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This is why, following the declaration, we joined leading global health bodies in committing to share data and results relevant to the Zika public health emergency and to future public health emergencies.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/ofschemesandmemes/2017/02/01/zika-research-in-2016#more-12945" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"><div class="wpn-tags-list standard-teaser cleared"><h3>Tags:</h3><ul class="tags"><li><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/tag/who/" rel="tag">WHO</a></li><li><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/tag/zika/" rel="tag">Zika</a></li></ul></div> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-52365" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/ofschemesandmemes/tell-a-friend?id=12945">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 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rel="tag">Policy</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>The following editorial appears in the November issue of Nature Medicine.  <a href="/spoonful/2014/10/course-correction.html#more-5885" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"><div class="wpn-tags-list standard-teaser cleared"><h3>Tags:</h3><ul class="tags"><li><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/tag/ebola/" rel="tag">Ebola</a></li><li><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/tag/epidemic/" rel="tag">epidemic</a></li><li><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/tag/outbreak/" rel="tag">outbreak</a></li><li><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/tag/who/" rel="tag">WHO</a></li></ul></div> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-47381" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/course-correction/#respond" title="Comment on Course correction">add 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title="2014-08-27">27 Aug 2014 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="14:59:51+0100"> 14:59 BST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2014/08/ebola-a-call-to-action.html'>Ebola: a call to action</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/Nature-Medicine-Editor/" title="Nature Medicine Editor">Nature Medicine Editor</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/infectious-diseases/" rel="tag">Infectious diseases</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>The following editorial appears in the September issue of Nature Medicine.  <a href="/spoonful/2014/08/ebola-a-call-to-action.html#more-5871" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"><div class="wpn-tags-list 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href='https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2014/05/drug-target-suggested-for-mers-as-case-count-rises.html'>Drug target suggested for MERS as case count rises</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/Amanda-Keener/" title="Amanda Keener">Amanda Keener</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/drugs-drugs-and-more-drugs/" rel="tag">Drugs, drugs and more drugs</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/infectious-diseases/" rel="tag">Infectious diseases</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/virology/" rel="tag">Virology</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2014/05/drug-target-suggested-for-mers-as-case-count-rises.html" title="Drug target suggested for MERS as case count rises"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/2014/05/PLOSPathogens_Thiel_Image-150x150.jpg" alt="Drug target suggested for MERS as case count rises" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>Since its appearance in Saudi Arabia in 2012, Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has spread to fifteen countries, including the US, where two cases were confirmed in the past month. Worryingly, about 30% of confirmed cases have been fatal, and the lack specific antiviral drugs for the MERS-coronavirus (MERS-CoV), which causes the illness, poses a threat to public health.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2014/05/drug-target-suggested-for-mers-as-case-count-rises.html#more-5785" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-45685" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2014/05/drug-target-suggested-for-mers-as-case-count-rises.html#respond" title="Comment on Drug target suggested for MERS as case count rises">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/tell-a-friend?id=5785">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-45685"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2014%2F05%2Fdrug-target-suggested-for-mers-as-case-count-rises.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Drug+target+suggested+for+MERS+as+case+count+rises+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2014%2F05%2Fdrug-target-suggested-for-mers-as-case-count-rises.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2014%2F05%2Fdrug-target-suggested-for-mers-as-case-count-rises.html&title=Drug+target+suggested+for+MERS+as+case+count+rises">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2014%2F05%2Fdrug-target-suggested-for-mers-as-case-count-rises.html&title=Drug+target+suggested+for+MERS+as+case+count+rises">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2014%2F05%2Fdrug-target-suggested-for-mers-as-case-count-rises.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2014%2F05%2Fdrug-target-suggested-for-mers-as-case-count-rises.html&title=Drug+target+suggested+for+MERS+as+case+count+rises">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2014%2F05%2Fdrug-target-suggested-for-mers-as-case-count-rises.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2014%2F05%2Fdrug-target-suggested-for-mers-as-case-count-rises.html&title=Drug+target+suggested+for+MERS+as+case+count+rises">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-45207" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-5 wpn-odd wpn-author-nicholette-zeliadt-2 wpn-has-excerpt wpn-has-more-link wpn-category-infectious-diseases wpn-category-virology wpn-post-tag-ebola wpn-post-tag-infection wpn-post-tag-virology-2 cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2014-04-29T10:00:44+01:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2014-04-29">29 Apr 2014 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="10:00:44+0100"> 10:00 BST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2014/04/ebola-outbreak-in-west-africa-lends-urgency-to-recently-funded-research.html'>Ebola outbreak in West Africa lends urgency to recently-funded research</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/Nicholette-Zeliadt-2/" title="Nicholette Zeliadt">Nicholette Zeliadt</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/infectious-diseases/" rel="tag">Infectious diseases</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/virology/" rel="tag">Virology</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2014/04/ebola-outbreak-in-west-africa-lends-urgency-to-recently-funded-research.html" title="Ebola outbreak in West Africa lends urgency to recently-funded research"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/2014/04/10815-150x150.jpg" alt="Ebola outbreak in West Africa lends urgency to recently-funded research" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>Earlier this year, the Ebola virus popped up for the first time ever in West Africa. How it got there, some 2,000 miles from previous Ebola hotspots in remote parts of Central Africa, remains a mystery. Experts are particularly concerned about the current outbreak, which has sickened more than 250 and killed at least 140, because the pathogen has made its way into Conakry, the densely populated capital city of Guinea.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2014/04/ebola-outbreak-in-west-africa-lends-urgency-to-recently-funded-research.html#more-5753" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"><div class="wpn-tags-list standard-teaser cleared"><h3>Tags:</h3><ul class="tags"><li><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/tag/ebola/" rel="tag">Ebola</a></li><li><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/tag/infection/" rel="tag">infection</a></li><li><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/tag/virology-2/" rel="tag">virology</a></li></ul></div> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-45207" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" 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href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/Liz-Devitt/" title="Liz Devitt">Liz Devitt</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/drugs-drugs-and-more-drugs/" rel="tag">Drugs, drugs and more drugs</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/infectious-diseases/" rel="tag">Infectious diseases</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/uncategorized/" rel="tag">Uncategorized</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/virology/" rel="tag">Virology</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/09/cytomegalovirus-a-stealth-pathogen-gains-attention-in-the-drug-development-realm.html" title="Cytomegalovirus—a ‘stealth’ pathogen—gains attention in the drug development realm"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/2013/09/PHIL_3646-150x150.jpg" alt="Cytomegalovirus—a ‘stealth’ pathogen—gains attention in the drug development realm" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>Cytomegalovirus is sometimes called ‘the stealth virus’ because many people, including more than 50% of adults in the US, harbor the infection. But few individuals ever feel the effects of CMV unless something else squelches their immune system first—such as the immunosuppressing drugs given before a bone marrow transplant. Wherever the virus gains a foothold, it can create serious problems such as pneumonia, unrelenting diarrhea or inflammation in the eye. It’s also the most common viral infection in newborns and 1 out of every 750 infants born with CMV in the US will suffer permanent harm—hearing loss, brain damage, or even death—from this virus.