Cutting-edge genetic techniques are shedding new light on how European colonists and their enslavement of African people may have contributed to epidemics among Indigenous communities in North America.
A structural model of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein as the virus fuses with host human cells reveals an opportunity to disrupt dynamics and halt transmission.
Study reveals that hormones may produce different effects on the left and right-hand sides of the body and shows how these actions contribute to movement impairments following brain injury.
Understanding social and spatial networks in the transmission of HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs could identify hubs for more efficient and timely intervention.
A study in mice shows that an experimental small molecule helped restore the removal of damaged mitochondria from dopamine-producing brain cells, a problem caused by mutations linked to Parkinson’s disease.
The new NICEdrug.ch database may help scientists assess potential drugs more quickly, including how they are metabolised by the body and their potential side effects.
Using the World Mortality Dataset, the largest existing collection of mortality data, researchers have tracked the impact of COVID-19 across more than 100 countries.
