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Hannah Thomasy, PhD

Articles by Hannah Thomasy, PhD

Many spiral-shaped orange Borrelia bacteria.

Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

On the left, several white sperm face towards a pink ball representing an egg, which is held in a woman’s hand.

How Cryptic Female Choice Shapes the Evolution of Species

On the left is a neon green radiation symbol with wavy lines emitting from it, representing gamma rays. On the right, D. radiodurans bacteria are unharmed by the radiation.

How Do Some Bacteria Survive Ionizing Radiation?

A woman in a gray tank top uses an asthma inhaler in an outdoor setting.

Researchers Uncover Mechanisms Linking the Brain and Lungs in Asthma

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Is This the End of Animal Testing? FDA Announces Plans to Phase Out Animals in Drug Safety Studies

An anatomical drawing of the placenta showing vascularization and the umbilical cord.

How Can the Placenta Help Us Understand Cancer?

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Study Confirms Safety of Genetically Modified T Cells

Two gray and white rats lay next to each other on a white background.

Some Rats are More Empathetic Than Others. Neuroscientists Want to Figure Out Why.

A brown-shelled snail with green and white striped eye stalks on the petals of a yellow tiger lily.

How Tiny Organisms Control Minds, Create Zombies, and Shape Ecosystems

Hands wearing blue gloves use scissors and forceps to cut DNA.

David Liu Wins 2025 Breakthrough Prize for Base Editing and Prime Editing

Enzymes, like DNA methyltransferase (pictured here in light blue), add epigenetic modifications to DNA (orange), changing gene expression and disease risk.

Is Lifetime Cancer Risk Determined Before Birth?

Hands facing opposite directions emerge from the back of a person’s head.

Split Brain Syndrome: Exploring Consciousness Through Neuroscience

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November 2025, Issue 1

Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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Exploring the State of the Art in Gene Editing Techniques

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Simplifying Early Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis with Blood Testing

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