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/09/cytomegalovirus-a-stealth-pathogen-gains-attention-in-the-drug-development-realm.html#more-5378" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-43038" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/09/cytomegalovirus-a-stealth-pathogen-gains-attention-in-the-drug-development-realm.html#respond" title="Comment on Cytomegalovirus—a ‘stealth’ pathogen—gains attention in the drug development realm">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/tell-a-friend?id=5378">Email</a></li> <li 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href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/infectious-diseases/" rel="tag">Infectious diseases</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/odds-and-ends/" rel="tag">Odds and ends</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/09/experimental-leishmaniasis-vaccine-could-overcome-challenge-of-multiple-species.html" title="Experimental leishmaniasis vaccine could overcome challenge of multiple species"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/2013/09/L.-Donovani-150x150.jpg" alt="Experimental leishmaniasis vaccine could overcome challenge of multiple species" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>Most of the 12 million people currently infected with leishmaniasis worldwide are also afflicted with poverty. The ‘black fever’ is caused by a single-cell parasite that gets passed from one person to another by the bite of a tiny sand fly and produces disfiguring skin lesions, severe mouth and throat ulcers, or swollen internal organs. In 2005, the ministers of India, Bangladesh, and Nepal committed to a ten-year plan to eliminate infections of Leishmania in their region. Two years later, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a resolution to take control of the disease.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/09/experimental-leishmaniasis-vaccine-could-overcome-challenge-of-multiple-species.html#more-5305" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-42941" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/09/experimental-leishmaniasis-vaccine-could-overcome-challenge-of-multiple-species.html#respond" title="Comment on Experimental leishmaniasis vaccine could overcome challenge of multiple species">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/tell-a-friend?id=5305">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div 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href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/09/a-comprehensive-virus-survey-now-could-save-billions-in-avoided-health-care-costs-later.html" title="A comprehensive virus survey now could save billions in avoided health care costs later, experts say"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/2013/09/smallbat-150x150.jpg" alt="A comprehensive virus survey now could save billions in avoided health care costs later, experts say" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>Imagine if pandemics could be forecast by infectious disease scientists the way that bad weather can be tracked by meteorologists. New viruses would still infect people, but the cost of monitoring the emergence of those novel pathogens would be far less than the expense of dealing with a worldwide outbreak. At least that’s the reasoning behind a new study, published today in mBio, in which researchers propose launching a billion-dollar-plus global surveillance plan to find all the viruses lurking in mammalian wildlife before those same viruses find us.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/09/a-comprehensive-virus-survey-now-could-save-billions-in-avoided-health-care-costs-later.html#more-5265" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-42877" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/09/a-comprehensive-virus-survey-now-could-save-billions-in-avoided-health-care-costs-later.html#respond" title="Comment on A comprehensive virus survey now could save billions in avoided health care costs later, experts say">add a comment</a></li> <li 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class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/infectious-diseases/" rel="tag">Infectious diseases</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/virology/" rel="tag">Virology</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/08/mouse-study-illustrates-how-foreign-herpes-dna-triggers-immune-response.html" title="Mouse study illustrates how foreign herpes DNA triggers immune response"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/2013/08/shutterstock_19070569-150x150.jpg" alt="Mouse study illustrates how foreign herpes DNA triggers immune response" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>For the immune system to do its job in fighting off disease, it first has to be able to detect foreign intruders. Scientists have known for some time that when bacteria, viruses and other pathogens set off alarms in the immune system, this leads to the production of molecules such as interferon that rev up the body’s defenses. But until now, researchers lacked evidence from animal experiments to back up the theory of how the DNA from these pathogens first triggers this immune-activating cascade in the immediate, ‘innate’ immune response.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/08/mouse-study-illustrates-how-foreign-herpes-dna-triggers-immune-response.html#more-5251" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"><div class="wpn-tags-list standard-teaser cleared"><h3>Tags:</h3><ul class="tags"><li><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/tag/herpes/" rel="tag">Herpes</a></li><li><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/tag/infection/" rel="tag">infection</a></li><li><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/tag/virology-2/" rel="tag">virology</a></li></ul></div> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-42858" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" 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cat-item-6475"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/arboriculture/" >Arboriculture</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2472"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/archaeology/" >Archaeology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1118"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/archaeology-and-anthropology/" >Archaeology and anthropology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2384"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/art-of-science/" >Art of Science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6011"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/artificial-intelligence/" >Artificial intelligence</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5461"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/arts/" >Arts</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2361"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ask-the-expert/" >Ask the expert</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3761"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/astronomy-astrophysics/" >Astronomy & astrophysics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1256"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/astrophysics/" >Astrophysics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-512"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/author-benefits/" >Author benefits</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-500"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/author-services/" >Author services</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-513"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/author-services-feedback/" >Author Services Feedback</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5687"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/authors-corner/" >Author's Corner</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-506"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/authorship/" >Authorship</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-16"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/award/" >Award</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-523"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/awards/" >Awards</a></li><li 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href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/biology-biotechnology/" >Biology & Biotechnology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-25"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/biology-and-biotechnology/" >Biology and biotechnology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2538"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/biophysics/" >Biophysics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-549"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/biosecurity/" >Biosecurity</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1115"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/biotechnology/" >Biotechnology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-239"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/blog-2/" >Blog</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-999"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/blog-information/" >Blog