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Katherine Irving

Articles by Katherine Irving

A wooded ecosystem with mammoths alongside modern species such as arctic hares

Scientists Unearth the Oldest DNA Ever Found

Julie Trolle and Jef Boeke

Self Sufficient Cells?

a trio of infant mice, two brown mice on the ends and one white mouse in the middle

Mice Pass Epigenetic Tweaks to Pups

A mother mouse breastfeeds her offspring

Fast-Acting Nonhormonal Male Birth Control Prevents Pregnancy in Mice

a mouse moves away from the camera, its left leg caught in a cloth

Scientists Discover New “Superfast” Muscle Fibers in Mouse Limbs

an image of a slice of a rat brain is colored red on a black background. a lime green human organoid sits in the top left of the brain

Human Brain Organoids Transplanted Into Rats Respond to Visual Stimuli

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Claudia Gerri Studies the Mysteries of the Placenta

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Mitochondrial Metabolism Dictates Neurons’ Growth Rate

Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm

Double Agents: Engineered Bacteria Tackle Pathogenic Biofilms in Mice

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Scientists Use Centrifuge to Discover a Hormone

a newly hatched mosquito sits on top of water, with its discarded cocoon floating below

In Vitro Malaria Sporozoite Production May Lead to Cheaper Vaccines

three black mice lined up next to each other. the one on the left, fed a low-fat diet, has one small bald patch, the middle mouse, fed fish oil, has a large bald spot across its shoulders and back, and the right mouse, fed cocoa butter, has no baldness.

Fish Oil in Diet Can Cause Hair Loss in Mice, Study Finds

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Epic Fail: Sea-Monkeys Sabotage Fieldwork

When Barry Hicks set out to photograph thrombolites, thousands of unexpected visitors photobombed his underwater images.

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Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

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