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Calling for manuscripts!! We are STILL accepting manuscripts for our June 2026 issue: Rare Diseases and Gene Therapy - deadline 3/15/2026. Submit yours today! 📖🧬

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Science News Special Episode - Ancient DNA and Evolutionary Genetics: An Interview with Dr. Diyendo Massilani YJBM Science News is back with Part 1 of our very first Special Episode! Join Hanna, Majo, and Roxanna as they sit down with Dr. Diyendo Massilani, a researcher and professor at Yale investigating evo

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Science News Special Episode - Ancient DNA and Evolutionary Genetics: An Interview with Dr. Diyendo Massilani

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Ketoconazole for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Context of Drug Shortages: A Case Report from Madre de Dios, Peru Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical disease endemic in the Peruvian Amazon. First-line treatment with pentavalent antimonials was unavailable in Madre de Dios, Peru in early 2024 due to a supply-chain crisis. Oral ketoconazole has ...

Ketoconazole for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Context of Drug Shortages: A Case Report from Madre de Dios, Peru.

Vásquez-Paredes PJ

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Living with Filariasis: Unseen Struggles of a Neglected Disease Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a long-lasting, debilitating parasitic infection that has remained an immense burden to the endemic areas globally in the realms of physical, psychological, and socioeconomic suffering. LF presents itself in the form of ...

Living with Filariasis: Unseen Struggles of a Neglected Disease.

Shamema A, Kumar P

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Lutzomyia lenti: A Neglected Species in the Transmission of Leishmaniasis In Brazil? A Review This article hypothesizes the possible involvement of Lutzomyia lenti in the transmission cycle of leishmaniases. Although its vector competence has not been confirmed, this study emphasizes the need for further research on the ecology of this ...

Lutzomyia lenti: A Neglected Species in the Transmission of Leishmaniasis In Brazil? A Review.

Barata RA

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Determination of Genes vacA and cagA in Helicobacter pylori and their Relationship with the Induction of Coccoid Forms in Isolates from Patients in Antioquia, Colombia Helicobacter pylori is a spiral bacillus that can also adopt a coccoid form, a morphology associated with antibiotic resistance and the ability to withstand unfavorable environmental conditions. The relationship between coccoid forms, virulence, and ...

Determination of Genes vacA and cagA in Helicobacter pylori and their Relationship with the Induction of Coccoid Forms in Isolates from Patients in Antioquia, Colombia.

Chaparro-Ortega LD, Herrera-Berrio J, Atehortúa-Rendón JD, Pérez-Cala TL, Salazar-Giraldo BE

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Calling for manuscripts!! We are currently accepting manuscripts for our September 2026 issue: Mitochondria in Health and Disease. See our Call for Papers page for more information:
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Happy New Year! We are excited to share our December 2025 issue, Neglected Tropical Diseases and Parasites, is now live on PubMed Central! Check it out here:
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We are thrilled to announce that The YJBM September 2025 issue on the History of Medicine is available to read now!

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We are so excited to announce that the YJBM June 2025 issue on Epigenetics is out now on PMC. Read the entire issue for free here: lnkd.in/eg-w_Q5Z]

YJBM Kinase Signaling: Interview with Deputy Editors Get insight into the work that went into the most recent YJBM issue, ‘Kinase Signaling’! In this episode, our hosts Shivesh Shourya and Shivani Dayal speak to this issue’s deputy editors Ingrid Heuman

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Check out our most recent issue (March 2025) on Kinase Signaling - out now on PubMed Central!

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Stay tuned for our June 2025 issue on Epigenetics - coming soon!

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CALL FOR PAPERS: The YJBM is excited to announce an upcoming issue dedicated to Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration. We invite authors to submit reviews, perspectives, case reports, or original research articles (inc. negative results) addressing the topics linked.

Deadline December 8, 2025.

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CALL FOR PAPERS: The YJBM will be publishing an issue devoted to Neglected Tropical Diseases, with topics ranging from public health and medicine to basic molecular biology. We are inviting authors to submit reviews, perspectives, case reports, or original research articles.

Deadline July 1, 2025.