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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Using evolutionary principles could prevent antibiotic resistance

    Understanding resistance rates and cross-resistance can improve the potency of sequential antibiotic treatment protocols.
    1. Neuroscience

    How hormones may alleviate side-specific movement difficulties after brain injury

    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.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Medicine

    Social and spatial networks influence HIV and hepatitis transmission in people who inject drugs

    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.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Study reports repair of mitochondrial recycling defect linked to Parkinson’s disease

    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.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Medicine

    New database could accelerate drug repurposing for various diseases

    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.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Study tracks global death toll of COVID-19 pandemic

    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.
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Model can predict how drug interactions influence antibiotic resistance

    A model using simple changes in microbe growth curves could predict how drug resistance evolves in response to different antibiotic combinations, doses and sequences.
    1. Neuroscience

    Empathy may drive rats and other mammals to help friends over strangers

    A new study identifies the brain regions involved in rats’ tendency to help members of their own social group over strangers, with findings that may help scientists better understand similar social biases in humans.
  1. Media Coverage: June roundup of eLife papers in the news

    High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in June 2021, including The Independent, Scientific American and BBC News.
    1. Ecology

    Worms learn how to optimise foraging by switching their response to social cues

    Worms optimise their foraging behaviour by learning to associate pheromones with food availability and changing their movements accordingly.