alejandra manjarrez

Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD

Articles by Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD

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In Search of the Best Milk Recipe for Preemies’ Gut Bacteria

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Could a Less Complex Larynx Have Enabled Speech in Humans?

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Which Neurons Go to Sleep First in Humans? fMRI Can Tell

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Deficient RNA Editing Implicated in Inflammatory Disease 

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Dolphins May Remember Personal Experiences

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Seaweed Has Its Own Matchmakers: Small Crustaceans

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Phyla of Tiny Filter Feeders Find a New Spot on the Tree of Life

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While the Body Rests, Breast Cancer Spreads More Aggressively

Micrograph of a beta cell, where insulin granules are shown as blue small balls, mitochondria are colored green, and a fraction of the cell nucleus appears in purple.

Diabetes Linked to Malnutrition Is Metabolically Unique: Study

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First Human Genome Sequenced from Ancient Pompeii

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Worms Live Longer with Mitochondria Powered by Light: Preprint

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Diabetes Marker Linked to COVID-19 Severity in Mice

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February 2026

A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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