June 2020

An Infant's Bounty

Babies amass microbes that can pave the way to a healthy life

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Features

Protein Synthesis Enzymes Have Evolved Additional Jobs

Left-Handed DNA Has a Biological Role Within a Dynamic Genetic Code

The Infant Gut Microbiome and Probiotics that Work

Reading Frames

Revolutionary Repurposing

Scientist To Watch

Janelle Ayres Explores the Ways in Which Animals Tolerate Disease

Infographics

Infographic: Synthetases and the Evolution of Circulatory Systems

Infographic: DNA Isn’t Always Right-Handed

Infographic: The Changing Infant Gut Microbiome

Infographic: How Cells Use Decoys to Defend Against Pathogens

Infographic: Vaccines on Film

Foundations

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Confronting a Pandemic, 1957

The Literature

How a Pea Aphid Decides to Make Wings or Not

Gut Microbiome Composition Linked to Human Behavior

Host Cells Release Exosomes to Sop Up Bacterial Toxins

Profiles

The Father of Autoimmunity: A Profile of Noel Rose

Notebook

Did Contaminated Water Exacerbate Brazilian Babies’ Zika Symptoms?

How Squirrels Use Bird Chatter to Assess Safety

The Hidden World of Millipede Sex

A Citizen Scientist Makes Her Mark in Microbiome Research

Careers

When Your Supervisor Is Accused of Research Misconduct

Contributors

Contributors

Modus Operandi

Vaccines Without Vials, Fridges, or Needles

Editorial

Armchair Virologists

Speaking of Science

Ten Minute Sabbatical

Image of small blue creatures called Nergals. Some have hearts above their heads, which signify friendship. There is one Nergal who is sneezing and losing health, which is denoted by minus one signs floating around it.
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Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

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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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Products

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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