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List of works by Amy Maxmen

'Hidden' tuberculosis raises drug-resistance fears

scientific article published in Nature

'Penis worm' pokes holes in evolutionary dogma

journal article; published in Nature on 2012-10-26

'Riskiest ideas' win $50 million from Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

scientific article published in February 2017

23andMe given green light to sell DNA tests for 10 diseases

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-04-06

A reboot for chronic fatigue syndrome research

scientific article published in January 2018

A slim chance for South African medical research

journal article; published in Nature on 2012-06-11

AI researchers embrace Bitcoin technology to share medical data

scientific article published in Nature

Accelerated aging

scientific article published on 25 January 2010

African nations missing from coronavirus trials

scientific article published on 03 April 2020

Ahead of WHO meeting, experts clash over tuberculosis targets

scientific article published on 01 February 2013

Ancient macrofossils unearthed in West Africa

scientific article published in Nature

Animal behaviour: Come mate with me.

scientific article published on October 2015

Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea

scientific article

Antibodies attack IL-17.

scientific article published on February 2010

Antipsychotic deflates the brain

scientific article published in Nature

As Cape Town water crisis deepens, scientists prepare for 'Day Zero'.

scientific article published in February 2018

Back on TRAC: New trial launched in bid to outpace multidrug-resistant malaria

scientific article published in March 2016

Bats are global reservoir for deadly coronaviruses

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-06-15

Beyond PARP Inhibitors: Agents in Pipelines Target DNA Repair Mechanisms

scientific article published on July 28, 2010

Big data renews fight over animal origins

scientific article published in Nature

Biological underpinnings of chronic fatigue syndrome begin to emerge

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-03-30

Biologist exits prestigious post years after violating sexual-harassment policy

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Bowerbirds trick mates with optical illusions

Busting the billion-dollar myth: how to slash the cost of drug development

scientific article published on 24 August 2016

CRISPR might be the banana’s only hope against a deadly fungus

scientific article published on 24 September 2019

California biologists are using wildfires to assess health risks of smoke

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

California's $3-billion bet on stem cells faces final test

scientific article

Calorie restriction falters in the long run

journal article; published in Nature on 2012-08-29

Can tracking people through phone-call data improve lives?

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Cancer research: Open ambition

scientific article published on August 9, 2012

Cancers converge at 2-HG.

scientific article published on 8 February 2010

Cells that trim brain connections are linked to autism

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-05-11

Coming soon to a lab near you? Genetically modified cannabis

scientific article published in Nature

Controversial 'gay gene' app provokes fears of a genetic Wild West

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Crop pests: Under attack

scientific article published on September 26, 2013

Deadly Lassa-fever outbreak tests Nigeria's revamped health agency

scientific article published in March 2018

Deep learning sharpens views of cells and genes

scientific article published in January 2018

Discovery of vibrant deep-sea life prompts new worries over seabed mining

scientific article published in Nature

Driving innovation: ready, set, go!

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Drug development: A combined effort

scientific article published on October 10, 2013

Drug-making plant blooms

scientific article published on 8 May 2012

EVOLUTION. Comb jelly 'anus' guts ideas on origin of through-gut

scientific article published in March 2016

Ebola detectives race to identify hidden sources of infection as outbreak spreads

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Ebola vaccine approved for use in ongoing outbreak

scientific article published in Nature

Ebola vaccine could get first real-world test in emerging outbreak

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-05-12

Erratum: Fighting the monster

scientific article published in Nature

Erratum: Grassroots initiatives

scientific article published in Nature

Evolution: a can of worms

scientific article

Exclusive: Behind the front lines of the Ebola wars

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Exome Sequencing Deciphers Rare Diseases

scientific article published on March 4, 2011

Experimental Ebola drugs face tough test in war zone

scientific article published in Nature

Experimental Ebola drugs face tough test in war zone

Facultative bacterial endosymbionts benefit pea aphids Acyrthosiphon pisum under heat stress

article published in 2002

Faster, better, cheaper: the rise of CRISPR in disease detection

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Fetal tissue probe unsettles scientific community

scientific article published on 01 May 2016

Fighting the monster

scientific article published on July 2010

First look at LSD in action reveals acid-trip biochemistry

scientific article published in Nature

First proven malaria vaccine rolled out in Africa - but doubts linger

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Flaws emerge in RNA method to build tree of life

scientific article published in Nature

Florida abuzz over mosquito plan

scientific article published on 17 July 2012

For Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the end will have to wait

scientific article published on 10 April 2020

Fund to curb outbreaks and chronic disease on the chopping block

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-05-24

Gender-biased vessel growth

scientific article

Gene-edited animals face US regulatory crackdown

scientific article published in Nature

Generic HIV drugs will widen US treatment net

journal article; published in Nature on 2012-08-15

Genetically modified apple reaches US stores, but will consumers bite?

