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Long ReadsGender-specific approaches to HIV prevention: addressing the needs of women and girls
With nearly 25 million deaths and an estimated 33.2 million people (including 15.4 million women) living with the virus globally, HIV/AIDS is on the brink of becoming the most devastating pandemic the world has ever seen.
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Long ReadsThe long and winding road of an elephant mortality investigation
Discover how researchers unravelled the cause of elephant mortality in northwestern Zimbabwe.
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Long ReadsSetting up systems to make phages available for all
Phage Directory and Phage Australia are helping to give patients and doctors scross the world safe access to phages when antibiotics fail.
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FeaturesAquatic avengers: how bacteria battle antibiotics in drinking water sources
In the tranquil flow of our drinking water sources lies a hidden struggle of microscopic proportions.
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FeaturesThe diverse industrial applications of microbial pectinases
With the increasing demand for pectinases, there is a need to enhance production and search for new applications.
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FeaturesUnderground microbiology: help or hinderance for decarbonisation?
Can the activity of disturbed microbial communities affect industrial activities, for good or ill?
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FeaturesBiodeterioration and bioconservation of Mayan historical monuments: two sides of a coin
How understanding the microbiology of ancient sites is allowing researchers to preserve cultural heritage.
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FeaturesPostdoc Appreciation Week
We held a Q&A for postdocs from the University of Liverpool and The Quadram Institute to showcase their skills beyond research, and their views on the importance of postdocs within microbiology.
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FeaturesA double-tap strategy for dislodging superbugs: combined use of phage and probiotics
How we can use a combined approach to therapy to overcome the challenges associated with each part of the whole.
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FeaturesAncient skeletal remains and the invention of agriculture: effects on the oral microbiome
How the oral microbiome adapted to the system of agricultural subsistence across the millennia of paleolithc and neolithic history.
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FeaturesSourcing the next generation of drug leads from the human microbiome
Could the answers to the problem of antimicrobial resistance be found inside the human body?
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FeaturesMicrobiota medicine: From revolutionary breakthrough to sustainable development
Professor Faming Zhang details how and why to recognise microbiota medicine as a clinical discipline.
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FeaturesAntimicrobial resistance and phage therapy in India
The story that led to the formation of Vitalis Phage Therapy - the first of its kind initiative to establish frameworks for phage therapy in India.
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FeaturesThe pandemic potential of poxvirus infections
What can the causes of ancient pandemics, smallpox and viral evolution tell us about future threats?
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FeaturesThe need for education of the food-system microbiome
How to improve the efficiency of microbiome knowledge transfer in schools with far-reaching, beneficial outcomes for human health.
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FeaturesPromoting plant growth with the help of yeasts
How can microbe-based solutions be used as plant growth promoters for a more sustainable agriculture?
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FeaturesSolutions to the global burden of foodborne illness
Each year 7 June marks World Food Safety Day, encouraging global food safety awareness through open discussion to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks throughout the population.
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FeaturesA cider a day keeps the UTIs away
A tongue-in-cheek look at the science of UTI prophylaxis and infection, with a novel suggestion for a therapeutic strategy….
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FeaturesMicrobial solutions to dryland desertification
Covering more than 45% of the Earth’s surface, drylandsare home to ~3 billion humans (~37.5% of the population) and generate ~50% of global food production.
