April 2021

Advancing Against Metastasis

Cancer cells can spread early and lie dormant for years

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New Understanding of Metastasis Could Lead to Better Treatments

Cancer May Be Driven by DNA Outside of Chromosomes

Foundations

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Reading Frames

Opinion: Facing Assumptions About the Duality of Human and Animal

Infographics

Infographic: Steps in Cancer Metastasis

Infographic: A New Model of Synapse Strength

Infographic: The Role of Extrachromosomal DNA in Cancer

Scientist to Watch

Bisrat Debeb Models How Cancer Spreads to the Brain

The Literature

“Rogue” Protein Could Contribute to Humans’ High Cancer Rates

Obesity-Linked Gut Bacteria May Worsen Graft-Versus-Host Disease

Flexible Synapse Strength May Underpin Mammal Brain’s Complexity

Bio Business

Pharma Looks to Inflammasome Inhibitors as All-Around Therapies

Critic at Large

Opinion: AI Could Aid Cancer Diagnosis, but Caution Is Needed

Notebook

What a Video Game Can Reveal About Monkeys’ Minds

A Bright New Tool to Record Cellular Interactions

Editorial

Our Expanding Universe

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Speaking of Science

Ten Minute Sabbatical

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Streamlining Microbial Quality Control Testing

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Pioneering Cancer Plasticity Atlas will help Predict Response to Cancer Therapies

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How Alderley Analytical are Delivering eXtreme Robustness in Bioanalysis