Information</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1157"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/blogging/" >Blogging</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/blogroll/" >Blogroll</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-486"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/blogs-we-like/" >Blogroll</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-66"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/books/" >books</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-337"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/books-arts/" >Books & Arts</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-934"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/boston-astronomy/" >Boston Astronomy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-973"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/boston-biotech/" >Boston biotech</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-933"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/boston-research/" >Boston Research</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-922"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/boston-science/" >Boston science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1029"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/breaking-news/" >Breaking News</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-14902807"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/browser-tabs/" >Browser tabs</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-454"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/burgess-shale-centenary/" >Burgess Shale Centenary</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-207"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/business-2/" >Business</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-407"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/business-development/" >Business development</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-218763"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/calls-for-submissions/" >Calls for Submissions</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-813"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/canadian-icebreaker/" >Canadian icebreaker</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1110"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cancer-biology/" >Cancer biology</a></li><li 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biology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2522"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cell-biology/" >Cell Biology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-90"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/chemistry-2/" >Chemistry</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-18"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/chemistry/" >Chemistry</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6486427"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/chemistry-in-retrospect/" >Chemistry in retrospect</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-520"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/citation-analysis/" >Citation analysis</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1156"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/climate-change/" >Climate Change</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-391"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/climate-policy/" >Climate Policy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1147"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/climate-prediction/" >Climate prediction</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-151"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/collaboration-2/" >Collaboration</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-135"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/communication-2/" >Communication</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-17"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/communities-happenings/" >Communities Happenings</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/community/" >Community</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-571"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/competing-interests/" >Competing interests</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6331"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/competition-2/" >Competition</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-908"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/computational/" >Computational</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-51"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/computational-approaches/" >Computational approaches</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-7"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/computational_approaches/" >Computational_approaches</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6089"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/computer-science/" >Computer science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3769"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/conference-highlights/" >Conference Highlights</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-13"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/conference-reports/" >Conference reports</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-510"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/conferences/" >Conferences</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5547"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/conservation-science/" >Conservation science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2382"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cop18/" >COP18</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-16998238"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/covid19/" >COVID19</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-390"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cryosphere/" >Cryosphere</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1301"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cv/" >CV</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1163"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/daily-dose/" >Daily Dose</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-514"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/data-availability/" >Data availability</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-9"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/data-integration/" >Data integration</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4147"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/data-matters/" >Data Matters</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3302233"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/data-policy/" >Data policy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1623389"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/datareuse/" >Data Reuse</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5054529"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/design/" >Design</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-836"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/development/" >Development</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1984"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/diabetes-and-metabolism/" >Diabetes and metabolism</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3325"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/digital-science-2/" >Digital Science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-502"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/disciplines/" >Disciplines</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2809"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/diversity-2/" >Diversity</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2667"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/drug-discovery/" >Drug discovery</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-353"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/drugs-drugs-and-more-drugs/" >Drugs, drugs and more drugs</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-365"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/durban-climate-summit/" >Durban climate summit</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1111"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/earth-and-environment/" >Earth and environment</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-827"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/earth-system-science-partnership/" >Earth System Science Partnership</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-113"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/earth-environment-ecology/" >Earth, environment & ecology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3973"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ebola/" >Ebola</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-811"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ecological-society-of-america/" >Ecological Society of America</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1112"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ecology/" >Ecology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2659539"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ecology-and-evolution/" >Ecology