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The Inside Guide: The Gut Microbiome’s Role in Host Evolution
Catherine Offord | Jul 1, 2021 | 10+ min read
Bacteria that live in the digestive tracts of animals may influence the adaptive trajectories of their hosts.
Histology of mouse lungs using purple and green staining on a white background. Left: a healthy lung. Right: a fibrotic lung.<br><br>
Immunotherapy Treats Fibrosis in Mice
Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | Sep 15, 2022 | 4 min read
Researchers report that vaccination against proteins found on profibrotic cells reduced liver and lung fibrosis in laboratory rodents.
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Large Scientific Collaborations Aim to Complete Human Genome
Brianna Chrisman and Jordan Eizenga | Sep 1, 2022 | 10+ min read
Thirty years out from the start of the Human Genome Project, researchers have finally finished sequencing the full 3 billion bases of a person’s genetic code. But even a complete reference genome has its shortcomings.
Who Sleeps?
The Scientist and Jerome Siegel | Mar 1, 2016 | 10+ min read
Once believed to be unique to birds and mammals, sleep is found across the metazoan kingdom. Some animals, it seems, can’t live without it, though no one knows exactly why.
Top 10 Innovations 2021
2021 Top 10 Innovations
The Scientist | Dec 1, 2021 | 10+ min read
The COVID-19 pandemic is still with us. Biomedical innovation has rallied to address that pressing concern while continuing to tackle broader research challenges.
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Some Cancers Become Contagious
Katarina Zimmer | Apr 1, 2019 | 10+ min read
So far, six animal species are known to carry transmissible, “parasitic” forms of cancer, but researchers are still mystified as to how cancer can become infectious.
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Jeffrey Perkel | Jan 20, 2002 | 3 min read
T. Sicheritz-Pontén, S.G. Andersson, "A phylogenomic approach to microbial evolution," Nucleic Acids Research, 29[2]:545-52, Jan. 15, 2001. F1000 Rating: Must Read "The paper describes methods and computer programs for automated phylogenetic analysis of complete genome datasets, as well as useful visualization tools for the results. The tools should be useful to those looking for genes that may have unusual evolutionary histories relative to other genes in the same genome." —Jonath
Pinpointing the Culprit
Rachel Berkowitz | Jun 1, 2017 | 8 min read
Identifying immune cell subsets with CyTOF
2018 Top 10 Innovations
The Scientist | Dec 1, 2018 | 10+ min read
Biology happens on many levels, from ecosystems to electron transport chains. These tools may help spur discoveries at all of life's scales.
How Cancers Evolve Drug Resistance
Anna Azvolinsky | Apr 1, 2017 | 10+ min read
Researchers unravel the sophisticated ways cancers evade treatments, including immunotherapies, designed to destroy them.

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