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Mega-Farms Are Driving the Threat of Bird Flu
In the West, where herds of thousands of cattle are common, researchers are seeing cases rise at poultry…
Making kidney tests work for everyone
A 2022 regional study found that creatinine is an inadequate biomarker for kidney function in people in South…
Constraint reveals the mitochondrial genome sites most important for health and disease
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 11 December 2024 Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the part of the genome found in mitochondria, the…
Lipid-delivery system could treat life-threatening pregnancy complication
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03853-w Pre-eclampsia is a common and dangerous pregnancy-related illness. Using tiny lipid…
How fast is your brain ageing? Proteins in blood offer clues
Magnetic resonance imaging scans showing the brain of a 25-year-old (left) and a 74-year-old (right).Credit: Zephyr/Science Photo Library…
This doctor raised the alarm about a deadly mpox outbreak that went global
Early this year, cases of mpox erupted across Central Africa, killing hundreds. Seeing the events unfold so soon…
A Mysterious Respiratory Disease Has the Democratic Republic of the Congo on High Alert
Deaths in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from an as-yet unidentified disease are continuing…
Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID
Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli has presented evidence that her lab has not worked with close relatives of SARS-CoV-2.Credit:…
What is ageing? Even the field’s researchers can’t agree
When ageing begins is one of many questions researchers cannot agree on.Credit: mrPliskin/iStock via Getty Researchers studying ageing…
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…