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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Researchers reveal SARS-CoV-2 distribution and relation to tissue damage in patients

    The first known study to measure SARS-CoV-2 viral load in a variety of organs and tissues may aid our understanding of how COVID-19 develops following infection.
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Structural genetic change may increase risk of male fertility

    A flipped section of the Y chromosome may put men at risk of infertility, especially as they age – a finding that may help at-risk individuals take steps to preserve their fertility.
  1. eLife and PREreview partner to promote greater diversity in peer review

    The two initiatives are continuing their joint efforts to increase the diversity of voices in scholarly review.
    1. Neuroscience

    How a ‘sky compass’ helps fruit flies navigate

    Researchers have shown that, similarly to other insects, fruit flies use polarised light in the sky to help themselves navigate.
    1. Medicine

    New test traces DNA origins to monitor transplant rejection and reveal hidden cancers

    A test that traces both the genetic and epigenetic origins of DNA in our blood could be used for prenatal genetic testing, monitoring transplant rejection and detecting hidden cancers.
    1. Ecology

    Biodiversity in soil is crucial for ecosystem stability, study shows

    Greater soil biodiversity is essential for maintaining important ecosystem functions, such as the processes that drive our plant and crop production.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Domestication and industrialisation lead to similar changes in gut microbiota

    Animal domestication and industrialisation in human populations have impacted gut microbiota in related ways, likely through similar ecological changes.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Medicine

    Rare genetic variant puts some younger men at risk of severe COVID-19

    A subset of young men carry a genetic variant that dampens innate immunity to COVID-19 and may benefit from genetic testing and interferon treatment.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Prolonged immune response may contribute to post-COVID-19 blood clots

    COVID-19 survivors, particularly those with heart disease or diabetes, may have an increased risk of blood clots or strokes due to prolonged immune response.
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    How bacterial traffic jams lead to antibiotic-resistant, multilayer biofilms

    New insight on the physical interactions that take place between swarming bacteria when exposed to antibiotics could lead to novel approaches for treating infections in patients.