and Evolution</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2665"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/editor-posts-2/" >Editor Posts</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-39"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/editorials/" >Editorials</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-411"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/education/" >Education</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2408789"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/elisa-de-ranieri/" >Elisa De Ranieri</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-339"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/energy/" >Energy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6389"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/entomology/" >Entomology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-405"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/entrepreneurship/" >Entrepreneurship</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-354"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/environment/" >Environment</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-7220771"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/environmental-sciences/" >Environmental sciences</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-318"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ethical-social/" >Ethical / Social</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-435"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ethics/" >Ethics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-96"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/europe/" >Europe</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-817"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/european-society-of-human-reproduction-embryology/" >European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-830"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/euroscience-open-forum/" >Euroscience Open Forum</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-41"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/events/" >Events</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-818"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/everest-expedition/" >Everest expedition</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-499"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/evolution/" >Evolution</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1113"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/evolution-and-paleontology/" >Evolution and paleontology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-71"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/expeditions/" >Expeditions</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2044"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/faculty-2/" >Faculty</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1075"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/featured/" >Featured</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-596"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/feedback/" >Feedback</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3417"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/film/" >Film</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2857"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/films-2/" >Films</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-396"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/finance/" >Finance</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-340"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/financial-crisis/" >Financial Crisis</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6713"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/first-rounders/" >First Rounders</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-792"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/five-day-filter/" >Five Day Filter</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-932"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/food-science/" >food science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-524"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/format/" >Format</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-48"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/forum/" >Forum</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-332"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/fukushima/" >Fukushima</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-114"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/funding-2/" >Funding</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-131"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/funding/" >funding</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-37"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/gavin-armstrong/" >Gavin Armstrong</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-918"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/gene-expression/" >Gene expression</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4770911"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/gene-function/" >Gene function</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4205"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/gene-regulation/" >Gene regulation</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-450"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/general/" >General</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-109"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/general-interest/" >General interest</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4337"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/genetic-association/" >Genetic association</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-26"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/genetics/" >Genetics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2525"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/geneticsgenomics/" >Genetics & Genomics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-10"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/genome-wide/" >Genome-wide</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-810"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/geological-society-of-america/" >Geological Society of America</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1852"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/geoscience/" >Geoscience</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3531877"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/giulia-pacchioni/" >Giulia Pacchioni</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6916603"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/global-issues/" >Global issues</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-815"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/global-seed-vault-opening/" >Global Seed Vault opening</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-434"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/grants-tenure-and-positions/" >Grants, tenure and positions</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3344887"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/graphene-week/" >Graphene Week</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6137"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/guest-blog-posts/" >Guest blog posts</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4947"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/guest-features/" >Guest features</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3014"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/guest-post/" >Guest Post</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-410"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/health/" >Health</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-330"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/health-and-medicine/" >Health and medicine</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-307"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/hints-and-wrinkles/" >Hints and Wrinkles</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3873"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/history-of-genetics/" >History of genetics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-67"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/history-of-science/" >History of science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-954"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/hivaids/" >HIV/AIDS</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1636273"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/how-to-answer/" >How to answer</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1034"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/i-han-chou/" >I-han Chou</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-424"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/immunology/" >Immunology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2232"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/import/" >Import</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1192"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/in-the-field/" >In the Field</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1150"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/in-the-news/" >In the News</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1038"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/in-your-element/" >In your