scientific article published in November 2017

Genome reveals comb jellies' ancient origin

journal article; published in Nature on 2013-01-08

Gesundheit! Patrick Holt smothers allergies and asthma

scientific article published on December 2009

Giving at-risk children pre-emptive antibiotics reduces deaths

scientific article published in Nature

Global coalition chips away at neglected tropical diseases

scientific article published in April 2017

Google spin-off deploys wearable electronics for huge health study

scientific article published in July 2017

Grassroots initiatives

scientific article published in Nature

HIV, prayer, and vintage cars: Danny Douek talks shop

scientific article published on July 2009

Harassment and discrimination allegations roil a top US biomedical institute

journal article; published in Nature on 2018-04-30

Hepatitis C drugs re-energize global fight over patents

scientific article published in March 2017

Hidden HIV reservoirs exposed by telltale protein

scientific article published in Nature

Higher education: Beyond the farm

scientific article published on October 4, 2012

How African scientists are improving cassava to help feed the world

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

How blood from coronavirus survivors might save lives

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

How much is coronavirus spreading under the radar?

scientific article published on 13 March 2020

How poorer countries are scrambling to prevent a coronavirus disaster

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

How to defuse malaria’s ticking time bomb

scientific article published in Nature

How to see a redder red

journal article; published in Nature on 2012-12-06

Insomnia linked to premature birth in study of 3 million mothers

scientific article published in August 2017

Interferon crossfire

scientific article published on February 2010

Jeremy Farrar: When disaster strikes. Interview by Amy Maxmen

scientific article

Jordan seeks to become an oasis of water-saving technology

scientific article published in September 2017

Jordan stakes its future on science

scientific article

Judge dismisses criminal charges against US university chemist over lab death

scientific article published in Nature

Judge limits scope of gender-discrimination lawsuit against Salk Institute

scientific article published in Nature

Lake Lazarus: the strange rebirth of a Californian ecosystem

scientific article published in Nature

Law spurs regulators to heed patients’ priorities

journal article; published in Nature on 2012-07-10

Leggy creatures and long branches

scientific article published in Nature

Living therapeutics: Scientists genetically modify bacteria to deliver drugs

scientific article

Machine learning predicts the look of stem cells

scientific article published in Nature

Machine learning spots natural selection at work in human genome

scientific article published in Nature

Machine learning spots treasure trove of elusive viruses

journal article; published in Nature on 2018-03-19

Malaria plan under scrutiny

scientific article published on October 4, 2012

Malaria subsidy pilot soars, but some see turbulence ahead

scientific article published on May 4, 2012

Malaria surge feared

scientific article published on 15 May 2012

Malaria vaccine cautiously recommended for use in Africa

scientific article published in October 2015

Malaria: A race against resistance

scientific article published in November 2013

Mapping identifies best targets for malaria prevention

journal article; published in Nature on 2012-06-06

Massive Ebola data site planned to combat outbreaks

scientific article published in September 2017

Medicine: Heroes of global health

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-06-29

Microbe carries minimalism to extremes

scientific article published in Nature

Migrants and refugees are good for economies

scientific article published in Nature

Model pigs face messy path

journal article; published in Nature on 2012-06-26

Moonlighting: Dip your toes

scientific article

More than 80 clinical trials launch to test coronavirus treatments

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Nanotubes help cells pass messages

scientific article published in Nature

Nature’s 10: Ten people who mattered in science in 2019

scientific article published in December 2019

Networking: Real connections

scientific article

Neuroanatomy of sea spiders implies an appendicular origin of the protocerebral segment

scientific article

Nigeria’s largest Lassa fever outbreak sparked by rats

scientific article published in Nature

Nutrition advice: the vitamin D-lemma

scientific article published on 6 July 2011

Obama science adviser: Trump immigration ban ‘an abomination’

scientific article published in Nature

Older men and young women drive South African HIV epidemic

scientific article published on 18 July 2016

On the trail of disease in Southeast Asia

scientific article published in January 2009

Out of the Syrian crisis, a data revolution takes shape

scientific article

Pharmacogenomics: Playing the odds

scientific article (publication date: 8 June 2011)

