Celebrating Women Pioneers in Molecular Biology
This special issue highlights and celebrates women in molecular biology. This perspective article by Ruth Nussinov highlights her background, what motivated her to pursue a career in science, key discoveries made. What has changed since she entered the field and what she thinks the future holds for the field.

This study evaluates the barriers to care for minority women with pelvice floor disorders

This paper explores the well-being of students in an Indigenous University program at a historically disadvantaged South African university, framing its analysis within decolonial debates in Higher Education.

African young women, a key population in HIV that represent a growing share of people living with HIV worldwide, but adherence to HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) reamains low in this population. Differenciated PrEP-adherence support strategies to avoid HIV acquisition are a fundamental to curve new HIV acquisitions in women.
Findings support the World Health Organization’s recommendation of using a two-dose or one-dose HPV vaccine regimen in girls and young women. As many countries are switching to one-dose regimen to scale up the coverage of HPV vaccination, these findings based on nationwide Swedish registries and real-life programs provided high-quality evidence to support such policy changes and decision-making for HPV vaccination programs globally.
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The Lancet Psychiatry, Volume 12, February 2025

Letter examines the right for women to make decisions that might be unpopular without having their mental health questioned.
Women offered vaccination at age 12–13 years have around 80% lower rates of Cervical cancer than they would have had in the absence of a national vaccination programme.
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The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition , 2025, Volume 121, Issue 2

The BRIDGES consortium, the first initiative of its kind funded by NIDDK, is designed to increase diversity and support early-career scientists from underrepresented backgrounds in securing research funding in nutrition, obesity, diabetes, and related fields. By providing tailored mentoring, career development, grant-writing support, and pilot funding across four leading programs nationwide, BRIDGES empowers the next generation of scientific leaders to drive innovation and address critical health disparities.

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The Digital Doctor: How Digital Health Can Transform Healthcare, 2025, pp 167-177

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by exploring how digital health can improve personalized oncological care for different populations.
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The Digital Doctor: How Digital Health Can Transform Healthcare, 2025, pp 341-355

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by exploring how digital health can improve personalized kidney disease care for different populations.

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