your friends shape your microbiome — and so do their friends
Friends share more than just food when they dine together.Credit: Getty A shared meal, a kiss on the…
Health of people who are displaced in their own countries is a neglected global crisis
By the end of 2023, there were around 43 million refugees globally. But many more — roughly 68…
Is it really a sin if it’s hardwired in? The neurological basis for ‘bad’ behaviour
Seven Deadly Sins: The Biology of Being Human Guy Leschziner William Collins (2024) There is no food in…
Resistance to crucial malaria drug detected in severely ill kids in Africa
A child in Amuria, Uganda, is treated for malaria.Credit: Jake Lyell/Alamy Scientists have detected resistance to artemisinin, a…
How understudied endometriosis causes pain for hundreds of millions of women
Many women live with endometriosis but scientists say research into the condition is underfunded.Credit: GARO/PHANIE/Science Photo Library Pain-sensing…
How does overeating lead to diabetes? A surge of neurotransmitters
Eating a high-fat diet is a risk factor for diabetes.Credit: Cate Gillon/Getty People with obesity are ten times…
Monkeypox virus keeps getting better at spreading among humans
The monkeypox virus (particles shown in this coloured electron micrograph) is evolving.Credit: CDC/Science Photo Library Yet another strain…
‘Poo milkshake’ boosts the microbiome of c-section babies
The route of birth — c-section or vaginal — can have an effect on an infant’s microbiome.Credit: Jordi…