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RJ Mackenzie

RJ Mackenzie

Articles by RJ Mackenzie

A pregnant Black woman with tightly coiled hair sits at a desk in a doctor’s office getting her blood pressure taken.

A Common Protein Test Predicts Preeclampsia Risk in Moms with Sickle Cell Disease

A mouse in ice, representing that cooling down the mouse brain can help a faster recovery from traumatic brain injuries.

Internal Cooling System Improves Recovery After Brain Injury in Mice

A premature infant in the NICU. Premature babies that heard their mother’s voice regularly showed better brain development than infants who did not.

Mom’s Voice Promotes Brain Development in Premature Babies

A drawing of a regulatory T cell as a police officer looking for rouge T cells that could harm the body.

What Are Tregs? Explaining 2025’s Nobel Prize Winning Research

A lab containing NMR instruments.

How a Small Lab Took on One of the World’s Rarest Diseases

A looping spiral of genomic code. Researchers used genomic analysis to determine a predictive obesity score.

Gene Score Predicts Obesity, Even in Young Children

Illustration showing the synapses from two neurons connecting.

To Fuel Their Growth, Cancer Cells Hijack Neurons

An artist’s representation of the human respiratory system with pink airways on a blue and black background.

A Gene Editing System Corrects Cystic Fibrosis Mutation

A melanoma on human skin.

Minicells Shut Down Cancer’s Spread 

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September 2026

Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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Considerations for Selecting Molecular Methods for Biomarker Assessment in Hematologic Malignancies

Considerations for Selecting Molecular Methods for Biomarker Assessment in Hematologic Malignancies

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Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

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