All Oxford University articles
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NewsStudy calls for better measures of poverty to strengthen tuberculosis research
A new review examines existing methods for assessing socioeconomic status in TB studies and highlights their shortcomings. The authors call for better, standardized poverty metrics to improve research and policy.
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NewsStudy shows head trauma may activate latent viruses, leading to neurodegeneration
Researchers have uncovered mechanisms that may connect the dots between trauma and the emergence of disease, pointing to latent viruses lurking in most of our brains that may be activated by the jolt, leading to inflammation and accumulating damage.
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NewsDiverse phage populations coexist on single strains of gut bacteria
A new study shows that a single bacterial species, the host of a phage, can maintain a diverse community of competing phage species. Several phage species coexist stably on a population of a genetically uniform strain of E. coli.
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News City birds found to be carriers of antimicrobial resistant bacteria
Researchers have found that wild birds such as ducks and crows living close to humans, for example in cities, are likely to carry bacteria with antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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NewsScientists untangle interactions between the Earth’s early life forms and the environment over 500 million years
A new perspective explores the intricate feedbacks among ancient life forms, including algae, plants and animals, and the chemical environment in the current Phanerozoic Eon, which began approximately 540 million years ago.
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NewsWHO prequalifies a second malaria vaccine
WHO has added the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to its list of prequalified vaccines.
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NewsAI model can accelerate development of new antivirals
Researchers have shown that IBM’s AI Model, MoLFormer, can generate antiviral molecules for multiple target virus proteins, including SARS-CoV-2, that can accelerate the drug discovery process.