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Artificial Intelligence , Humans , Computer Simulation , Proteins/chemistry , Protein Engineering , Security MeasuresSubject(s)
Premature Birth , Pregnancy , Female , Humans , Premature Birth/therapy , Uterus , TechnologyABSTRACT
Research on harnessing the immune system to fight against diseases from cancer to allergies has been making progress but unintended side effects still pose challenges.
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Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions , Hypersensitivity , Neoplasms , Humans , Immunotherapy/adverse effects , Neoplasms/therapy , Immune System , Hypersensitivity/therapyABSTRACT
Should more research funding be directed towards scientists' peak years of creativity and productivity?
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Creativity , WorkforceABSTRACT
Accelerating efforts to understand neuston, mysterious communities of organisms that reside on or near the ocean surface.
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Research Personnel , Humans , Oceans and SeasABSTRACT
Improved methods to quantify genetic diversity could inform conservation and restauration measures to protect threatened species.
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Conservation of Natural Resources , Extinction, Biological , Animals , Conservation of Natural Resources/methods , Ecosystem , Endangered Species , Genetic VariationABSTRACT
The Turing diffusion model emerges as an explanation for pattern formation in many species and across biological scales.
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Equidae , Models, Biological , AnimalsABSTRACT
The observation that soil-dwelling fungi seem to exchange information via electrical impulses has raised new interest about their interactions with plants and their ecological significance.
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Fungi , Wood , Wood/microbiology , Fungi/genetics , Plants , SoilABSTRACT
The discovery that tumours have their own specific microbiome, together with more understanding of the role of the gut microbiome, has great potential for cancer diagnostics and targeted therapies.
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Gastrointestinal Microbiome , Microbiota , Neoplasms , Humans , Neoplasms/therapyABSTRACT
Various studies that have questioned the scientific evidence for established autism treatments have attracted both criticisms but also inspired new research to apply treatment more efficiently.
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Autism Spectrum Disorder , Autistic Disorder , Humans , Autism Spectrum Disorder/therapyABSTRACT
The discovery of rare cases of males cannibalising females sheds new light on the selective forces behind sexual cannibalism in the animal kingdom.
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Cannibalism , Sexual Behavior, Animal , Animals , Female , MaleABSTRACT
Driven by economics and pressure to reduce the number of mammals, non-mammalian animal models are becoming valuable alternatives for translational and preclinical research.
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Mammals , Animals , Models, Animal , Disease Models, Animal , Drug Evaluation, PreclinicalABSTRACT
The fight against mosquito-borne diseases requires a combination of new vaccines, non-pharmaceutical interventions and novel strategies to target the mosquito vectors.
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Vector Borne Diseases , Humans , Vector Borne Diseases/prevention & controlABSTRACT
Research on artificial photosynthesis has made considerable progress recently by combining natural and man-made systems for higher efficiency of solar energy conversion.
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Photosynthesis , Solar Energy , Humans , Technology , Food SecurityABSTRACT
This year's outbreak of avian flu has been the worst ever and prompted much debate and research on developing vaccines for domestic and wild birds.
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Influenza in Birds , Animals , Animals, Wild , Birds , Disease Outbreaks/veterinary , Europe/epidemiology , Influenza in Birds/epidemiology , Influenza in Birds/prevention & controlABSTRACT
Natural products are highly sought after in medicine, agriculture, and industry. The challenge is to find these and their underlying biochemical pathways and genes.
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Biological Products , Agriculture , Biological Products/metabolism , Computational Biology , Gold , Mining , Sequence Analysis, DNAABSTRACT
The study of ancient genes in contemporary species is providing new insights about how organisms adapted to new environments during evolution.
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Archaeology , Deep Learning , Adaptation, Physiological , AlgorithmsABSTRACT
In the wake of economic sanctions, Western funding agencies are increasingly halting scientific collaboration with Russia.