January 2019

Cannabis on Board

Research suggests ill effects of cannabinoids in the womb

Features

Cities Can Serve as Cauldrons of Evolution

Can Viruses in the Genome Cause Disease?

Prenatal Exposure to Cannabis Affects the Developing Brain

Editorial

Genome Editing on Board

Notebook

Researchers Aim to Reestablish an Ancient Fish in an Ohio River

Competition and Cooperation of Cheese Rind Microbes Exposed

Researchers Track Sharks and Whales Using DNA in Seawater Samples

Researchers Explore the Genetics of Eating Disorders

Contributors

Contributors

Modus Operandi

Taming the Transposon Hordes

The Literature

Frogs Have a Bioelectric Mirror

Serotonin Neurons Implicated in SIDS

Mitochondria Play an Unexpected Role in Killing Bacteria

Scientist to Watch

Jorge Henao-Mejia Explores the Immune System’s Controls

Careers

The Open Data Explosion

Profiles

T-cell Tracker: A Profile of Wendy Havran

Lab Tools

Researchers Engineer Epigenome Editors to Study How Gene Expression Affects Disease

Reading Frames

The “Science” of Hangovers

Foundations

Painting Dinosaurs, early 20th century

Infographics

Infographic: Controlling Transposons En Masse

Infographic: Human Endogenous Retroviruses and Disease

Infographic: How Cities Influence Evolution

Infographic: How Exposure to Cannabis in Utero Affects Development

Infographic: How Macrophage Mitochondria Help Destroy Pathogens

Speaking of Science

Ten-Minute Sabbatical

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Enhancing Therapeutic Antibody Discovery with Cross-Platform Workflows

Enhancing Therapeutic Antibody Discovery with Cross-Platform Workflows

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Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

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From Water Bears to Grizzly Bears: Unusual Animal Models

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Sex Differences in Neurological Research

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

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Products

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Scaling Lentiviral Vector Manufacturing for Optimal Productivity

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Discover a serum-free way to produce dendritic cells and macrophages for cell therapy applications.

Optimizing In Vitro Production of Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells and Macrophages

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Putting Pathogens to the Test with Wastewater Surveillance

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Generating High-Quality mRNA for In Vivo Delivery with Lipid Nanoparticles

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