Elisa Pucu speaks with Henriette Svarre Nielsen about their recently published randomised controlled trial, “Vaginal microbiota transplantation for treatment of vaginal dysbiosis without the use of antibiotics: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial in women with vaginal dysbiosis.”

Together, they explore the study’s key findings, its implications for women’s health, and the growing importance of vaginal microbiota transplantation as a research frontier. They also reflect on what lies ahead for this emerging field.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(25)00222-8/fulltext

Phoebe Ashley-Norman talks with Zakiul Hassan and Prof Tahmina Shirin about the findings of "Interpreting the natural history and pathogenesis of Nipah virus disease through clinical data, to inform clinical trial design: a systematic review", by Zakiul Hassan and colleagues.

We also discuss Nipah virus disease more broadly, talking about recent phylogenetic findings, diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccines, and ongoing challenges.

Read the systematic review here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(25)00223-X/fulltext

We also touched on some past Lancet publications, which you can explore here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00361-0/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00262-7/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00765-5/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(23)00707-7/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00270-2/fulltext

Elena Dalla Vecchia talks with Claas Kirchhelle and Lloyd Czaplewski about the current antimicrobial resistance (AMR) governance (with a historical perspective on how it came to be), the 2015 WHO Global Action Plan (GAP) on AMR and the draft for the 2026 updated GAP, the role of social sciences in addressing AMR, the financing mechanisms in antibiotic research and development (including push and pull incentives with public and philantropic funding), and perspectives on the future of the fight against AMR.

Click here to read the full article:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(25)00243-5/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(25)00216-2/fulltext

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