Black scientists gather to form communities and boost diversity in science

Nature Medicine, Published online: 12 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41591-021-01315-8Black scientists have been historically underrepresented in academia and science. A 2018 study of the National Center for Education Statistics found that only 6% of faculty in the USA were Black. Systemic racism and other issues that translate into a lack of diversity in...

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Vaccine development for emerging infectious diseases

Nature Medicine, Published online: 12 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41591-021-01301-0Examination of the vaccine strategies and technical platforms used for the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of those used for previous emerging and reemerging infectious diseases and pandemics can offer critical lessons to prepare for future public health emergencies.

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Integration of genomic sequencing into the response to the Ebola virus outbreak in Nord Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nature Medicine, Published online: 12 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41591-021-01302-zPhylogeographic analysis of 792 Ebola virus genomes from the 2018 oubreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo integrated into an end-to-end surveillance program demonstrates the feasibility of using genomic sequencing data to inform the public health epidemic response...

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Black scientists gather to form communities and boost diversity in science

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Vaccine development for emerging infectious diseases

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Integration of genomic sequencing into the response to the Ebola virus outbreak in Nord Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Actionable druggable genome-wide Mendelian randomization identifies repurposing opportunities for COVID-19

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Actionable druggable genome-wide Mendelian randomization identifies repurposing opportunities for COVID-19

Nature Medicine, Published online: 09 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41591-021-01310-zLarge-scale Mendelian randomization and colocalization analyses using gene expression and soluble protein data for 1,263 actionable druggable genes, which encode protein targets for approved drugs or drugs in clinical development, identify IFNAR2 and ACE2 as the most promising...

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Africa needs more genome sequencing to tackle new variants of SARS-CoV-2

Nature Medicine, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41591-021-01327-4Africa needs more genome sequencing to tackle new variants of SARS-CoV-2

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Africa needs more genome sequencing to tackle new variants of SARS-CoV-2

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