DNA molecule inside the living cell

Spring 2023

The Cancer Code

Once dismissed as genomic noise, some noncoding sequences (and the microproteins they encode) play important roles in cancer

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Features

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Long noncoding RNAs and Microproteins Can Spark Cancer—or Sometimes Squelch It

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Jumping Genes’ Role in Cancer

Speaking of Science

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Ten Minute Sabbatical

Critic at Large

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Opinion: New Diabetes Drug Signals Shift to Preventing Autoimmunity

The Literature

Tadpole

How Tadpoles Garner the Energy to Regenerate Their Tails

Notebook

Thomas Clements dissects fish

Researchers Watch Fish Rot, for Science

A monogenean flatworm

Ecologists Use Museum Specimens to Dig into the Parasitic Past

Scientist to Watch

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Alex Muir Explores Cancer Cells’ Menu

Careers

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How Do Scientists Decide a Species Has Gone Extinct?

Reading Frames

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The Skin Battery

Foundations

In urban bathhouses in Germany and the surrounding low countries, bathhouse proprietors, known as baders, provided visitors with basic medical care. To draw blood, baders would scratch the skin before placing a heated cupping glass over the incision to extract blood and purge the body. Other tools associated with baders, including dental forceps and an amputation saw, hint at further services they provided.

Bathing Through the Ages: 1300–1848

Infographics

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Infographic: Transposable elements in cancer

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Infographic: How Tadpoles Use Glucose to Fuel Tail Regrowth

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December 2025, Issue 1

Wooden Neurons: An Artistic Vision of the Brain

A neurobiologist, who loves the morphology of cells, turns these shapes into works of art made from wood.

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Driving Innovation with Cell Culture Essentials

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Driving Innovation with Cell Culture Essentials

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Human iPSC-derived Models for Brain Disease Research

Human iPSC-derived Models for Neurodegenerative Disease Research

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Exploring the Inflammatory Tumor Microenvironment 

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