element</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-119"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/industry-2/" >Industry</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2374 current-cat"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/infectious-diseases/" >Infectious diseases</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2769"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/institutions/" >Institutions</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-10842855"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/interactions/" >Interactions</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6525"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/interdisciplinarity/" >Interdisciplinarity</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-465"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/international-aids-conference/" >International AIDS conference</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-828"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/international-astronomical-union/" >International Astronomical Union</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1096"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/international-relations/" >International Relations</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-459"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/international-society-for-stem-cell-research/" >International Society for Stem Cell Research</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2419"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/internship/" >Internship</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-762"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ip-tech-transfer/" >IP/ Tech Transfer</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-904"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/journal-happenings/" >Journal happenings</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-34"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/journal-journeys/" >Journal journeys</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-905"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/journal-policy/" >Journal policy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-62"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lab-life/" >Lab life</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-17296793"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lab-story/" >Lab story</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-469"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lepton-photon/" >Lepton Photon</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-9462111"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/libraries/" >Libraries</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2504255"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/liesbeth-venema/" >Liesbeth Venema</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3381875"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lindau-lessons/" >Lindau lessons</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-53"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lindau-nobel-laureate-meetings-lnlm/" >Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings (lnlm)</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4897"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/linkage/" >Linkage</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1851"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/local-news/" >Local news</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2617289"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/luigi-martiradonna/" >Luigi Martiradonna</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-466"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lunar-and-planetary-science/" >Lunar and Planetary Science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-350"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/malaria/" >Malaria</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5855"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/marine-science/" >Marine science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-914"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mass-spectrometry/" >Mass spectrometry</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-33"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/materials-girl/" >Materials Girl</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1108"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/materials-science/" >Materials science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1120"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/medical-research/" >Medical research</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5581"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/medical-science/" >Medical science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-13963801"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/meet-the-editor/" >Meet the editor</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-17019199"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/meeting-report/" >Meeting report</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1160"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/meetings/" >Meetings</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2068"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mentoring/" >Mentoring</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-439"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mentoring-and-training/" >Mentoring and training</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-662003"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/metadata/" >Metadata</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-917"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/metagenomics/" >Metagenomics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2459"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/method-of-the-year/" >Method of the year</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1114"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/microbiology/" >Microbiology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2526"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/microscopyimaging/" >Microscopy & Imaging</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5481"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/military-science/" >Military science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1043"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/misconduct/" >Misconduct</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-24"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mit/" >MIT</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1151"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mitigation/" >Mitigation</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-115"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mobility-2/" >Mobility</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2523"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/model-organisms/" >Model Organisms</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/modeling/" >Modeling</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5695"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/molecular-gastronomy/" >Molecular gastronomy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-969"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/monthly-map/" >Monthly Map</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2288"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/move/" >Move</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-491"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/msb_updates/" >MSB updates</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1608"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/multi-scale/" >Multi-scale</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3267"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/multimedia/" >Multimedia</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-15671667"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/my-science-failures/" >My science failures</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6221"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nano-engineering/" >Nano-engineering</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1068"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nanotechnology/" >Nanotechnology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-470"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nasa-phoenix-landing/" >NASA Phoenix Landing</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-837"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nascent/" >Nascent</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-338"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/natural-disasters/" >Natural disasters</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5557251"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/natural-history/" >Natural history</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3257"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-covers/" >Nature Covers</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6887463"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-genetics-anniversary/" >Nature Genetics Anniversary</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6663"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-genetics-covers/" >Nature Genetics covers</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4027"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-genetics-standards/" >Nature Genetics