Politics holds back animal engineers

journal article; published in Nature on 2012-10-17

Promising HIV vaccines could stall without coordinated research

scientific article published in March 2018

Psychedelic compound in ecstasy moves closer to approval to treat PTSD

scientific article published in Nature

Psychiatry: The dispossessed

journal article; published in Nature on 2012-10-10

Public health: Death at the doorstep

scientific article published on April 25, 2012

RNA: The genome's rising stars

scientific article published in April 2013

Rare genetic sequences illuminate early humans' history in Africa

scientific article published in Nature

Republican spending plan casts shadow on science

journal article; published in Nature on 2012-08-21

Resurrected malaria strategy saves thousands of lives in Africa

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-11-10

Salk Institute asks judge to narrow scope of gender-discrimination suit

scientific article published in Nature

Science candidates prevail in US midterm elections

scientific article published in Nature

Science networking gets serious

scientific article

Science under fire: Ebola researchers fight to test drugs and vaccines in a war zone

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Scientists despair as US government shutdown drags on

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Scientists exposed to coronavirus wonder: why weren't we notified?

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Scientists relieved but wary as US shutdown ends

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Scientists stunned as medical non-profit group abruptly ends research grants

scientific article published in Nature

Self-driving car dilemmas reveal that moral choices are not universal

scientific article published in Nature

Sexual competition among ducks wreaks havoc on penis size

scientific article published in September 2017

Side effects vex anti-malaria push in Sierra Leone

journal article; published in Nature on 2014-12-30

Sierra Leone's free health-care initiative: work in progress

scientific article published on January 19, 2013

Single-cell analysis: Imaging is everything

journal article; published in Nature on 2011-11-30

Sleeping sickness can now be cured with pills

scientific article published in October 2017

Stress: The privilege of health

scientific article

Super-powered switches may decide cell fate

journal article; published in Nature on 2013-04-12

Synthetic yeast chromosomes help probe mysteries of evolution

scientific article published in March 2017

TB drugs chalk up rare win

journal article; published in Nature on 2012-07-24

Tackling the US pain epidemic

scientific article published in Nature

Taking risks to transform science

scientific article published on 01 October 2009

The COVID lab-leak hypothesis: what scientists do and don’t know

news article published in Nature

The ambitious effort to document California's changing deserts

scientific article published in October 2017

The devastating biological consequences of homelessness

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

The gut's 'friendly' viruses revealed

scientific article published in Nature

The hard facts

scientific article published on May 30, 2012

The hidden lives of deep-sea creatures caught on camera

scientific article published in Nature

The hidden threat of West Nile virus

scientific article published on September 20, 2012

The next chapter for African genomics

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

The race to unravel the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the United States

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

The science news events that shaped 2019

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

The sea spider's contribution to T.H. Morgan's (1866-1945) development

scientific article

This Nigerian doctor might just prevent the next deadly pandemic

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Thousands of coronavirus tests are going unused in US labs

scientific article published on 09 April 2020

Three minutes with Hans Rosling will change your mind about the world

scientific article

Three technologies that changed genetics

scientific article published in December 2015

Top US biomedical institute settles gender-discrimination lawsuits

scientific article published in Nature

Trade deal to curb generic-drug use

journal article; published in Nature on 2012-09-04

Transgenic fish swims up regulatory stream

journal article; published in Nature on 2012-12-22

Translational research: The American way.

scientific article

Truffle's savoury secret revealed

scientific article published in Nature

Trump budget gives last-minute reprieve to science funding

journal article; published in Nature on 2018-02-12

Trump immigration ban upends international work on disease

scientific article published in Nature

Trump nominees talk science: As it happened

scientific article published in Nature

US energy agency asked scientists to scrub references to climate change

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-08-25

Untapped potential: More US labs could be providing tests for coronavirus

scientific article published on 21 April 2020

Video games and the second life of science class

scientific article published on 01 April 2010

Violence and diabetes boom in the Middle East

scientific article published in Nature

Violence propels Ebola outbreak towards 1,000 cases

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Virus-like particles speed bacterial evolution

scientific article published in Nature

War zone complicates roll-out of Ebola vaccine in latest outbreak

scientific article published in Nature

Wary approval for drug to prevent HIV

journal article; published in Nature on 2012-07-17

What countries' constitutions reveal about how societies evolve

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-11-16

Why it’s hard to prove gender discrimination in science

scientific article published in Nature

Will scientists cast their votes?

scientific article published on 01 May 2009

World Health Organization decides against declaring Ebola emergency as outbreak worsens

scientific article published on 12 April 2019

World Health Organization resists declaring Ebola emergency - for third time

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

‘Dark matter’ DNA influences brain development

journal article; published in Nature on 2018-01-18