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Mitochondria Tune NAD+ Levels for Cells Past Their Prime

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A Sea Cucumber Sugar Blocks a Key Cancer Enzyme

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Older Gut Microbiomes Can Drive Vascular Aging

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Can Spit Help Diagnose Endometriosis?

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Macrophages Gobble Up Old Neutrophils to Heal Transplanted Livers

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Coenzyme Q10 Precursors Reverse Motor Decline in a Young Patient

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Cancer Survivors Increasingly Face Fertility Issues—What Can Be Done to Help?

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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Why Can’t We Tickle Ourselves?

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Chemical Staples Keep Collagen from Falling Apart

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New Neurons Continue to Form in Adult Human Brains

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Engineered Bacteria Detox Mercury from a Fish-Rich Diet

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Immune Markers Help Identify Subgroups of ME/CFS Patients

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Sperm Race Toward Fertility Awareness

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Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

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MexOMICs Maps the Genetic and Social Landscape of Disease in Mexico

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How Do Axolotls Know Which Tissue to Regenerate?

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Scientists Divided on Mexico’s Genetically Modified Corn Ban

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AI Tool Identifies Disease-Driving Promoter Mutations 

July Digest 2025
July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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