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By using genetic material from two male mice, researchers successfully created pups that survived to adulthood, offering insights into unisexual reproduction in mammals.

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An Ode to Stem Cells

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Growing Milk-Secreting Mammary Organoids

One Protein to Rule Them All

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Researchers Fuse Mouse Chromosomes in Scientific First

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Mouse Embryo: No Sperm, Egg, or Uterus Required

Human Blastocyst-Like Structures Made in the Lab

Promoting Stem Cell Growth and Self-Renewal In Vitro

Most Members of Federal Fetal Tissue Ethics Panel Oppose Abortion

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Scientists Grapple with US Restrictions on Fetal Tissue Research

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NIH Scientists Banned from Studying Human Fetal Tissue

First Mouse Embryos Made from Two Fathers

Mouse Stem Cells Made to Form Embryo-Like Structures

Cardiac Cell Transplants Help Monkeys’ Hearts

Studies Show How Cells Differentiate at Life’s Beginning

Image of the Day: Retinal Cell Implant

Researchers Argue for “Embryoid” Ethics Revamp

Meet the First Artificial Embryo Made From Stem Cells

Week in Review: October 17–21

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Legacies Left Behind in 2015

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The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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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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