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Measuring how individual cells differ from each other will enhance the predictive power of biology.

In the memory circuits of the aging brain and the signaling pathways of pain, science is trading mystery for mastery.

Indigenous populations are especially vulnerable to the effects of global climate change. A new research project aims to help them adapt.

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Researchers find antibiotic resistance genes in 30,000-year-old bacteria, suggesting such resistance is not a modern phenomenon.

A blood protein involved in allergy contributes to the decline in brain function and memory in aging mice.

Pharmacovigilance must keep pace with global distribution of drugs in resource-limited settings.

Editor's Choice in Immunology

Older male mice sired offspring that had more copy number mutations, including several linked to autism and schizophrenia.

A year and a half after soldiers have returned from war, impairments in the regulatory circuitry of the amygdala remain.

The Yersinia pestis strain extracted from the bones of Black Death victims may no longer exist.