Developmental Biology

Planarian flatworms, organisms with an exceptional regenerative capacity, crawl on a blue background.
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Stem cells in regenerating planarians don’t need their closest neighbors, overturning researchers’ understanding of the worms’ regenerative superpowers.
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An “Immortal” Jellyfish Offers Clues into Biological Aging

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Lasker Award for Uncovering Spatial Organization in Bacterial Cells

Souvik Ghosh, a postdoc at SUNY Upstate Medical University, wears a red shirt and smiles at the camera.

Postdoc Portrait: Souvik Ghosh

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Estrogen Shields Kidneys from Chronic Disease

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The Promise of Stem Cells: From Healing Hearts to Protecting Pandas 

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Scientists Watched Human Embryos Implant for the First Time

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Obesity Impairs Bone Health in Growing Children

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Regeneration Discovery May One Day Inform Hearing Loss Treatment

A group of newborn mice with their mother.

Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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What Happens When a Fly Lands on Your Food? 

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Record-Breaking DNA Sequencing Technology Could Transform Newborn Care

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The World's Densest Bones

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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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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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