standards</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3271"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-graphics/" >Nature Graphics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3014885"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-india-annual-volume/" >Nature India Annual Volume</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-15581046"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-india-essay-competition/" >Nature India Essay Competition</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4759"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-india-photo-contest/" >Nature India photo contest</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6310361"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-india-photo-story/" >Nature India Photo Story</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6409"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-india-special-issue/" >Nature India Special Issue</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-110"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-methods-papers/" >Nature Methods papers</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5617"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-nanotechnology/" >Nature Nanotechnology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-544"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-network-round-up/" >Nature Network round-up</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2876355"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-research/" >Nature Research</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-551"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-com-blogs/" >nature.com blogs</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-903"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-com-blogs-info/" >nature.com blogs info</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-35"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nchem-research-highlights/" >NChem research highlights</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-36"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neil-withers/" >Neil Withers</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-11"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/networks/" >Networks</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-909"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neuroscience/" >Neuroscience</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-355"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neurosciencemental-health/" >Neuroscience/mental health</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1035"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/new-in-nature/" >New in Nature</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-68"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/new-tools-and-techniques/" >New tools and techniques</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-300"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/news/" >news</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4045"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/news-and-events/" >News and Events</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-308"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/news-and-updates/" >News and Updates</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5615"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/njce15/" >NJCE15</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-816847"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/njcedusseldorf/" >NJCEDusseldorf</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1030"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/noah-gray/" >Noah Gray</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-508"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/npg-special-content/" >NPG special content</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2847"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/obituary/" >Obituary</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-351"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/odds-and-ends/" >Odds and ends</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-341"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/oil-spill-science/" >Oil spill science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1912"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/olive-heffernan/" >Olive Heffernan</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1153"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/oliver-morton/" >Oliver Morton</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-342"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/on-nature-news/" >On Nature News</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-10871021"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/on-the-road/" >On the road</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6681"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/open-access-2/" >Open access</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-9524167"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/open-acess/" >Open acess</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-444"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/open-peer-review/" >Open peer review</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6661"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ornithology/" >Ornithology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-28"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/other-authors/" >Other authors</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-30"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/other-columns/" >Other columns</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-861"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/other-contributors/" >Other Contributors</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-393"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/palaeoclimate/" >Palaeoclimate</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6117"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/palaeontology/" >Palaeontology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-333"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/paleontology/" >Paleontology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-875"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/particle-physics/" >Particle Physics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-399"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/partnering-licensing/" >Partnering / Licensing</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-511"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/partners/" >Partners</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-451"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/peer-review-debate/" >Peer review debate</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-432"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/peer-review-feedback/" >Peer Review Feedback</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-449"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/peer-review-trial/" >Peer review trial</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2878"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/people/" >people</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-179"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/people-management-2/" >People Management</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-442"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/perspectives/" >Perspectives</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-69"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/philosophy-or-psychology-or-ethics/" >Philosophy or Psychology or Ethics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-422"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/physics-2/" >Physics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-329"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/physics-mathematics/" >Physics & Mathematics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-13616183"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/physics-at-the-interface/" >Physics at the interface</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1107"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/physiology/" >Physiology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3467"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/picks-of-the-week/" >Picks of the week</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4739"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/planetary-science/" >Planetary science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6099"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/planetary-sciences/" >Planetary sciences</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1119"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/plant-biology/" >Plant biology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5465"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/plant-sciences/" >Plant sciences</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1890"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/podcasts/" >Podcasts</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-522"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/policies/" >Policies</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-690"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/policies-feedback/" >Policies