The Literature

Researchers find that about a quarter of the immune cells are replaced every year.

Female plant bugs produce a compound to counter males’ attempts to render the females unattractive to other mates.

Phosphorylation of a surface protein on endosomes is key to the organelles’ uneven distribution in daughter cells.

Sensory neurons in the tip of the zebrafish nose respond to molecular signals released from food sources.

A study traces proteins’ evolution from the immune to the olfactory system.

The memory of a temperature spike can persist for as many as 14 generations in C. elegans.

The presence of similar light-emitting enzymes in the distantly related organisms lends new insight into bioluminescence evolution.

Using single-cell RNA sequencing, scientists characterize new populations of dendritic cells and monocytes.

A new study reports which types of corals make the most of the sunlight they receive. 

In mice, cells in the prefrontal cortex—where memories are maintained long-term—start to encode a fearful experience right from the start.

Scientists have estimated that about half of murine platelet production occurs in the lungs.

Fruit flies and mice grow better and eat less when the amino acid balance of their food reflects that coded by their exomes.

Scientists discover transcripts from the same gene that can express both proteins and noncoding RNA.
 

A new approach to immunotherapy finds that the immune-cell clonotypes that come to the rescue start out at very low frequencies.

Time-lapse imaging shows the immune cells transferring chemical signals during pigment pattern formation in developing zebrafish.

Mice engineered to overproduce the organelles involved in cell division spontaneously develop malignancies.

While studying the progression of healthy cells into cancerous ones, researchers discover a way to engraft human blood cells into animals.

Through similar mechanisms, amino acid depletion in culture and cytokine activity in the tumor microenvironment prompt cancer cells to metastasize.

Zebra finches dial down dopamine signaling when they hear errors in a song performance.

An experiment in which people pass each other initially nonrhythmic drumming sequences reveals the human affinity for musical patterns.