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An essential nutrient and the gut flora, thought to have separate but important roles in the immune response, join forces.

Reactive oxygen species cause mutations to DNA bases that can lead to cancer, but the long-blamed mitochondria could have been wrongfully charged.

Removing microRNA that caused conversion of male mice embryos into female sheds light on key noncoding elements in sex determination.

Researchers simulated interactions between microbial molecules and neural receptors to explore whether gut bacteria might influence brain chemistry.

In plants, sugar transport and microbial community composition go hand in hand. 

A new system for simultaneous genomic edits could unlock better models of complex diseases.

Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz followed the aesthetic allure of the embryo to better understand the start of development.

A brain rhythm in the hippocampus tags events for replaying during sleep, revealing a potential mechanism for selecting experiences for long-term storage. 

Researchers explore how video games can improve scientific understanding of the tree of life.

Sheena Josselyn discussed how she uses optogenetic tools to bias, express, and erase memories in mice.

Biobanks fuel the multiomics-based practice of personalized oncomedicine and cancer biomarker discovery.

By tinkering with branched mRNA structures, scientists lay the groundwork to build better vaccines in the future.