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

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Jumping Genes’ Role in Cancer

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Ecologists Use Museum Specimens to Dig into the Parasitic Past

Thomas Clements dissects fish

Researchers Watch Fish Rot, for Science

Scientist to Watch

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Alex Muir Explores Cancer Cells’ Menu

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

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The Skin Battery

Critic at Large

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Opinion: New Diabetes Drug Signals Shift to Preventing Autoimmunity

Careers

A male and female Chiriqui harlequin frog (<em>Atelopus chiriquiensis</em>) photographed in 2010. The species was declared extinct in 2019.

How Do Scientists Decide a Species Has Gone Extinct?

Infographics

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Infographic: Transposable elements in cancer

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Infographic: How Tadpoles Use Glucose to Fuel Tail Regrowth

Speaking of Science

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Ten Minute Sabbatical

The Literature

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How Tadpoles Garner the Energy to Regenerate Their Tails

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May 2025, Issue 1

Study Confirms Safety of Genetically Modified T Cells

A long-term study of nearly 800 patients demonstrated a strong safety profile for T cells engineered with viral vectors.

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TaqMan Probe & Assays: Unveil What's Possible Together

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Meet Aunty and Tackle Protein Stability Questions in Research and Development

Meet Aunty and Tackle Protein Stability Questions in Research and Development

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Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

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How technology makes PCR instruments easier to use.

Making Real-Time PCR More Straightforward

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