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Comment: Drug discovery and the International Day of Action for Women’s Health

Drug Discovery World

1 Clinical trials Until recently, medicines and vaccines were mainly tested on men. They know that male and female bodies are genetically different, that they experience differences in the prevalence, course and severity of many common human diseases and metabolise foreign substances – like medicines and vaccines – differently.

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The New Fungus Among Us, Candida auris

PLOS: DNA Science

. “What is different and particularly scary about Candida auris is that it can survive on skin and healthcare surfaces up to two weeks, allowing the spread from person-to-person in healthcare settings and nursing homes. A vaccine being developed at the Lundquist Institute of UCLA so far works in mice and can be teamed with antifungals.

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