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by Michael Laub The rise of antibiotic resistance is a frightening reality. In response, many have insisted that we must find and develop new antibiotics. But developing even a single new antibiotic – one
March has been a bumper month at PLOS Biology with lots of research hitting the press. A selection of our top picks this month include papers on flying reptiles, electric fish, e-cigarette toxicity, obesity
Check out our Editors-in-Chief’s selection of papers from the February issue of PLOS Computational Biology: Prediction of infectious disease epidemics via weighted density ensembles Public health agencies such as the US Centers for
December has been a bumper month at PLOS Biology; here’s a roundup of some of the best bits in the media. We’ve covered a huge breadth of biology in December, from antibiotics to
Donald Trump had been president less than a week when he vowed to slash regulations by 75 percent. Within two weeks of taking office he’d ordered agencies to rescind two regulations for every new rule.
Earlier this year, PLOS Computational Biology launched the “PLOS Computational Biology Research Prize” program with the aim of recognizing the journal’s best Research Articles published last year (2016) in three prize categories: Breakthrough Advance/Innovation, Exemplary Methods/Software,
Author: Leigh Anne Clark, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America Competing Interests: Leigh Anne Clark is an author of the article discussed in this blog Issue Image Caption: A 4-month-old Shetland sheepdog,
Check out our highlights from the last PLOS Computational Biology issue of 2016: Spatiotemporal Analysis of the 2014 West African Ebola Epidemic Infectious disease modelling has become an established tool to inform decisions
Fungi are essential elements of all ecosystems and provide many important services, most notably decomposition. While the classic role of fungi is in breaking down organic matter, fungi are incredibly varied and diverse, with members
0000-0002-6177-577X Author: Galadriel Hovel-Miner, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States. Competing Interests: Galadriel Hovel-Miner is an author of the article discussed in this blog. Image Credit: Mark Field, University of Cambridge Every pathogen