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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. 

Generative artificial intelligence allowed researchers to design new, synthesizable antibiotics against a dangerous and often drug-resistant human pathogen.

Heritage scientist Fabiana Di Gianvincenzo uses proteomics to identify protein damage and unusual materials in historic paintings and textiles.

Journal associate editors must ruffle feathers from time to time during the publication process for the greater scientific good. 

Humans have more in common with cows than mice when it boils down to bone marrow stem cells.

The mTORC1 signaling pathway senses nutritional information and influences craniofacial development in mice.