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Several miniature brain models, representing human neural organoids, often colloquially called minibrains, are laid out on a light blue surface. The pattern of these organoids seem arrow-like, indicating the future directions of the field that neuroscientists and ethicists envision.
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Legal and ethical guidelines have struggled to keep up with the pace of neural organoid research. Concerned neuroscientists and bioethicists are calling for changes.
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A Neuron Tickler

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Research on rewiring neural circuit in fruit flies wins 2025 Eppendorf & Science Prize

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EVIDENT Launches Sixth Annual Image of the Year Contest

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US Could Lose 7 Billion Dollars and Invaluable Research Talent if International Student Enrollments Drop

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When Reviewer Scarcity Becomes a Reason for Rejection, Scientific Integrity Is at Risk

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What Scares a Scientist? Researchers Tell Their Terrifying Tales

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Science Outreach Brings STEM to Communities—But It Also Benefits Researchers

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Scientists Must Leverage, Not Compete with, AI Systems

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Postdoc Portrait: Sahima Tabasum

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Bio X Cell Unveils New Brand Identity

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Lab Waste Is Not Inevitable: How to Reduce, Reuse, and Rethink It

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Researchers React to the 2025 Nobel Prizes

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Record-Breaking DNA Sequencing Technology Could Transform Newborn Care

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Universe 25 Experiment

The World's Densest Bones

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Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

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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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