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Maternal immune responses during mice gestation led to a hyperactive population of innate-like immune cells in offspring that contributed to altered lung composition and function.

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Longer Days Led to Oxygen Buildup on Early Earth: Study

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890-Million-Year-Old Fossils Are Sponges, Oldest Animals: Study

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Early-Life Stress Exerts Long-Lasting Effects Via Epigenome

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Lightning Might Have Sparked Early Life on Earth

RNA-DNA Chimeras Might Have Supported the Origin of Life on Earth

Signs of Ancient Microbial Life Questioned

Ancient Microfossils May be Earliest Signs of Life

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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New Neurons Continue to Form in Adult Human Brains

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Why Can’t We Tickle Ourselves?

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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The Holy Grail Hunt in De Novo Antibody Design

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July Digest 2025
July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

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

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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