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Looking Beyond the Brain to Alleviate Depression Symptoms 

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Postdoc Portrait: Thamires Magalhães

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Buntanetap: From Execution Poison to Potential Alzheimer’s Disease Drug

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Gut Inflammation Could Contribute to Multiple Sclerosis

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A Neuroimmune Link Explains How Stress Gets Under the Skin in Eczema

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Postdoc Portrait: Shambhu Yadav

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A Genetic Mutation Found in Yaks Boosts Myelin Repair

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A High-Fat Diet May Drive Gut Bacteria to the Brain in Mice

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Infant Heart Surgery Mends Brain Networks Too

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Cerebrospinal Fluid Reflects Disease-Specific Immune Profiles

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Regenerating Synapses Could Help Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Protein Biomarker Clues in ALS and FTD: The Role of TDP-43 and Progranulin

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Who Will Win the 2026 Nobel Prize? Scientists Make Their Predictions

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Anthropic’s Secretive AI-Powered Wet Lab Breaks Cover and Makes First Discovery

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Was Anthropic’s Biology Breakthrough Borrowed From Another Scientist’s Work?

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Vipers’ Self-Defense Mechanism Could Spark a New Antivenom Strategy

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Antarctica’s Blood Falls Teems With Mysterious Microbial Life

Miles away from the closest ocean, marine microbes thrive in the red ice and mud around Blood Falls, offering clues to microbial adaptation and past climate events.

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Exploring the Most Impactful CRISPR Stories

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