Nutritional value is imperative for food security. Understanding how breeding can enhance this is an important tool toward eliminating hunger and food insecurity.

In recognition of International Women’s Day (IWD), Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics specializing in science a

RELX’s Global Head of Corporate Responsibility, Dr Márcia Balisciano, talks to Dr. Marianne Legato about gender-specific medicine.
What vaccines are currently available? How will they help? Are they safe? Is Covid-19 here to stay and will there be more pandemics? Just some of the questions answered by John McConnell, Editor, The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are responsible for life-long production of blood and immune cells. HSC transplantation (HSCT) is the original cell therapy which can cure hematological disorders but also has the potential to treat other diseases if technical and safety barriers are overcome. It is hoped that HSCT can become safe enough to treat non-life-threatening disorders like allergy, psychiatric disorders, HIV, and aging.
Blood donation saves lives, and the communication between blood centers and donors plays a vital role in this. Smart apps are now considered an important communication tool, and could be best utilized in blood donation if they are designed to fit the users’ needs and preferences.
Elsevier,

The Neuroscience of Depression
Genetics, Cell Biology, Neurology, Behaviour, and Diet
2021, Pages 405-414

This chapters provides a thorough examination, including demographic characteristics, sleep history, medical and psychiatric conditions, lifestyles, past experiences of self-help, and pharmaceutical interventions should contribute to efforts to identify any underlying causes of either anxiety, depression, or sleep disorders.
A thematic map displaying the interactions between perceptions and recommendations for parents’ and healthcare professionals involved in the newborn screening program for spinal muscular atrophy.
This Article supports SDG 3 by highlighting the benefits of equipping a wider (non-specialist) workforce to deal with the demands of population screening for rare diseases such as spinal muscular atrophy through education programmes and access to expert opinions.
Elsevier,

Encyclopedia of Virology (Fourth Edition), Volume 2, 2021, Pages 232-244

Overviews the Ebola virus, endemic in Central Africa and cause of severe hemorrhagic fevers. Although no licensed treatment is available to treat disease, vaccines have recently been licensed in Europe, the USA and elsewhere. The goal of SDG 3.3 is 3.3 the end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases.
A review on dementia in low-income and middle-income countries, in the context of SDGs 3 and 10, focusing specifically on culturally appropriate treatments and the need for more effectiveness trials on adapted interventions.

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