Feedback</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-47"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/policy/" >Policy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-433"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/policy-and-public/" >Policy and Public</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-392"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/politics/" >Politics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2752"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/pollution/" >Pollution</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-144"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/postdoc-2/" >Postdoc</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-145"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/postgraduate-2/" 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href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-online-seattle-sosea/" >Science Online Seattle (SoSEA)</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1579"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-online-vancouver-sovan/" >Science Online Vancouver (SoVan)</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-70"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-organisations/" >Science organisations</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2086"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/sciences/" >Sciences</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3315"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/scientific-american-2/" >Scientific American</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-362"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/scientific-publishing/" >Scientific publishing</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5555987"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/scientific-reports/" >Scientific Reports</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5417"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/scientists-on-the-move/" >Scientists on the move</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-912"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/sequencing/" >Sequencing</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3035"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/sfn-meeting/" >SfN Meeting</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-8212377"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/silvia-milana/" >Silvia Milana</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-913"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/single-molecule/" >Single molecule</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2840"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/site-updates/" >Site Updates</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-975"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/soapbox-science-info/" >Soapbox Science Info</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2271"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/social-media-2/" >Social media</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6527"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/social-sciences/" >Social sciences</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-835"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/social-software/" >Social software</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1926273"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/society/" >Society</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-814"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/society-for-american-archaeology/" >Society for American Archaeology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-458"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/society-for-developmental-biology/" >Society for Developmental Biology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-809"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/society-for-neuroscience/" >Society for Neuroscience</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-460"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/society-for-the-study-of-reproduction/" >Society for the Study of Reproduction</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-876"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/sonyc/" >SoNYC</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-108"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/space/" >Space</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-331"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/space-and-astronomy/" >Space and astronomy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-315"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/spotlights/" >Spotlights</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4317543"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/springer-nature/" >Springer Nature</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6903485"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/springermaterials/" >SpringerMaterials</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-473"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/starting-the-lhc/" >Starting the LHC</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-257"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/stem/" >STEM</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-313"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/stem-cells/" >stem cells</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-358"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/stem-cellscloning/" >Stem cells/cloning</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-38"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/stephen-davey/" >Stephen Davey</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1951519"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/structural-biology/" >Structural Biology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-916"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/structural-genomics/" >Structural Genomics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-29"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/stuart-cantrill/" >Stuart Cantrill</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-504"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/support/" >Support</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-336"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/swine-flu/" >Swine flu</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-490"><a 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href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/tenure-2/" >Tenure</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1053"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/the-news-net/" >The News Net</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-316"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/there-and-back-again/" >There and Back Again</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-111"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/this-and-that/" >This and That</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1754"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/tools-and-techniques/" >Tools and Techniques</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-493"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/transcriptomics/" >Transcriptomics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-359"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/tuberculosis/" >Tuberculosis</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-92"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/uk/" >UK</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/uncategorized/" >Uncategorized</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-137"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/undergraduate-2/" >Undergraduate</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-264"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/unemployment/" >Unemployment</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-223"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/union-2/" >Union</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-93"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/us/" >US</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2149"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/video/" >Video</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-55"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/video-and-podcasts/" >video and podcasts</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2373"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/virology/" >Virology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2844"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/visualization-2/" 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href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/womens-world/" >Women's world</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-455"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/world-conference-of-science-journalists/" >World Conference of Science Journalists</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-484"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/world-science-festival/" >World Science Festival</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-352"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/world-watch/" >World watch</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-507"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/writing/" >Writing</a></li></ul></div><div id="wpn-npg-natureblogs-links-widget-8" class="wpn-widget wpn-npg-natureblogs-links-widget wpn-"><h2 class="box-heading">All nature.com blogs</h2>