March is #Endometriosis Awareness Month, and this Editorial by Alex Tosun (@atosun.bsky.social) discusses why greater awareness, education, funding and research for this systemic condition is imperative to redefining pain, equity, and investment in women’s health 🧪🌻 #Medsky
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In recognition of Rare Disease Day, this Perspective by Tudor Groza & co discusses how AI can transform rare disease care when organized around patients, outlining a patient-clinician-AI triad spanning diagnosis, clinical trials, & individualized therapies🧪 #RareDiseaseDay
In recognition of International Day of Women and Girls in STEM, this Editorial by Aparajita Chattopadhyay reflects on the gender gap in #STEM in India, outlining socio-cultural & infrastructural factors, recent promising trends, and what is needed to continue these transformations 🧪
PLOS Biology is proud to present our new collection of comment and opinionated review articles on the many facets of #immunometabolism!
🧪 #immunosky #immunology #metabolism
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See 🧵⬇️ for more details
In this Editorial, PLOS Medicine Editor-in-Chief Till Bärnighausen and Executive Editor Helen Lumbard outline how #climate change and associated extreme weather events are threatening human health, and call for research on the effectiveness of climate adaptation interventions🧪🌍
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GLP-1-based medications for obesity have seen unprecedented rises in popularity. However, as outlined by Ariana Chao & co in this Perspective, this rapid growth is met with rising concerns about side effects, long-term outcomes & predatory marketing practices🧪 #GLP-1 #obesity #Medsky
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Next in our 'meet the editors' is Front Section Senior Editor, Dan Routledge (@droutledge.bsky.social). Dan leads the journal's "magazine" section, handling articles offering perspectives, critiques & guidance for our broad readership of clinicians, researchers, health workers, policymakers & more 🧪
Open research & data transparency protect against unethical activities, but can also introduce integrity risks. In this Perspective, @dmaupin.bsky.social, Matt Spick & Nophar Geifman set out the case for the use of safeguarding practices to protect against data exploitation🧪 #MedSky
Controlling transmission of bacterial #STIs has proven difficult in recent years. In this Perspective, Sami Gottlieb & colleagues highlight the need for innovative research, expedited clinical development & increased investment in the development of #vaccines against bacterial STIs🧪🦠
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Analyses of open health datasets can offer valuable contributions to health & medicine, but recent years have seen a proliferation of papers lacking robust or novel findings. In this Editorial, we provide guidance for conducting & reporting high-quality analyses using open datasets🧪
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Did you know that you may be eligible to publish in PLOS Medicine without paying an APC? All PLOS journals offer several APC-alternative business agreements through institutional partnerships.📝🧪
To learn more and find out if your institution has an agreement, visit: plos.org/libraries/pa...
In recognition of World AIDS Day 2025, this Perspective by Gregory Folkers & Anthony Fauci reflects on progress made in #antiretroviral treatments & prevention of HIV/AIDS, highlighting promising therapeutic developments and looking ahead to what is needed to end the #AIDS epidemic 🧪
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We are pleased to sponsor the online seminar, "Global Health After the Breakpoint: Evidence for What Comes Next", featuring a panel of experts to discuss the future of global health. It's not too late to register using the link below! 🧪
📆 Tuesday 2nd Dec
🕐3.00-4.30pm GMT
duke.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We pride ourselves on our commitments to open science, integrity, and equity in research. If you want to learn more, this Editorial by Executive Editor Helen Lumbard & Editor-in-Chief Till Bärnighausen outlines our scope and vision, and reaffirms our drive for meaningful change 🧪
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PLOS Medicine is now on Bluesky! 🦋 Go and give us a follow 😀⬇️
#MedSky #PLOS
😃 to share this new @plos.org Medicine 📄 written in collaboration with the super cool @kahin-tai.bsky.social (from the super cool @sharectd.bsky.social doctoral network), Gérard Legoff, @annelelouarn.bsky.social & @synthymama.bsky.social.
Cartoon from the Nobel Assembly showing the three prize winners, their names, and “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
In our latest Editorial, PLOS Medicine Executive Editor Helen Lumbard and I call for the scientific community to tackle research fraud and paper mills head on by creating robust systems of data sharing and transparency 🧪 #PLOSMedicine #datasharing #openscience
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We are proud to announce a new agreement with @rorinstitute.bsky.social and @aimosinc.bsky.social to become a partner journal with MetaResearch Open Review (MetaRoR) @metaror.bsky.social
#metaresearch #openscience 🧪
Learn more: plos.io/45wPZB9
Charting the future of PLOS Medicine – in their Editorial, Executive Editor, Helen Lumbard, and Editor-in-Chief, Till Baernighausen, outline their vision for the journal’s next chapter and reaffirm its commitment to diversity, openness, and actionable science. 🧪
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Our new Collection on #cancer is out now! We delve into how #omics technologies are helping researchers to better understand what goes on in the tumor microenvironment 🧪
See 🧵⬇️ for more info on the articles 1/9
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What links #migraine aura and #headache? In this Essay, Anders Hougaard, Messoud Ashina &co delve into the mechanistic and pathophysiological relationship between migraine aura and headache. 🧪
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Congratulations!! 🥳 huge news and well deserved
It was so nice to visit my old stomping ground in Exeter visiting the @lsiexeter.bsky.social and to give a talk about working in publishing and being an editor at @plos.org as part of the LSI Career Day 📖 And great to see some old colleagues and my PhD supervisor @scholpplab.bsky.social again!
Our latest editorial in defense of #vaccines and vaccination introduces two Perspectives on priorities for outbreak vaccination, as well as the important successes of vaccines to date ⬇️
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Please read and spread the word this #WorldImmunizationWeek 💉
#DevBio job opportunity!
Development (@dev-journal.bsky.social) is looking for a new Community Manager to run our community site, the Node (@the-node.bsky.social) – a great opportunity if you love devbio, #stemcells, #scicom and community engagement. Happy to chat informally about the role.
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Vacciness have saved > 6 lives/min in the last 50 years, yet their importance & safety is often questioned
“We should not allow misinformation, disinformation, ignorance and defunding to hinder vaccine development, deployment and use”
My latest @plosbiology.org
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Our latest editorial in defense of vaccines and vaccination, introduces two Perspectives in this issue on priorities for outbreak vaccination, as well as the important successes of vaccines to date
Please read and spread the word 🙏🏻!
How did #vocal communication come to dominate human #language? This Unsolved Mystery discusses evidence suggesting that fetal auditory development & learning in the womb are important factors that contributed to human language evolving via a vocal, rather than gestural, route 🗣️🧪
▶️ plos.io/3EjnKMT
🌍🔬 📣 Please spread the word! Join us!
How can cell biology shape a more resilient planet?
Virtual registration is still open for the EMBO Workshop on Cells 4 Climate Resilience → meetings.embo.org/event/25-cli...
🗓️ Deadline: April 11
🎥 Watch the teaser → youtu.be/8eMJ91udHDs
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