April 2018

Neuron Nets

Wrapped up in memory, addiction, and more

Features

Macrophages Play a Double Role in Cancer

Researchers Getting Smarter About Pairing Cancer Treatments

Contributors

Contributors

Editorial

Metastatic Knowledge

Speaking of Science

Ten-Minute Sabbatical

Notebook

Researchers Develop Sperm-Robot Hybrids to Deliver Drugs, Assist Fertilization

Infected Ants Chemically Attract Workers to Destroy Them

Genetic Screens Provide Clues About Prognosis, Risk of Second Cancer

Ocean Sunfish Could Offer Clues to the “Rise of Slime”

Thought Experiment

Opinion: We Must Make Data More Accessible for Bioinformatics Training

Modus Operandi

Extracting Exosomes to Detect Signs of Cancer in Urine

The Literature

Chromosomal Instability Drives Cancer Metastasis

Boosting Immunotherapy Treatments in Mouse Colon Cancer

Mutant RAS Proteins Team Up for Oncogenicity

Profiles

Cancer Evolutionist: A Profile of Charles Swanton

Freeze Frame

Caught on Camera

Scientist to Watch

Ilana Chefetz Confronts Ovarian Cancer

Lab Tools

Of Mice and Metastasis

Bio Business

PARP Inhibitors Are Improving the Outlook of Hard-to-Treat Cancers

Reading Frames

A Neuroscientist’s Journey Through Madness

Foundations

A Radical Intervention, 1894

Cover Story

Perineuronal Nets: A Mechanism to Control Brain Plasticity

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Explore new strategies for improving plasmid DNA manufacturing workflows.

Overcoming Obstacles in Plasmid DNA Manufacturing

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Products

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Waters Enhances Alliance iS HPLC System Software, Setting a New Standard for End-to-End Traceability and Data Integrity 

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

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Agilent Announces the Enhanced 8850 Gas Chromatograph

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