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    1. Cell Biology

    Cytoskeleton: Capturing intermediate filament networks

    Pierre A Coulombe
    Mapping intermediate filaments in three dimensions reveals that the organization of these filaments differs across cell types.
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    1. Medicine

    Point of View: Why both sides of the gender equation matter

    Lindy E Barrett
    It is important that any strategy that seeks to move towards gender parity in science and medicine includes actions to address male advantage and overrepresentation as well as female disadvantage and underrepresentation.
    1. Medicine
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    3. Epidemiology and Global Health
    4. Immunology and Inflammation
    Covid-19. Translational and Clinical Research

    Infectious Diseases: A Collection of Translational and Clinical Research Articles

    Edited by Bavesh Kana et al.
    eLife has published articles on a wide range of infectious diseases, including COVID-19, influenza, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria and typhoid fever.
  1. Science Forum: Sex differences and sex bias in human circadian and sleep physiology research

    Manuel Spitschan, Nayantara Santhi ... Rhiannon White
    Research on human sleep and circadian physiology exhibits a bias towards male subjects, creating a sex data gap which holds potential real-world impact and requires concerted effort to close.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Placental Malaria: Tackling variants with antibodies

    Elizabeth H Aitken, Stephen J Rogerson
    Antibodies targeting the protein that causes placental malaria can recognise multiple variants of the protein, which may help guide the development of new vaccines to protect pregnant women from malaria.
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    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Medicine

    Meta-Research: Author-level data confirm the widening gender gap in publishing rates during COVID-19

    Emil Bargmann Madsen, Mathias Wullum Nielsen ... Jens Peter Andersen
    The gender gap in publication productivity has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, with potential implications for the careers of women working in research.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Arteries: STIMulating blood pressure

    Tessa AC Garrud, Jonathan H Jaggar
    The protein STIM1 helps to maintain membrane coupling sites in smooth muscle cells that regulate arterial contractility and blood pressure.
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  2. UV patterns in sunflowers

    Episode 79: March 2022

    In this episode, we hear about contagious cancer in clams, pregnancy and evolution in humans, how a taste for cereals preceded farming, ultraviolet patterns in sunflowers, and the eLife Ambassador Programme

    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Senescence: A gradual path to mortality

    Na Yang, Payel Sen
    Many of the features associated with senescence appear steadily over time before cells stop dividing.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Neural Circuits: How the brain processes negative emotions

    Gaowei Chen, Zijun Chen, Yingjie Zhu
    A new brain circuit that contributes to aversive states, such as fear or anxiety, has been characterized in mice.
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