June 2016

Found in Translation

Some supposedly nonfunctional RNA molecules encode functional peptides

Features

Synthetic Biology Comes into Its Own

Toward Targeted Therapies for Autoimmune Disorders

Foundations

The Rabies Vaccine Backstory

Reading Frames

Start Making Sense

Bio Business

Do Patents Promote or Stall Innovation?

Lab Tools

Screening with CRISPR

Enhancing Vaccine Development

Making Micromotors Biocompatible

Contributors

Contributors

Editorial

Research at Micro- and Nanoscales

Speaking of Science

Notable Science Quotes

Notebook

Zebra Finches Aid Neurodegeneration Research

Students Study Their Own Microbiomes

Saving Reefs One Polyp at a Time

Meet An Artist With No Hands

Capsule Reviews

Hot Off the Presses

The Literature

Generating Cardiac Precursor Cells

Questions Over C. elegans Life Span Factors

In Failing Hearts, Cardiomyocytes Alter Metabolism

Profiles

bertozzi

Carolyn Bertozzi: Glycan Chemist

Scientist to Watch

Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti: Immersed in Immunology

Cover Story

Noncoding RNAs Not So Noncoding

Modus Operandi

Gut Bacteria for Insect RNAi

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What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

DNA and pills, conceptual illustration of the relationship between genetics and therapeutic development

Multiplexing PCR Technologies for Biopharmaceutical Research

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