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Jennifer S Martin, senior leadership adviser1, Sidra Irfan, Pakistan correspondent2, Hanne Genyn, global health strategy consultant and climate activist3, Kristof…

Attention has been focused on avian influenza virus H5N1 in the past few years, but scientists are concerned about the…

Cadaver dogs can pick up the distinct scent of human corpses from a pile of rubble or deep underground. With…

Ultra-runners face a limit on how much energy they can expend.Credit: Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP via GettyThe human body has a ‘metabolic…

mRNA molecule, illustration. [Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images] In RNA molecules, the 5′ untranslated region (UTR) is located directly upstream of the…

Camarillo-Guerrero, L. F., Almeida, A., Rangel-Pineros, G., Finn, R. D. & Lawley, T. D. Massive expansion of human gut bacteriophage…

Credit: MedicalRF.com / Getty Images Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed embryo-like structures that mimic aspects of early…

Phages (blue) replicating inside a bacterial pathogen. [Wildpixel/Getty Images] Although it well known that the human gut contains a large…

Our cells are continually being exposed to environmental assaults. For instance, skin is exposed to pollutants and UV radiation. Our…

Credit: Andrew Brookes / Getty Images Blood protein profiles for dozens of diseases have been released in an open-access, online…